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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:44
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Getting there. When the rigging is completed, then I'll install the landing gears. I wanted to avoid any potential damage to the gear while man-handling the model during rigging.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:42
Views : 725
Both top and bottom outer wing panels installed. Now comes the "fun" part. The rigging.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:40
Views : 736
Exhaust and upper and lower wing center sections installed and ready for the outer wing panels.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:39
Views : 663
As much as I didn't want to paint over such a nice brass finish, they were painted flat black as per real aircraft
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:37
Views : 604
Holes punctured and brass worked out smooth to fit over each wing strut
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:34
Views : 544
Puncturing holes into the brass bracket. Don't worry, it gets better
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:33
Views : 610
Transferred paper template onto .005 thin brass sheet metal.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:31
Views : 544
Paper template for wing strut brackets. Each has its own special template.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Aug-16 22:30
Views : 526
Fabricating the wing strut brackets by first folding paper to use as a template
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:17
Views : 605
Used an old X=Acto blade and rolled back and forth to cut the tubing. If I used a pair of cutters, it would only pinch the ends shut and flare out the ends.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:13
Views : 677
Because of the double sets of flying wires, I thought it might be prudent to downsize the "turnbuckles" and rigging to make room at this scale. In this case, I cut small sections from .006 sized brass tubinmg, the smallest size av
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild03-Aug-16 22:09
Views : 635
This is probably a better photo of the double sets of flying wires.
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