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Post by desertrat on Jun 30, 2015 11:16:28 GMT -5
feel a bit of an intruder over here, i,ve been roped into building a wingy thingy for our club show in august,we are all doing a ww1 plane. i've chosen this one as it looks nice and simple,and should stand out in the stripe scheme, never built a plane before, but must admit after opening the box i'am looking forward to it,   any tips or advice would be much appreciated, here goes !!!!!!! |
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Post by Leon on Jun 30, 2015 11:20:06 GMT -5
Nice looking winged DR! YOU'll do just fine.
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Post by desertrat on Jun 30, 2015 11:21:53 GMT -5
Nice looking winged DR! YOU'll do just fine. spent ten mins looking for the tracks !!!!! lol  |
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Post by TRM on Jun 30, 2015 11:35:21 GMT -5
LOL...Always good to play a little outside the comfort zone form time to time!  Count me in! |
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Post by wbill76 on Jun 30, 2015 16:09:25 GMT -5
Looks like it should go together fairly quickly! Aside from the stripes pattern, the only other potential complication would be if you're planning to do the rigging or not. Couple different ways you can skin that kit depending on how far you want to go with it.  |
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Post by Deano on Jun 30, 2015 17:33:03 GMT -5
This is very different for you DR , cool subject matter !
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Post by desertrat on Jul 1, 2015 12:47:31 GMT -5
Looks like it should go together fairly quickly! Aside from the stripes pattern, the only other potential complication would be if you're planning to do the rigging or not. Couple different ways you can skin that kit depending on how far you want to go with it. ;)i Thats my next question, rigging, how and which is the best way to go about it? i've cleaned all the parts up..so far so good ! i've also noticed on the box art, the plane has a small windscreen, can anyone help with pics or plans? I'am not going overboard on this but i want it to look "right" |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 2, 2015 14:17:05 GMT -5
I'd recommend using something like EZ-Line for the rigging. Either that or stretched sprue seems to be the most popular methods without going real crazy with scale turnbuckles and other similar kinds of hardware. |
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Post by desertrat on Jul 3, 2015 10:53:23 GMT -5
I'd recommend using something like EZ-Line for the rigging. Either that or stretched sprue seems to be the most popular methods without going real crazy with scale turnbuckles and other similar kinds of hardware. thanks for that, think i will go with the EZ line, but as for the ..turnthingys................  |
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Post by desertrat on Jul 15, 2015 12:02:44 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Jul 15, 2015 15:26:04 GMT -5
Making good progress DR! Looking good. |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 15, 2015 16:37:04 GMT -5
Some nice wood work there DR!
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Post by desertrat on Jul 20, 2015 13:00:34 GMT -5
not to impressed with the masking tape,but touch up here i go!!!   |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 20, 2015 14:18:10 GMT -5
Looking good with the stripes on. That much masking would drive me even further over the edge for sure. |
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Post by desertrat on Jul 20, 2015 15:13:12 GMT -5
it certainly did....... it's like when you look at a lightbulb and you keep seeing spots in your eyes... only with me it's STRIPES !!!!!!!!
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Post by Leon on Jul 20, 2015 16:02:43 GMT -5
WOW!!!!! Awesome job on the stripes DR. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Jul 23, 2015 22:55:40 GMT -5
WHOA! Those stripes are pretty cool!
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Post by desertrat on Jul 24, 2015 11:17:19 GMT -5
thanks chaps, decals, details,then ........rigging, gonna have a go with E'Z line, what size, guage, ? be gentle,I'am still learning about flying thingys.....
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 24, 2015 16:01:33 GMT -5
The EZ line only comes in 2 different sizes. Fine (0.25mm) and Heavy (0.5mm). You definitely want the Fine for this little guy. HTH!
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Post by desertrat on Jul 25, 2015 14:46:20 GMT -5
cheers for that, just popping to shops,
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Post by desertrat on Aug 13, 2015 14:07:48 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Aug 13, 2015 15:53:08 GMT -5
Rigging looks great DR! Congrats on an awesome job. |
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Post by desertrat on Aug 14, 2015 12:00:12 GMT -5
thanks leon, need to build some tracks now though !!!!!!
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 14, 2015 15:41:57 GMT -5
Bet you're ready to come back to earth after working on this little beauty! Nice work all around DR. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Aug 17, 2015 12:16:18 GMT -5
Loving it already! Can't believe those people really had their planes painted that way...
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 17, 2015 17:25:11 GMT -5
Loving it already! Can't believe those people really had their planes painted that way... Relatively slow speed meant that the schemes were more about making it harder to aim than true 'camo' as we know it Andy! |
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Post by desertrat on Aug 20, 2015 12:54:42 GMT -5
Loving it already! Can't believe those people really had their planes painted that way... i know, almost wish they didn't...lol... it was used for training, but when i looked on web images.... wow some other colourschemes make this look boring !!!!! |
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Post by adt70hk on Nov 25, 2015 7:38:54 GMT -5
Good job!! Well done!
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