1/48 Bristol F.2b / Davidson RFC – From WW1 to WW2 GB

[Wayne Little]

Take them steps matey!

 

[ccheese]

Bill, you're way outta my league. Actually, I think you're in a league of your own !! Looks great !

Charles

 

[tigerdriver]

My mind is well and truely boggled with all this rigging, great stuff

 

[meatloaf109]

I was too, but after the first one it gets easier.

 

[N4521U]

Nip one, tuck one..........

 

[Gnomey]

Neat work so far Bill!

 

[Airframes]

Holy Moly! That's fantastic Bill! I doubt I could manage that even if my hands worked properly!

 

[rochie]

brilliant Bill

 

[N4521U]

Yeah well..... I've had my first screw up in the rigging...... self inflicted.

I want the turnbuckles at the lower wing. So.... I started putting in the wire loopy thingies in the underside of the top wing, about 7 of the things
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Then I got distracted....... there ya go..... looked at it again, and thought "shite" I wanted the turnbuckles in the BOTTOM wing.... thinking it was what I had in front of me..... so I pulled them off....... but I had super glued them in..... now I have wire stubs at the holes and can't get them out, so I can put the loopy thingies BACK IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so thick headed sometimes.

 

[meatloaf109]

Prepare to sacrifice a drill bit, it'll be dull after that.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

If you can Bill, file them back or snip them with a pair of fine sewing scissors. The buckle wire is so soft the stub can then be pushed into the plastic and a new hole drilled right next to it.

When all done and dusted, it won't be noticed.

 

[N4521U]

I know, I just didn't think it out, just didn't trust my own start!

 

[ccheese]

That kind of stuff happens, Bill. Ask me how many times I've broken a stringer or poked a finger thru the tissue. It will all work out.

Charles

 

[meatloaf109]

Or how many times a Chihuahua has knocked over or chewed on one of mine.
And shedding,...god, I hate shedding!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Shedding, shedding……………am assuming you mean malting, like lots of hair all over the place, but more so on the work bench and price model…..

 

[meatloaf109]

Yep!

 

[N4521U]

Well, it's a start.............. got all the loopy thingies in on the underside of the top wing, and these on one side of the top of the bottom wing.
Gets you a little jittery after a few of these things.

 

[meatloaf109]

The cure for the jitters is a jigger of your favorite libation.
Trust me, I know.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Must confess………I had the paramedics on standby…………

 

[Crimea_River]

I wouldn't need paramedics. Morticians more like it.