What's on The Workbench (1 Viewer)

[Trebor]

thanks for the photos, guys. it seems that someone at Revell was lazy. the panel for the kit is based on the E model

 

[rochie]

Decals ready to go Karl, will be in the post Friday...."Red 22 and the Werk Nummer 490044"

many thanks Wayne

 

[Trebor]

I assembled the cockpit, fuselage, wings and a bunch of other stuff, then I attached the wings to the fuselage. then I put the whole thing on spray cans with the wings and tail on top of the spray cans and the fuselage suspended in midair. I then put a paint bottle in the cockpit to increase the weight cos I want this bird to have great dihedral

 

[Airframes]

Coming on nicely Rob. There's an easier, and much more accurate way of setting the dihedral Rob, using tape from each wing tip. See the pic in my siggy.

 

[Trebor]

thanks, Terry. but I tried that with my TWA Lockheed Constellation, and I barely got any dihedral. so this'll be my method from now on

 

[Airframes]

You have to fix the tape so that it pulls each wingtip inwards (and upwards of course), keeping the tesion. That Bf109 in the pic has a wingspan, in that scale, not far off the 1/72nd Connie, and I've used the method for over 40 years, on much longer spans, without a problem.
It's possible, and likely, that using a weight on the fuselage will give an uneven dihedral, as the weight settles and the glue hardens at different rates. Also, it can cause uneven joints, which then need filling.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very nice.

 

[Wayne Little]

The tape method is how I do it too, Rob

 

[Trebor]

You have to fix the tape so that it pulls each wingtip inwards (and upwards of course), keeping the tesion. That Bf109 in the pic has a wingspan, in that scale, not far off the 1/72nd Connie, and I've used the method for over 40 years, on much longer spans, without a problem.
It's possible, and likely, that using a weight on the fuselage will give an uneven dihedral, as the weight settles and the glue hardens at different rates. Also, it can cause uneven joints, which then need filling.

ahhh, ok. i guess I can give it another go next time

 

[rochie]

looks good Rob, i need to get one of those kits to go with my shark mouth A-10

 

[Lucky13]

Looks nice mate!

 

[Trebor]

thanks all. it seems that this method has worked, cos I think I got perfect dihedral. what do you guys think? too much, too little or perfect?

 

[Airframes]

Looks reasonable Rob. Hard to tell exactly, but the starboard wing looks higher than the port. Place the model on a flat surface, wedged with the fin perfectly vertical, and measure the distance from the surface to each wingtip.

 

[Lucky13]

Aaaawwww......don't p*ss down on his parade now T!

 

[Airframes]

Sorry! Just trying to help.....he did ask.......!

 

[Lucky13]

I know....just, the chain you know old boy!

 

[Trebor]

they're exactly the same! I attached the landing gear and used a tape measure, and they're both exactly 3 centimeters and 2/8 from the ground

 

[B-17engineer]

Is hard to tell, but who am I to talk.....

 

[Airframes]

Nice job Rob. £cm and 2/8th ? Mixing metric and imperial is confusing! 2/8th = 1/4 = .25. Ah, Got it ! 3.25 cm !!

 

[Trebor]

Nice job Rob. £cm and 2/8th ? Mixing metric and imperial is confusing! 2/8th = 1/4 = .25. Ah, Got it ! 3.25 cm !!

lol yea, I was never really good at that stuff. hard to believe I wanna become a pilot, right? heh