Splash's Stringbag ****finished****

[splash]

The "problem" with folding the wings is that it hides the cockpit detail and obscures the nifty pre-war side markings.

I have been looking at doing a half-open / half-folded one ....

Good point I might have to re think my plan

Regards Splash

[MDT]

Wow not hanging around on this Splash! How noted you invaluable tips so far.

[splash]

I think my progress is all down to Airfix and the excellent quality of the kit.

I have decided to carry on with wings folded so tonight i sat in front of the telly and built the wings on a tray, all I can say is well done Airfix, the design is all most foolproof and will only need a smear of filler on the underside of the top wings. If all biplanes were this easy I would be tempted to build more.

[splash]

I had a bit of a glitch tonight, I have been using Tamiya XF16 flat aluminium but thought it was a bit bright, so I attempted to spray the wings with Citadal Mithril silver and shock gasp horror the paint would not stick in parts and looked horrible.

Luckily the fix was easy, a quick squirt of Flash cleaner stripped all the fresh paint off and took me back to bare plastic with no damage.

I have now gone back to Tamiya flat aluminium and re-sprayed the wings again and I'm happy with the results. Panic over.

Regards Splash

[JamesPerrin]

Citadel needs to go over a base coat.... as you've just found out!

[splash]

Citadel needs to go over a base coat.... as you've just found out!

You are not wrong James I was cutting corners and forgot, when I sprayed the Citadel yellow it was over the Tamiya xf16 hence it behaved with no problems.

Regards Splash

[Sissel]

Dang Alan, you almost gave me a heartattack with your explosion and glitches. Stop doing that!

Nice save and good job on the fish.

[splash]

The paint has gone on well so tonight is rigging night, not my favourite job but in this case quite simple.

I opted for the easy way and used elastic invisible sawing thread with superglue and kicker.



Regards Splash

[Sissel]

Rigging looks excellent!

[MDT]

Great bit of rigging there, I'm nowhere near rigging and I'm getting worried!

[jssel]

Very nice work.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Rapid progress.
Don't forget the one coming down from the top of the front inner strut to about 1/3 along the wing leading edge, pretty much in line with the other rigging - see the drawing in Historical Refs ....

[PaulBradley]

Very nice work, Alan.

[splash]

Rapid progress.
Don't forget the one coming down from the top of the front inner strut to about 1/3 along the wing leading edge, pretty much in line with the other rigging - see the drawing in Historical Refs ....

Cheers John I had missed that one, you rigging notes are brilliant.

Regards Splash

[JohnRatzenberger]

Rapid progress.
Don't forget the one coming down from the top of the front inner strut to about 1/3 along the wing leading edge, pretty much in line with the other rigging - see the drawing in Historical Refs ....

Cheers John I had missed that one, you rigging notes are brilliant.

Regards Splash

Fair trade for you showing us the Vallejo filler - I have a tube on order, see if I can get my struts neatly tucked away