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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild05-Oct-16 00:07
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Used glossy paper to build the base for the control horns.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild05-Oct-16 00:06
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild05-Oct-16 00:05
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In my last posting, I believe I mentioned I'll be working on the tail feathers. Here, I am fabricating the control horns. I thought I would give it a bit of "bling" by adding eyeball-straining tiny brass colored beads as bushing. I purposely had my thumb in the picture for scale. Notice the itsy bitsy tiny bead. Ouch!
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 21:47
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End result. The cap was a small circular piece of brass that was punched out and glued on top of a small ring to give it depth. Not bad, eh?
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 21:44
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The Vintage Aviator revealed that only on the left side was the turnbuckle. Like the small turnbuckles used in the cockpit area, I cut small sections out of .006" brass tubing and used small really tiny beads. To thread them back over themselves was a challenge.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 21:37
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Left a portion of the end a bit loose on purpose to give it the illusion of the cable holding it down.
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 21:34
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Close up photos of the real plane revealed the radiator had a strap that was tied down with a cable. Used the pin to help glue on the edge of the strap.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 21:33
Views : 799
Added some super glue to a pin so I could exercise better control where it wanted it to go.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 13:59
Views : 950
Forgot to show how I approached the detailing of the top portion of the radiator. I just used Spacklin Compound. This is in its rough shape just after I pulled off the masking tape while it was still wet.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild11-Sep-16 13:53
Views : 855
The bottom of the radiator cover has been glued to the underside of the fuselage and top has been painted. Only to add just a few more accessories and this will be finished and I'll move onto the tail feathers.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild10-Sep-16 13:31
Views : 860
All the louvers are glued in place along with the small "adjusting" rod and, if you look closely, can see a very fine wire wrapped around the wheel. Sorry about not having the louvers adjustable. It actually occurred to me to try making them adjustable, but reality hit me. I had to keep in mind, "This is only a small stick-n-tissue model." I'm currently having some problems with my ol' laptap. I've taken additional pictures, but can't seem to get them resized into my folder for future submission to this site. I'll keep trying. I sincerely thank everyone for their inputs. I've posted my response in my last post on the 6th. You guys are great.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild04-Sep-16 17:51
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However, when viewed from an angle, the louvers are very prominent. I could've arranged the louvers to cant downward to visually bring them out. Since this model will be given to my daughter, I have no idea where she'll be displaying it. So, decided a neutral position would be best.
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