| Image Comments |
| poppy | 05-Jul-15 06:03 |
| Getting there. I will do all panel lines before final attachment of wings. |
| rayl | 05-Jul-15 11:10 |
| Darn, That's looking good. The panel lines will really bring it to life. |
| Skyediamonds | 05-Jul-15 12:32 |
| Poppy: I'm still new at this style of filling & sheeting the stick-n-tissue frames. Been reviewing & carefully following your B-17 build. Just have a couple of questions: why did you choose to infill the underside of the stab but sheet the top surface? And when sheeting the wings & vertical tail surfaces, are the leading & trailing edges thick enough to accept the sheeting without the sheeting itself creating a "lip" at the edges? Or do you double up on the l/e & t/e in thickness to compensate? Hope you don't mind my asking, I feel I've got a lot to catch up. Thanks. Sky |
| poppy | 05-Jul-15 13:57 |
| Thanks. Sky, the stab opening in the fuselage would only accomodate one 1/32 sheet without modifications, so I infilled one side to make flush to ribs. When I sheet the wings, I slightly lower the leading edges on all ribs so I can butt the leading edge of the sheet to the rear edge of the leading edge. The trailing edges are sanded as thin as I dare. After skins are in place I sand the upper and lower trailing edge of them as thin as possible. They are never razor thin, but works for me. Any cracks alnng the L/E's are filled and sanded before silkspan is applied. The fin skins are just glued to the frame edges, then rounded to shape, then a little filler, sanding and silkspan. If a good grade of 1/32 sheet is used, some light sanding is ok. Some sheets are as soft as paper and these I avoid. |
| poppy | 05-Jul-15 14:20 |
| Some wings I do the same as the fin. After rounding the L/E, filler is used on any lip left , sanded smooth then silkspanned. Just depends on how much "play" I have on final thickness of wings as to which method I choose. |
| Skyediamonds | 05-Jul-15 14:47 |
| Poppy, thank you very much for your detailed response. It has been extremely helpful & I'll remember it next time I take on a project that is similar to yours. You've really done a magnificent job! One question: are you using thin markers with flexible straight edges on paneling, or 1/32nd tape? If using markers, how can you achieve consistent results without the marker "splots?" Or is it just an acquired skill after much practice? -Sky |
| poppy | 05-Jul-15 16:42 |
| I use fine tip markers, flexible rulers, various peices of cardbstock for extreme curved surfaces. I also use 3M blue painters tape. I guess no splotches are just acquired skills and lots of practice. If I do get an uh-oh, I just paint over it and re-do. |
| Skyediamonds | 05-Jul-15 18:55 |
| Poppy: thank you very much for your input. Really helps out a lot. You dah man! Will continue to quietly (& enviously) observe your progress. This is the kind of support I needed all these years. Thanks again. Sky |
| BriandKilby | 06-Jul-15 08:17 |
| looks good poppy! I think when I made one of my tanks they had two olive drab colors for the model master paints. I don't know if that was the situation for your plane or not. |
