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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (45 in total) :  <<   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Flying 16-Nov-15 21:44 Views : 451 Here, I will also hope to alter the original shape of the kit to reflect the outlines of the original aircraft. I've lowered the bottom keel outside of the plans. I'll have to break apart some of the fuselage formers and elongate them with some extra balsa bracing on the back. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 21:36 Views : 494 This is the section where I will be making some alterations to the original kit Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 21:35 Views : 442 While continuing my trials on the wing inspection windows, I've started on the fuselage. My intent is to detail the cockpit interior as like the real airdraft Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 21:04 Views : 459 Sample wing. About to try the experiment of installing the inspection window. Hope all this experimentation pays off. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 21:02 Views : 379 Just peeled off the old covering and sanded the frame. Reapplied the Solartex. You can see the old one above. Looks almost like old skin. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:37 Views : 412 Three strikes! In my haste, I forgot to add more glue to all of the surrounding cutout area. I need consistency in order to ensure that all this experiment is worth the effort. Now I'll have to rip off the whole surface of my sample wing and recover and try again. Any observations or suggestions? Will let you know of my efforts within the next day or so. Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:30 Views : 441 Tried it again. This time I used more glue around the perimeter of the cut before installing the window assembly. Seems pretty good, but a bit oversized. Will try it again but smaller. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:27 Views : 453 Results were not all that encouraging. Apparently, the surrounding fabric "gives" whenever I applied the iron to the strips around the window Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:19 Views : 522 After gluing the strips of Solartex around the plastic window, I used just a spot of glue to help hold the whole inspection window assembly in place while I used the iron to the fabric Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:17 Views : 420 Used an X-Acto to cut out the surface outline Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:16 Views : 419 Using a thin marker, I drew the outlines of the "window" on my sample wing. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 16-Nov-15 11:14 Views : 433 A close up photo from The Vintage Aviator website revealed that the inspection window had small screws or rivets. So, I used a large pin and pushed out some "rivets" from the backside of the plastic "window." I hope this feature shows through the strips of fabric covering. Page (45 in total) :  <<   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]