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BertUS
Senior Airman
Alright, it will be option 3, it's been a week and I really haven't made any big steps in this project yet, not so weird if you do everything 2 or 3 times over ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The pictures that follow were already there in a slightly different form, I think six months ago or so. Anyway, working old school with styrene is sometimes fun, except that it takes a lot more time and it also takes more time to change than on the digital worksheet.
So I once again looked up my professional tools, cleared a spacious workplace of 30 by 30 cm and started.
Gosh, that glue smells good when you're at it
So the beams are ready and I've probably made notches for the ribs, mss they're superfluous, but better now then whn the wing is ready, right?
The thin strips of 0.5 mm thick and about 1 mm high are glued in the notches, then I glue the rib plates inboard, because I saw on a photo that the ribs were solid after all
So I worked and printed digitally for a while and got this bunch of parts
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and after some cutting and figuring I was left with this
I kept track of it, looked to the left, looked to the right, started cooking and looked again after dinner, no, not really, it didn't feel right and didn't feel right, so I continued in styrene.
In the photo the strips are done and the first ribs are already planked from the wing root
After the first finishing session, I already glued 1 wing strip, I always let it dry for a day just to be sure so that it has hardened well before I continue or start sanding
And another look at the ribs
Well, the other wing strip, the nose ribs and then finishing, so sanding and filling and then it's the turn of the rudder surfaces
The pictures that follow were already there in a slightly different form, I think six months ago or so. Anyway, working old school with styrene is sometimes fun, except that it takes a lot more time and it also takes more time to change than on the digital worksheet.
So I once again looked up my professional tools, cleared a spacious workplace of 30 by 30 cm and started.
Gosh, that glue smells good when you're at it
So the beams are ready and I've probably made notches for the ribs, mss they're superfluous, but better now then whn the wing is ready, right?
The thin strips of 0.5 mm thick and about 1 mm high are glued in the notches, then I glue the rib plates inboard, because I saw on a photo that the ribs were solid after all
So I worked and printed digitally for a while and got this bunch of parts
imgphoto]
and after some cutting and figuring I was left with this
I kept track of it, looked to the left, looked to the right, started cooking and looked again after dinner, no, not really, it didn't feel right and didn't feel right, so I continued in styrene.
In the photo the strips are done and the first ribs are already planked from the wing root
After the first finishing session, I already glued 1 wing strip, I always let it dry for a day just to be sure so that it has hardened well before I continue or start sanding
And another look at the ribs
Well, the other wing strip, the nose ribs and then finishing, so sanding and filling and then it's the turn of the rudder surfaces