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| rgood, Comment for image # 34753 | 16 Oct 15 12:14 |
| What to do about that "gappy" join line on the cowling? |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34754 | 16 Oct 15 12:04 |
| Need to work on that port wing tip nose join! |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34755 | 16 Oct 15 12:03 |
| I think that he is humming the theme from the opus 131 quartet! |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34756 | 16 Oct 15 12:02 |
| Thank you Creosotewind! (Do you also live in the desert like DD?) Working on some cockpit detailing at the moment - wish I could get the "super" look of many of our friends on this site - still learning! |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34752 | 16 Oct 15 11:58 |
| That is interesting David - all that you say is so true - I'm still looking at those dreadful plastic caps for the strut top ends, I think that I will simply carve some wooden ones!My wing tips went on quite easily but the nose/cowling halves were a pain (as you will see in my pics to follow!) Buy the buy: I am a true Brit "skin-flint"- I actually re-sharpen my knife blades on a fine stone - they last for ages that way. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 34756 | 16 Oct 15 11:41 |
| This looks really sharp. |
| rgood, Image # 34756 | 16 Oct 15 11:12 |
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| rgood, Image # 34755 | 16 Oct 15 11:12 |
Ludwig's head looks on. |
| rgood, Image # 34754 | 16 Oct 15 11:11 |
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| rgood, Image # 34753 | 16 Oct 15 11:11 |
Carved wooden prop replaces the plastic prop parts. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 34752 | 16 Oct 15 07:19 |
| One can't win. A guy on the Guillows forum is complaining about laser cut kits, saying you're being ripped off by not having to cut out the parts, thus losing 50% of the build. The first kit I built was print wood so I thought that was the norm for all kits. I don't even think about the wood anymore because I don't start a build unless I have two brand new blades in the knives and CA handy to repair anything I break. Just part of the game. Not sure what fiddly means, :-), but the plastic in this kit is indeed a pain. The pieces that are supposed to cover where the struts meet the wing just simply do not fit correctly. The plastic wing tips common to the 800 series are another problem. I consider the 800 series the most difficult of the Guillows kits primarily due to their engineering but also because of the plastic. It's almost as if that series was designed by some other company. |
| julinick, Comment for image # 34752 | 15 Oct 15 18:29 |
| I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm learning that from the B-29 build. From now on I will cast the parts I think that are fiddly myself. Looking forward to your build!! |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34752 | 15 Oct 15 13:53 |
| A very "full" box of bits! Some of the plastic parts are very fiddly - balsa mainly very good apart from a few soft pieces. One of the wing rib die-cut sheets was hardly "cut" at all. Despite that I am enjoying this build - it will be non-flying! |
| rgood, Comment for image # 34751 | 15 Oct 15 13:48 |
| This kit was discovered a short time ago - it was in a box packed when we moved to the USA in 2005. Son Richard bought it for me circa 2001 - 2003 I think. |
| rgood, Image # 34752 | 15 Oct 15 10:25 |
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| rgood, Image # 34751 | 15 Oct 15 10:25 |
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