Redshift

If you can master woodworking, lathes and vacforming you can plonk a wing onto some sticks without any bother! 😋

I put metal inserts into the ends of the struts using 0.5mm tinned copper wire, then carefully measured out the position of the struts on the lower wings and nose, drilled some holes and glued the sticky out strut wires into the holes. This leaves the struts held firmly, but with a little bit of flex. Make sure the upper wires are all bent to be vertical. Now mark out and drill the upper wing, then carefully lower the upper wing in place, manipulating the struts with tweezers. Took a couple of goes but it worked out ok. Once in place a quick dab of CA using a pin as applicator keeps everything in place ready for rigging. Wash hands, drink tea. Simple!

Right, calling this one finished. See you in the RFI.

Lovely, and I'd love to do a big Victory but I can't justify that sort of expense to the budget controller though, nor could I find space to put it! Nice remodelling of the conservatory by the way.

Wonderful!

A wise man once said "measure twice, cut once", but he clearly wasn't a modeller. I manage to measure occasionally, cut often and repent at leisure.

Very true. Guess I've just got mid-project doldrums, and I've also been looking at too many of @Moa's outstanding scratch-built weird and wonderful creations. There's also an Avro 504K somewhere that's coming together rather well too!

Lots of activity, but not much to show for it. I did several hours keyhole surgery to scrape out the cockpit, but I'm not overly happy with it as its a bit rough and ready. Also tried making raised ribs then completely abandoned them as being, well, rubbish. Here is the current state of play, starting to come together, but not quite as good as I'd hoped.

Absolutely super! Can we have a separate dedicated Moa sub forum? I would subscribe and Follow.

Hmm... soldering a frame and making aerofoils from plasticard. Interesting. I feel my next build brewing...

Its starting to look quite a lot like an aeroplane. I'm keen to see how the cockpit goes, I want to pinch some ideas!

Nearly got all the parts made, just need to sort some undercarriage, a load of struts and the cockpit, then its time to nail it all together.

Not balsa, stacked rings of 5mm ply. Even a flat wing can give me trouble, I joined them with 1mm brass bar, but drilling the holes accurately was challenging. Next, what to do about the cockpit, and how mad to go with detail given that it is hidden under the wing.

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Sorry Steve, it was God's Own Country (northern England division) a.k.a North Yorkshire. Very pretty, but not as pretty as the pictures I've seen of NZ. Think I can avoid the dreaded plastic for now, plywood to the rescue.

And I have lathe envy now!

I think I may be there with the engine, especially as its mostly hidden under the nose cowling. Had to make a new prop as the old one broke, and manged to clone the vickers gun. Need to think about the cowling next, it may mean using plastic (shudder).

Excellent, good to see the avro work back in progress. Had any thoughts about modelling the engine yet, or are you taking the easy (if better detailed) route by buying a resin one?

Right, back from a very restful sojourn to God's Own Country and back to "work". I've been trying to come up with a way of modelling a 9 cylinder rotary, but my geometry keeps failing, so to get back into the swing of things some miniguns. Well, mini- Vickers, not miniguns, but you know what I mean.

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Welcome omce again my friends to the show that never ends. This months lesson in wood fondling will be a demo of how to find a camel in a plank. Specifically, uncovering the sopwith camel that is hiding inside the offcuts of my spitfire build. Step 1, plans and bits Part B, Hercule Poirot's moustache: iii, carefully measure the fuselage Four, get distracted during planing and take too much off, plus the top of my finger. Grrrrr More anon when the bleeding stops. Nick

Superb! Absolutely first class

Thanks Steve Nope, all bodging is on full display! I am now at the stage of having to try to ignore the mistakes and be pleased with the result, which is quite difficult. The next one will be better, then the next, and the one after that... Nick

Coo, its a big old beast. I've got some snaps of the one in the Pima Air & Space museum if you're interested. It makes a B52 and a Super Guppy look small!

Thanks, definitely from plans! I found aerofred and the-blueprints.com very useful for drawings