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Wonderful Charles!Starting to really take shape.
***** DONE -Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" of the Yokohama Kokutai Group Build
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looks very good Charles
Excellent Charles!
A4K
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Looking good Charles!
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Benevolens Magister
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ccheese
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Thanks for the pic, Airframes. It's a good shot of the tail.
Last night I attached the wing and the elevator to the fuselage. I knew that today there would be a lot of work done
with the fuselage upside-down, so I held off on the rudder. Today I attached the main float and the wing floats. This
will dry overnight, and tomorrow I will do the main float rear braces, the rudder and the cowling. The area of the
fuselage, aft of the wing needs some attention. This was the area where I did not like the way the wing mated to
the fuselage.
Charles
Last night I attached the wing and the elevator to the fuselage. I knew that today there would be a lot of work done
with the fuselage upside-down, so I held off on the rudder. Today I attached the main float and the wing floats. This
will dry overnight, and tomorrow I will do the main float rear braces, the rudder and the cowling. The area of the
fuselage, aft of the wing needs some attention. This was the area where I did not like the way the wing mated to
the fuselage.
Charles
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Njaco
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Like my dad, I am amazed at what you guys do with wood and tissue. Looks great!
Catch22
Major
Great work Charles!
Lovely work Charles.. you know what. I was in the LHS a few days ago and saw some balsa kits of spits and such, then I saw a B-25 mitchell and thought about your build here. I really want to buy it and try it, is it as hard as it looks?
Keep going regardless!
Keep going regardless!
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Benevolens Magister
It's really taking shape now Charles. Very nice work.
Agree with Terry, Real nice Charles....
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ccheese
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If you want to get into the balsa/tissue modeling, I would not recommend a B-25 to start off with. That
would be very complicated. I would try to find a small military trainer or a small civilian aircraft. A Piper
Cub is a good start. My first build was the "Art Chester Racer", a real simple build. Usually the directions
are easy to read, and simple to follow. It just takes time and patience. Good luck !
Charles
looks brilliant Charles
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Good advice Charles. Starting out with a balsa and tissue B25 would be a bit like trying to learn to drive in a Ferrari F1 car.
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ccheese
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Minor set-back today, guys. For some reason the Rufe became airborne, and crashed into the floor of the garage.
I was not in the garage when it happened, so I can only guess a puff of wind blew it off the table. Smashed both
ends of the main float support. If you recall, I said I was not happy with the main float support, as laid down by
the designer, so I scratch-built a support out of 3/8" balsa. It appears that is not strong enough, either, so we
are going with the original support as in the plans. Pic's attached, you can see the damage. It's repairable, of
course, just a minor set-back.
The cowling and the rudder have been attached.
Charles
I was not in the garage when it happened, so I can only guess a puff of wind blew it off the table. Smashed both
ends of the main float support. If you recall, I said I was not happy with the main float support, as laid down by
the designer, so I scratch-built a support out of 3/8" balsa. It appears that is not strong enough, either, so we
are going with the original support as in the plans. Pic's attached, you can see the damage. It's repairable, of
course, just a minor set-back.
The cowling and the rudder have been attached.
Charles
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Catch22
Major
That's too bad, but glad to hear it can be fixed.
