Graeme H Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I have been slowly plugging away at mine, but seem unable to achieve any wing droop on the outer part of the wings, despite using gluing techinque, hot water, hairdryer, and sunlight temperatures, oh well time to move on Now when I look at photos from Airliners.net, I find the corogard on the top of the wings to be quite different to what Revell have, especially on the inboard part Also from this photo there is a distinct difference between the metalic type on 747's, this is just some plain grey, anybody got a decent colour match? FS nimber? and there is no Corogard on the underside Also from the first two photos, it is obvious that the ailerons and elevators drop full down when the power is off Just curious to what others are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 well....if I ever get around to doing mine, pics like these sure help! no answer to the coro question tho' not yet anyway... I wish I was sam chui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV571 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I have been slowly plugging away at mine, but seem unable to achieve any wing droop on the outer part of the wings, despite using gluing techinque, hot water, hairdryer, and sunlight temperatures, oh well time to move onNow when I look at photos from Airliners.net, I find the corogard on the top of the wings to be quite different to what Revell have, especially on the inboard part Also from this photo there is a distinct difference between the metalic type on 747's, this is just some plain grey, anybody got a decent colour match? FS nimber? and there is no Corogard on the underside Also from the first two photos, it is obvious that the ailerons and elevators drop full down when the power is off Just curious to what others are doing? Hi Graeme, To answer your questions in order: The shape on the Revell instructions seems to only apply to the early A380s used in the test programme. The one in the photos is the current production standard so will be correct for all in-service aircraft. The coroguard centre on the upper surface of the wing box is officially RAL 7004. The rest of the wing is BAC707 grey. Standard coroguard as on the 747s is an aluminium pigmented finish rather than an actual paint so can come in a million-and-one shades! You are right, there is no coroguard on the lower wing; these are also BAC707 grey over the whole surface. The noticeable droop in the ailerons and elevators is probably a result of the new style of hydraulic system used in the A380 which may bleed off the pressure faster. When power is restored to the electric pumps the actuators will power the controls back to the neutral position. A similar, but less pronounced, effect can be seen on the A330/A340 and A320 family which have a conventional hydraulic reservoir system. Keep plugging away with the wings, I'm sure you'll get there in the end. HTH, Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttoncup Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I cant help with your questions what so ever, just posting to say what GREAT photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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