Perhaps A Dumb Question On Rigging

[DaveCS]

Hi There

Normally I model in 1/72 and, mostly, WWII allied aircraft flown by/for the RCAF. Lately I have started to grow warm to WWI aircraft that were flown by Canadian pilots. I've been able to build and rig a nice little Roden Sopwith Camel and Eduard's little Nieuport 17.

When I started looking for a decent DH2 though I decided to up the scale to 48th and attempt Eduard's boxing.

Well, I've painted her and I'll apply the decals (likely tonight) and then it's a matter of rigging before I "finish" her off.

My question regarding rigging is as follows:

Normally, for 1/72 I would just rig the bird using stretched sprue - just seems to be the easiest in that scale. Well, now 1/48th is a bit larger and I have the right invisible mending thread to rig with but I've not drilled any holes just yet. Is it too late in the game? I've painted her and applied a gloss coat to put the decals down but that's the extent of it - struts have not yet been glued into place so I'm not too far along. In the future I'll be sure to plan a bit better but the excitement got the better of me this time around

Just curious if I can still take care of it at this stage.

Cheers,

Dave

P.S. I've read a good thread here already on the topic of how to rig.. ( www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234931805-rigging-for-a-novice/ ) so I'm not worried about tackling it.. just curious if I can still do it at this stage

[gcn]

If you haven't put the top wing on then you are good to go.

Rig top wing

Put top wing on

Rig bottom wing

I know that's brief but that's the size of it. If you need more detail I'm more than happy to help. Good luck in 1/48 I've just completed a dh2 in 1/32