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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Parked | 01-May-16 20:36 |  | | Views : 561 | | Thought you might find this interesting about nothing the surface tapes, as well as their width. Ciao for now. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 01-May-16 20:33 |  | | Views : 595 | | Wing covered with heat-shrink Solartex. I also added surface tape. As mentioned in my previous posting, at 1,248 stitches and each one 1/16" across,, decided to keep my sanity at this point. At the wingtip, is the inspection window. Will post a close up later. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Parked | 01-May-16 20:29 |  | | Views : 501 | | The speed of the aircraft determines the distance between stitches. On the S.E. 5 for example, this works out to 2.5 inches apart. With 52 ribs for both top and bottom wings (not including the false ribs along the leading edge) that works out to 1,248 stitches...... At this scale, each stitch works out to be 1/16" across. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Parked | 01-May-16 20:19 |  | | Views : 530 | | Rib stitching. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Parked | 01-May-16 20:19 |  | | Views : 699 | | This is from the published FAA repair manual part 43.13 on turnbuckles. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:32 |  | | Views : 591 | | However, with the two strips acting as safety margins, I hand-painted the tubular strip of plastic glued in between. The results make for pretty convincing hinges. |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:30 |  | | Views : 544 | | The glossy strips of paper with the rivet decals were painted first, before glued onto the model. This is to control exactly what I'd like on the finished results. I could take a chance and hand-paint the strips, but I didn't want to risk it. Especially at my age of retirement. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:26 |  | | Views : 528 | | Then I cut lengths of full round plastic strips to match the length of the glossy paper strips. As you can see, Evergreen Plastics can make them very small and thin. They also do this with half-round strips too. Those will be used as rigging between the wings. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:24 |  | | Views : 545 | | To fabricate what appears to be hinges to hold the machine gun covers in place, I cut thin strips of glossy paper and used MicrtoMark's rivet decals. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:19 |  | | Views : 532 | |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:17 |  | | Views : 498 | | After careful cutting and trimming (and trimming), I cut out the hole and used MicroMark's rivet decals to simulate the opening for the ejected shells. Then painted glossy olive drab for that "factory fresh" look |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 25-Apr-16 21:14 |  | | Views : 464 | | Like previous covers, I'm using medium thick glossy paper. The glossy surface is smooth and does not exhibit any signs of fibers normally seen on paper. I can use either glossy paint, or flat to suit my tastes. |
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