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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:34
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Puncturing holes into the brass bracket. Don't worry, it gets better
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:33
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Transferred paper template onto .005 thin brass sheet metal.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:31
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Paper template for wing strut brackets. Each has its own special template.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:30
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Fabricating the wing strut brackets by first folding paper to use as a template
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:17
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Used an old X=Acto blade and rolled back and forth to cut the tubing. If I used a pair of cutters, it would only pinch the ends shut and flare out the ends.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:13
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Because of the double sets of flying wires, I thought it might be prudent to downsize the "turnbuckles" and rigging to make room at this scale. In this case, I cut small sections from .006 sized brass tubinmg, the smallest size av
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:09
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This is probably a better photo of the double sets of flying wires.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aParked03-Aug-16 22:06
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This photo of the real aircraft shows two double sets of flying wires.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:04
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Really didn't want to paint the lovely brass. However, it did dcover up the discoloration from annealing the brass to bend it to wrap around the struts.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:02
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Brass really sets off the struts.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:01
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My version of an awl....
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 21:58
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The pattern from the wrapped paper
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