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Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 by Skyediamonds1985. Viewed 1897 times.
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| Skyediamonds1985 | 06-Jul-15 21:40 | | After you have used the scissors to cut both the desired thickness and length of the hand bag.......er, I mean coaming.. (ahem), to the length to surround the cockpit opening, simply remove the "stuffing" to reveal the groove to slip over and around. In this case, I used white glue to account of the time needed for adjusting the coaming to fit snugly around the cockpit. The handle from the hand bag will have enough to produce at least a half dozen open cockpit aircraft. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | 07-Jul-15 01:17 | | Finally, for bragging rights, you could say that your cockpit coaming is a Luis Vuitton, or a Prada.! |
| johnhuck | 07-Jul-15 14:52 | | This is incredibly helpful. Do you have "instructional" photos of how you did your rigging? |
| Skyediamonds1985 | 10-Jul-15 10:59 | | johnhuck, will start providing "instruction photos" on my rigging soon. However, I tried to imitate the actual rigging of the real thing. So, my rigging might be unusual. Thank you very much for asking. It seems all modelers have their own way of rigging. My approach is, to say the least, unusual. -Sky |
| johnhuck | 10-Jul-15 14:54 | | Actually, it is because your rigging is different that I asked the question. I had been looking at how others do it, but yours particularly interested me. I look forward to seeing more on your rigging when you get around to it. Thanks! |
| Skyediamonds | 11-Jul-15 14:45 | | Johnhuck, I am searching for any photos I can find on my rigging so I can show you my so-called "technique." Really want to share with you & everyone else on the VA forum. If I can't find the pictures: in a nutshell, Guillow's designed the PT-17 in a way that the rigging is NOT functional should you decide to fly it. It's more for show or display. Having said that, I could not find any suitable flat cable wire in 1/20th scale. The closest to real flat wire is in 1/4th or 1/5th scale. Way too big. In the plastic modeling world, most biplanes are offered in 1/32nd scale by WingNutWings. Way too small. Even then, most, if not all, plastic model biplanes are rigged with fishing line, thin wire, or thread. I even checked out the flat braiding made out of leather or flexible plastic often used to braid key chains. At least that's what I did when my parents shipped me off to summer camp. It was close, but still a bit too wide & way too thick for 1/20nd scale. So, I cut up very thin strips of glossy paper from magazine covers! Painted the thin strips with high polished metallic paint, attached some end points obtained at a local arts & crafts store & installed on the model. I tried cutting up thin strips from disposable aluminum baking pans you can get at the grocery store. Despite all efforts by razor, scissors, & even paper guillotine cutting blade, the aluminum strips curled up & stayed curled & sometimes kinked up. It wasn't until after the model was complete that there are very thin plastic styrene strips available at hobby stores
-Learn something new all the time. -Sky |
| johnhuck | 13-Jul-15 09:46 | | Well, that is unusual, to say the least! I am currently working sporadically on a Sopwith Camel, and I am thinking of different ways to make the rigging look good, but still be within the scope of what I can competently do. I really liked the way yours looked. I have been thinking of using elastic thread on parts of it. Anyone have good/bad experience with this? |
| David Duckett | 13-Jul-15 10:15 | | May I direct your attention to the builds of John Oshust. Elastic thread is just one of the many treasures he's discovered in craft stores. Works fairly well for him.:-) |
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