stevej60 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Excellent work and a great way to educate the youngsters instead of reading it in a book!Some great work on the various explosion's etc and I really love the Aircraft vignette with that winter setting, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Hi all I decided to put the decals on before I put the wings on or the rigging as I can see it being very fiddly after, I'm figuring that maybe I will rig each layer of wings before I add the next layer, I know nothing about rigging planes, is this a good method or will it cause problems later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Now I'm confused, the instructions show the crossover rigging in the wings going through them with the middle of the cross intersecting the centre of the wing the box art shows the starting at the inside of the top wing and going in front of the other two and seeming to attach to the undercarriage and crossing below the centre wings, photos on Google are inconclusive, personally it would be easier if they didn't go through the wings, which is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Depends on who built the original; the wire from top of the outer strut could go in front of the wing to a point on the fuselage about halfway between the u/c struts, but it is actually tight against the middle wing, on some airframes I noticed that this wire went through the middle wing, just a few inches in, about 1mm into the middle wing on the model. I rigged my Tripe with that wire outside the wing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hi all well here is the next update, I'm not happy with it but hey, that's par for the course, me and planes just plain don't mix. The one thing in my advantage is none of the kids will probably never have seen a triplane and even if they had it would have probably been the red barons so they won't know if it's right or wrong. In my defence it's tiny it's only 75 mm long and a wing span of only 110 mm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hi all well this lot is completed ( unfortunately I didn't realise that the last led was multi coloured) hey ho  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Fantastic job kp.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridge Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 i'm gonna save the link and keep it as a reference if i ever need to make a diorama with an explosion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.o Prune Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Beautiful diorama. Regarding the German plane I think that the broken off wing is much too clean. Considering that the planes were made of plywood and fabric, I would expect torn fabric and pieces of wood sticking out here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromwell Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Love the exploding shell effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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