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| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:43 |  | | Views : 845 | | I painted the upper cockpit with medium green. I puchased a fine marking pen to draw in the door panels and rudder lines. Un fortunately the ink is not as pernanent as I was led to believe. The beginings of the engine has been added upper nose. The kit de |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:25 |  | | Views : 744 | | With the cockpit patterns glued down it was a simple and easy task to cut around the patterns with a new sharp #11 blade to cut out the openings, after which I used a rolled up piece of fine sand paper to cleaan the edges. It went smoother than I thought |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:15 |  | | Views : 854 | | The fuselage has been papered and has had the cockpit openening patterns cut from the plans and glued in place with the same diluted white glue I used for papering. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 28-Nov-07 08:08 |  | | Views : 902 | | The fuselage is assembled and finished with several coats of sanding sealer and is now ready for papering. This will be the first time I have papered over large sections of wood. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 17-Nov-07 12:40 |  | | Views : 724 | | The wings are finished, sanded and doped. the finished fuel tank is seen in between the wing halves. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 17-Nov-07 02:55 |  | | Views : 744 | | The fuel tank, which fits between the two halve of the wing, is covered with 1/32 balsa sheet, is sanded and doped. |
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| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 16-Nov-07 17:56 |  | | Views : 773 | | I added a number gussets to the elavator and extra stringers to the rudder for strength, both have been sanded and doped and are ready for covering.. The wing braces have been sanded and doped. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Build | 16-Nov-07 17:41 |  | | Views : 904 | | The lower fuselage sides are togther and saded and doped.The top of the fuselage is covered with 1/32 balsa sheet in four section and has been filled and coated with wood sealer and sanded smooth. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Parked | 11-Nov-07 14:47 |  | | Views : 799 | | The instructions call for laying down a protecive sheet atop of the finished side and build the second side on top of the finished side. An interesting way of duplicating an exact second side. |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Parked | 11-Nov-07 14:37 |  | | Views : 880 | | In covering the plans I had read that parchment paper was superior to either plastic or wax paper which I had been using so I decided to try it. The plans are a single sheet printed on one side, so I was able to cut them up and work with bits and pieces o |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Westland Widgeon | Parked | 11-Nov-07 11:34 |  | | Views : 791 | | Because the Westland Widgeon is slab sided far fewer parts need to be cut out. The kit contains decals, excellent quality balsa, vacu wheels, a multi sheet set of instructions and plans on a single wheet, rubber engine and plastic propeller as well tissue |
| jerry campbell | West Wings Topaz | Parked | 11-Nov-07 04:14 |  | | Views : 1680 | | Because it is slab sided the Westwing Widgeon has far few parts to cut out. the kit contains decals, vacu wheels, excellent balsa, and a single complete instructions with a singe sheet of plans. |
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