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| hjlittman, Comment for image # 8737 | 20 Jun 08 16:47 |
| While looking for something entirely different, I happened across this site that has some interesting A-26 pictures.
http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id161.html
Most of them are On-Mark Civil 7 conversions but there sre some of the untouched aircraft before the conversion process started. |
| JohnG., Comment for image # 8737 | 20 Jun 08 13:38 |
| This is a real champ...liking the look of the nacelles. |
| David Duckett, Image # 8737 | 20 Jun 08 10:44 |
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| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 8734 | 20 Jun 08 10:43 |
| Hmm, I thought the wing went over the nacelles. ;)
Looks really good, David. |
| David Duckett, Image # 8734 | 19 Jun 08 19:31 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 8733 | 19 Jun 08 19:30 |
Easily shaped with a sanding block |
| David Duckett, Image # 8732 | 19 Jun 08 19:28 |
Sand to contour. |
| David Duckett, Image # 8731 | 19 Jun 08 19:27 |
Using 1/16" laminations instead of trying to carve a solid hard block |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 8711 | 19 Jun 08 15:04 |
| I haven't done it but it certainly could be done. All my Todays Hobbies jets are made that way as is the Bearcat. The technique is called planking. |
| Ed Clark, Comment for image # 8711 | 19 Jun 08 14:55 |
| David, this looks like another beauty coming off the line. I'm curious if you have ever taken the nibs off the formers and then use just your wood that is the width of each section you are doing with the fill in wood instead of stringers and wood? Just a thought. |
| Heinrich Dorfmann, Comment for image # 8727 | 19 Jun 08 13:11 |
| I remember that Ed T. Packard called this method of filling a "corrugated surface". Sometime I have to build one of his plans I still have. I shyed away
from it because they are really high effort to build. |
| RodN, Comment for image # 8702 | 18 Jun 08 22:48 |
| Hey David is this the "Mistel" version????? |
| RodN, Comment for image # 8728 | 18 Jun 08 22:40 |
| Very nice indeed David!! |
| David Duckett, Image # 8729 | 18 Jun 08 18:50 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 8728 | 18 Jun 08 18:46 |
One down, one to go. |
| David Duckett, Image # 8727 | 18 Jun 08 18:45 |
Cut & paste. Then carefully trim away the excess and sand. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 8700 | 18 Jun 08 18:42 |
| As a kid I dreaded cutting out all the pieces and thinking about it now it was probably because all I had was a single-edge razor blade. Now all I use is a x-acto and lots of sharp blades. My 3 West Wings planes were all printwood and I found that accurately cutting out the pieces was as much a part of the build as anything else and I actually look forward to it. I DO NOT like the way they crowd all the pieces so closely together. Of course, when one's building the way I do, a broken piece is no big deal. I DO very much like the fit of the pieces since they are more accurate than die-cut, usually. Printwood would not stop me from building a kit. |
| Barnstormer, Comment for image # 8700 | 18 Jun 08 15:42 |
| Looking Very nice!! |
| simpleflyer, Comment for image # 8700 | 18 Jun 08 15:05 |
| Thanks for the reply, David. If I remember correctly, printwood kits with all the cutting involved are not exactly a favorite of yours. Has this kit changed your impression of this type of kit? BTW, what you are doing with this kit looks great. I am looking forward to seeing the completed model. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 8711 | 18 Jun 08 10:21 |
| Sweet!!! |
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