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It's much easier to handle several sections of paper than attempt to roll a strip approaching a metre or more in length.
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@Siwi – Shorter strips are easier to handle but that doesn’t really make a difference.
Back to the tail. Skinning it proved easier than I expected. The tail gear is fragile but doesn’t take much weight. The kit’s solution worked well on a Fw-190 that I assembled some years ago and I kept it here. |
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Looking good Ricardo. I was wondering did you run a metal wire all the way through the tail wheel assembly, or only through the strut?
It would be a kind of Z-shaped wire if run through the wheel as well, but that will reduce the fragility of the assembly. I picked this way of reinforcement up when constructing the Orlik Hawker Hurricane a few years ago and do it ever since. Regards, Erik |
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Hello Erik. I often do the same, particularly on heavier planes like the Bf-110 and whenever the (original) tail wheel is solid rubber, as it is easy to make a way for a wire inside a stack of card circles. It is much harder to open a hole on rolled paper tires, but it is possible. In this case, I’m counting on the paper links.
Some tricky shaping work on the fuselage gun cover. It fits well. Regarding the engine exhaust, I invariably end up delaminating the paper parts. It is a repetitive and tedious task. Well, it is done… |
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So very carefully done, nice!
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Beautiful work on the machine gun cover Ricardo, and indeed what a perfect fit.
How I dislike those small exhaust stubs (remember the Ju-88....) Cheers, Erik |
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Thanks, Glen and Erik
@ Erik - On the C-6 version of the Ju-88, the exhausts are almost completely hidden by the flame covers, making the whole task nearly useless. The most patience-excruciating kit in this respect, to date, was the Bf-110… The pictures show well the method I used to shape the turbocharger spiral. The main part was delaminated, to ease shaping and gluing it over the rolled paper bits inside. Note that engine cover didn’t close properly. Either the formers were too large, or I made a mistake. The yellow painting somehow facilitated disguising the gap. The other color scheme that Halinski proposes on this plane will need to be treated carefully. |
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Wow that is some amazing work with that spiral, and the whole aircraft in general. It is a joy to follow along.
Doug |
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That supercharger is a small masterpiece! But it looks like it's not going to be visible, hidden by the wing?
The abundant use of internal structure in Halinski models can make fitting fuselage skins a real challenge. What you could consider is to wedge a thin and narrow piece of paper in between the gap, then it will be virtually invisible. Hopefully this doesn't have any consequences to join adjacent skins? Erik |
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Your work on turbocharger spiral is incredible!
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