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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild26-Jul-16 18:21
Views : 555
Decided to emulate the thin metal flange and rivets. Using MicroMark's rivet decals on glossy paper for the metal flange.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild26-Jul-16 18:19
Views : 542
A close up of the exhaust manifold from a different perspective to highlight some of the detailing.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aParked24-Jul-16 16:39
Views : 592
Compare to the full-sized aircraft. Just a little bit more detailing before installing to the model.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:36
Views : 830
Not bad. As you can see, it might be a good idea to install the exhaust prior to the outer wing panels and their associated rigging.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:34
Views : 495
Close up of trail fitting. Had to make sure that the small exhaust stubs lined up with the exhaust outlets of the engine. You can see notice the small gaskets.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:33
Views : 491
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:33
Views : 490
Using pin vice to drill hole to help reinforce the stubs to the engine
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:31
Views : 477
Super glued and starting to take shape
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:30
Views : 537
Cutting short lengths of smaller sized plastic tubing to attach the manifold to the engine. If you can zoom up, the small piece already cut has been filed round to help fit to the larger plastic tubing.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild24-Jul-16 16:28
Views : 504
For exhaust manifold, the S.E. 5 has a prominent feature. Cut a length of suitable sized plastic tubing and covered the end with Spackling compound.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Jul-16 15:29
Views : 496
Here, you can see that the (now) reduced size can easily fit inside the tubular bead. But in order to make room for the "holding wire" coming out of the struts, I had to cut off much of the end of the plastic. As you can see from comparing the length of the bead and allowances for both the plastic and wire, doesn't really give much strength to this joint. As all things in life, one must consider giving up something in order to gain a desired goal. So the rigging is obviously non-functional and somewhat weak in exchange for the convenience of being able to attch the ends of the rigging and slide them in adjusting tension.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild14-Jul-16 15:22
Views : 515
Despite the seemingly tiny cross section of the half-round plastic strips used for rigging, it was still too large to fit over the small beads used as turnbuckles. To use larger beads would have made everything out of scale. To reduce the cross section, I used heat to stretch out the ends . The lighter was taped for photographic purposes.
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