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Miles — yes, it is a kinda dumpy or cartoonish airplane. At this point it bears a very strong resemblance to a Ford Flivver airplane. Today’s pictures show the fuselage a little more accurately, but it’s still a little foreshortened.
I’ve fitted the left lower wing and started the installation of the right. It has an odd attachment system with two wires that pass through the fuselage in the position of spars, but the forward wire is quite short compared to the aft one. The ribs are very thin; the two inboard ones on each side have alignment holes for the front wire, but the outboard one just glues to the inside of the wing skin with no particular alignment noted. I think the picture explains what I mean, and the pencil marks are ones I made to get the ribs lined up properly. Last edited by Amccombs3; 05-30-2020 at 11:45 AM. |
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That is an interesting wing structure. I don't think I have seen that arrangement before, although it reminds me of some of the small pre-WWII flying models that used slivers of bamboo as spars.
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Later the same day. It looks even more like a Ford Flivver now. Lower wings and tail feathers are on now, so it at least looks like an airplane of sorts. Note the tail skid protruding from the rudder “for no apparent reason,” as Boyne noted in “Aircraft Treasures of Silver Hill.” The one-piece upper wing, “K” struts, and rigging remain to be done.
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Nice work, Anne. It's a very cartoony looking little airplane. Charming!
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Awesome looking build. Interesting airplane!
Thank you Don for the info. Interesting wing construction. Guessing that the pre-stress skin at the fold line will not droop; maybe this is the reason of the short wire up front. Thank you for the fantastic photos and comments while building Anne. Mike |
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Thanks to all for your comments and encouragement. For the last couple of days I’ve been working on the one-piece upper wing. The unique wire-reinforced and ultra-skinny rib internal construction continues as shown in the first picture. The second picture is of the wing pre-closure, showing the underside with a slightly-bulged center section, presumably a fuel tank (extra capacity for those high-altitude missions, no doubt). This airplane’s ailerons were outboard of the wing itself, as shown on the finished wing in the third picture. I’ve been working on the “K” struts and cabane struts as well, but they’re not ready for photographs yet.
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Well, I’m calling the Martin K.III Kitten done. It’s a cute, frail little thing, but then the original was, too. Overall, I’m pretty happy with it. The kit is up to WAK’s high standards, and though it didn’t take a very long time to build, it was challenging due to its small size.
There were, of course, a couple of things I wish I’d done better. One was the fit of the upper fuselage skin. The other was some scars that I caused while doing the rigging, but I’d never done rigging before, so I’m chalking those up to the learning process. The finishing details took an unseemly amount of time to complete, mainly due to glue setting times. I ended up using Loctite Gel for the rigging and some of the wire details, for the excellent reason that it came highly recommended (thanks to everyone who weighed in when I asked for advice), plus it was the only one of the recommended products available at my local Home Depot. The flying and landing wires are made of invisible sewing thread, which I think looks pretty good from the scale standpoint, but is devilish to work with. Florist stem wire makes up the rest of the non-paper details. I’m not sure what I’ll tackle next. Time to examine the stash. |
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Great looking model!
Was curious to see how the K struts were used. Great photos! Mike |
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Nice job, Anne. It really came out great. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was a super deformed model kit.
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Great build. Definitely a unique aircraft. As was previously mentioned, cartoonish looking.
Well Done, Gary
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