| Image Comments |
| heywooood | 13-May-17 23:58 |
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| heywooood | 14-May-17 00:04 |
| can you picture the top wing...
So I have a lot of filling and sanding to do here before I can lay up that big wing but it is coming together. |
| John M Oshust | 14-May-17 06:04 |
| Sweet. The wheel pants remind me of my Willie before his surgery😳 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 14-May-17 08:19 |
| That is one solid looking model Heywood - nice job on the infil planking on the wing. |
| heywooood | 14-May-17 12:08 |
| I like the look of it so far too...there are only one or two deviations from the prototype to the kit design and they are workable. I do not think I will modify them though. I want to build this one to the kit drawings and general instructions. Obviously my infill method is not part of that, but the structure and design of the kit as it was intended by the kit manufacturer is. In this case - the lower wing should be higher on the fuselage with the bottom of the wing actually higher than the top of the wheel pants and an under-wing 'belly pan' to fair the bottom of the fuselage around the bottom of the lower wing. If I were to do another of example of this kit I would probably make that modification but this one is to go according to the kit plan and spec's |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 14-May-17 16:16 |
| A lot of kits these days are "sized" - eg. larger stab - away from exact scale, in order for them to be better flyers, but you can always build them to exact scale ... |
| heywooood | 14-May-17 17:09 |
| Yes and this kit has that indicated on the plans - the option to assemble for
flight or for scale appearance. Shown on the plans are the options for
wing dihedral, as well as dotted lines on the stab and
Elevator drawings indicating the smaller 'scale' sizes vs the oversized 'for flying' dimensions. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 14-May-17 17:27 |
| Next question: does this kit supply laser cut parts for the "Scale" version also, or do you just have to cut them out yourself for a "Scale" build? |
| heywooood | 14-May-17 19:47 |
| LWM - no - the parts for the smaller tail surfaces are NOT provided. Just like the Guillow kits I have built - the plans show with dotted lines the smaller outlines of the scale fin/rudder and stab/elevator but no parts are provided.
I don't remember whether the old Sterling kits provided a separate part sheet for it though.. |
| heywooood | 15-May-17 11:46 |
| John Oshust - poor Willie...Charlie had to give up his 'shoes' too |
