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| John M Oshust | 10-Feb-10 10:20 |
| Fuse sheeting completed. |
| Ken Miller | 13-Feb-10 15:28 |
| I had posted this on Guillow"s Forum since I thought the discussion was better suited to the Forum than here but I had no responses. Since the information I was looking was generated as a result of this thread I decided to cut and paste my question here. Thanks for any help.
"On Virtual Aerodrome some discussion came up about sheeting over wings and fuse and keeping everything scale. I am planning on building the Guillow's model #402 P-51 and want to try sheeting with 1/32†balsa. For the wings I would reduce the bottom of the ribs by 1/16†and glue the ribs directly to the bottom sheeting. I may need to adjust the ribs but that is a different question. I would use the 1/16†spars on the top ribs and would glue the 1/32†sheeting over the ribs. Would this keep everything scale? Also, would I have problems when it comes time to sand the trailing edge?
Thanks for any help or advice." |
| John M Oshust | 13-Feb-10 16:04 |
| I do not know as I am not skilled in scale sheeting techniques. |
| Ken Miller | 13-Feb-10 18:16 |
| Oh, OK thanks. |
| pfinn | 13-Feb-10 20:18 |
| Hey Ken. Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd probably add the stringers back to the bottom of the ribs to add support to the thin sheeting (1/32') though. You might want to extend the notches before removing the lower 1/16" off the bottom (make the stringer notches 1/8" deep before the trim) so you won't have to try to line them up again. Just a thought. Phil. |
| poppy | 13-Feb-10 23:44 |
| John, Looks good. To Ken Miller, some minor mods are OK, ribs and formers and such. But I find using .010 guage sheet styrene to build up edges of plastic parts on the Guillows models is easier and works great. See my build posts of SBD-3 for more on this method. If you are a scale purist, then these models are not for you 'cause none are exact scale. |
| Ken Miller | 14-Feb-10 07:36 |
| Thanks for the info. I am just finishing my first every model and making it the way my father did in the 1940's. It is the Guillow's #503 Hellcat. I planked the fuse and sheeted the wings with 1/32". When I sanded the edges I sanded through the edges so I am sure what the best way is to handle that problem. The additional problem was having to make mods to fit the wings. Thats why I thought I needed to reduce the ribs by 1/16". |
