Supermarine Stranraer scratchbuild, 1:72

[rifleman]

some fine work sir well done

[Draco]

Thanks, rifleman!
Ok, the wings could be printed by saturday afternoon, so far there is just a test and a lot of real world work to do.
I'm thinking to do a cradle to place the plane in exibition and maybe another pair of cradles to help the placement of the wings, something similar to the launch pad of a rocket?

[wireandpaper]

It is developing very nice!
You have a lot of patience!

[Draco]

And... no, it's not going to be printed today.
I prefear to take things easy than to convert a hobby in an obligation.
I'm doing the ribs and struts of the lower wing. By the moment there are 9 ribs by wing, but I'm almost sure that I'll reduce it to 6.

2 jokes: One, I'm thinking to include a small dock to help to do a diorama. And second, I was thinking too to make a Saro London, the precursor of the Stranraer (It even had the same markings). But it lasted just a few seconds: the London is too ugly.

[Draco]

Enjoying (¿?) a six hours blackout, at least it was by day.
So, placed the tails supports and designed a stand that will give the ship the same position than when it is on sea.
I read that a practical joke in this ship with a new pilot was to walk to the rear gunner post, take the elevator with the hands, an start to move it up and down without him knowing.
Still seen the Saro London, but, no, I'm not doing it.

[yukonjohn]

Now there is something you find out - went to look on google at the "ugly" London and found out that the SaRo London and the SaRo Lerwick were both transferred to RCAF squadrons. I have not found this reference in any of my books. Two more potential RCAF models to add to the list. Thanks for your build and the side trips .


Regards,
John

[yankeekilo]

It is an honor to be the beta tester for this magnificent kit made by Alejandro Hurtado, a very precise and good looking model !!!

[Draco]

Thanks, Diego!

It's funny that I'm having the same problems with the wing that I had with the fuselage: treating it like a balsa model instead of a paper one.
In this case, each wing has a lot of small parts that aren't necessary and will increase the dificulty of the model without improving anything.
I hope to decrease the amount of parts by half or less, but first I'm making the rocket lauch tower that I wrote about days ago. It's the gray piece depicted in the lower part of the sheet, that, joined whit the fuselage support already designed, will serve to hold the wings straight when the glue is drying.
Once the supports are done I'll can test the minimun amount of reinforcements necesaries to build the wing.

[MacSongLi]

Your efforts and patience definitely paid off on the fuselage. The beta build looks magnificent.


Gary

[Draco]

Thanks, Gary!

Well, the wings went from 36 pieces to 17 each (skin included). The most difficult part was to extrapolate the right Angle of Attack (AOA) and the diedral of the wing. At last I made the support towers represented in the last picture. Used with the fuselage support, they allow to place the wings easily.

In the pictures you can see the "elbow" of the wing root. It happens only in the leading edge, the trailing one is straight from root to tip. I had to use sewing wire to hold the leading edge in place while drying.

Tonight I expect to assemble the left lower wing, and tomorrow to place the skin and to finish the parts and instructions in the computer model.