VV builds a Comic and a Barker **Finished**
- iggie
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
That's looking more like a production line than a modelling bench! Good work on all five though
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Jim
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Thanks all. It has turned into a bit of a factory, true. But you get an economy of scale, which is why I originally started those three other camels together.
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Almost at the point of adding the top wing. Lots of fiddly bits of string!
Rigging is anchored in the lower wing and will be pulled through the top wing to tension.
Rigging is anchored in the lower wing and will be pulled through the top wing to tension.
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Nice work. What are you using for the rigging?
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Invisible mending thread - smoke colour.
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Three attempts to attach and align the top wing. NOT successful. I am putting down the tools, backing away slowly and going to bed....
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
And yet.....
I couldn't let it go. I tried again with a different strategy, this time with success!
If you are making the Roden kit, my advice is to bend some more dihedral into the lower wings. I'll do that on the others.
To attach, I took the following steps
Invert the top wing and tape it to a cutting board to align it with the grid
Loosely glue the outer struts in place and angle to 68 degrees
Loosely glue the inner struts
Invert the model and use gel superglue to attach the outer struts. Stabilize in position with paint pots. The back edge of the top wing aligns with the hinge line of the lower flaps
Hit the superglue with accelerator
Align the inner struts with the attachment points on the fuselage and apply superglue
Allow to set
I couldn't let it go. I tried again with a different strategy, this time with success!
If you are making the Roden kit, my advice is to bend some more dihedral into the lower wings. I'll do that on the others.
To attach, I took the following steps
Invert the top wing and tape it to a cutting board to align it with the grid
Loosely glue the outer struts in place and angle to 68 degrees
Loosely glue the inner struts
Invert the model and use gel superglue to attach the outer struts. Stabilize in position with paint pots. The back edge of the top wing aligns with the hinge line of the lower flaps
Hit the superglue with accelerator
Align the inner struts with the attachment points on the fuselage and apply superglue
Allow to set
Must.....build....ALL the Sopwith Camels!...
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
"Helping hands, and fully adjustable LED lamp and a workspace elevated to face jeight. Indispensable for rigging in 1/72 without ending up in the spinal ward or the mental ward (or both)....
Must.....build....ALL the Sopwith Camels!...
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
One rigged!
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Double-wired, very good.
That previous picture with the light makes it appear to put a torch to it
That previous picture with the light makes it appear to put a torch to it
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Too close to the sun, Icarus!
The Comic has had its wing mounted. Much more successfully than the other, now that I have the method sorted. The other three tag-along camels should be a snatch.
Two humbrol tins are perfect - fit snugly between the wings and the tail and allow you it to be aligned and supported in two dimensions with high accuracy.
The Comic has had its wing mounted. Much more successfully than the other, now that I have the method sorted. The other three tag-along camels should be a snatch.
Two humbrol tins are perfect - fit snugly between the wings and the tail and allow you it to be aligned and supported in two dimensions with high accuracy.
Must.....build....ALL the Sopwith Camels!...
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Literally just as I was tensioning the very last rigging line:
I'm a Special Kind Of Angry now.....
I'm a Special Kind Of Angry now.....
Must.....build....ALL the Sopwith Camels!...
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My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
There's a word for that.......
And it's not suitable for a family forum
Tough break, I hope it fixes easily
And it's not suitable for a family forum
Tough break, I hope it fixes easily
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Miraculously I managed to get it back together and rigging re-tensioned. It took patience, I'll tell you that.....
I'm starting on the undercarriage today.
I'm starting on the undercarriage today.
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Re: VV builds a Comic and a Barker
Good recovery. Nice rigging.
Nigel
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