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Ian wrote:Mark, I find a file is the best way to get rid of the excess superglue as it's so much more 'solid' than poly.
That's what I'm using although I'm very careful about how much pressure is involved.
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The last of the videos!






Yay!
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Whoops
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Ian, I felt your frustration. Also the comment "Who cares? I don't. Well I do really"
It all looks to have turned out nice in the end. I even went stash diving and dug out an Albatros and thought about building and rigging it.
Maybe later.

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Give it a go, Nigel. You'll be happy that you at least gave it a go.
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Very good conclusion, although we seem to have two Part 5 videos. :)
It was probably more difficult since you were trying to also hold the work for the camera and racing to not let the SG cure on you. That's a very good point about a strand wrapping wrong way around the strut.
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Well, I for one have learnt from these videos, and am quite intrigued to practice rigging. Words I swear I never thought I'd say. I'll have to eat them
It looks 'easy', and I hope I feel the same way about it when I try. Next year.

Great vids, Ian. I am sure many will learn from them and not worry about 'picking up rigging'. ;-)
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Certainly has been of great help during my current project.
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Thanks guys.
If these have been of some help to only one person then I am happy!
Well spotted on the namings John, I'll get that sorted soon.
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I only mention it because someone might skip the 2nd one thinking it a duplicate.
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Here's the finished article.
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Thanks for watching!
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Very nice!
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Looks very neat & even.
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Looks good enough to me.

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Excellent work Ian and again thanks for the tutorial. It helped immensely. The only downside is that I've now bought a lot of biplanes to make :mrgreen:
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