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jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 09:01 | |
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The wing and fuel tank papering went well, much better than expected -- I used Japanese esci paper purchased from Sams here in the UK. |
jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:52 | |
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The rudder and tail plane are papered. |
jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:43 | |
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I painted the upper cockpit with medium green. I puchased a fine marking pen to draw in the door panels and rudder lines. Un fortunately the ink is not as pernanent as I was led to believe. The beginings of the engine has been added upper nose. The kit de |
jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:25 | |
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With the cockpit patterns glued down it was a simple and easy task to cut around the patterns with a new sharp #11 blade to cut out the openings, after which I used a rolled up piece of fine sand paper to cleaan the edges. It went smoother than I thought |
jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:15 | |
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The fuselage has been papered and has had the cockpit openening patterns cut from the plans and glued in place with the same diluted white glue I used for papering. |
jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:08 | |
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The fuselage is assembled and finished with several coats of sanding sealer and is now ready for papering. This will be the first time I have papered over large sections of wood. |