dazdot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Looking good Andrew coming together nicely I have to say the rigging scares me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Me too - I'm doing all manner of things currently to avoid doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 yep that's why my my Albatros has stalled. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Well I eventually ran out of distractions to keep me away from the rigging and so it has started... First is the tail boom... I've started on the wing bracing wires - bloody hell its not easy!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Looking good though!! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Whats REALLY frustrating is when the rigging wire sticks to ANYTHING but what its supposed to!!! Tweezers, struts, ITSELF... anything but the place its supposed to attach to!!! GRRRRR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Andrew are you using turnbuckles? I've had to buy a new magnifier because I can't see the *&&(**Y loops in the buckles all the same the job looks good. keep going that looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 No I'm not but if I ever do this again I will be as I reckon those will be easier to attach than the thread directly into the holes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well I completed the rigging last night at last but I can't say I'm terribly impressed with the overall result. Its my first time doing it however so maybe I shouldn't be too hard on myself - next time I'll definitely use Bob's Buckles or some from Gaspatch as I reckon not on do they look a lot better at this scale (See Grant's Fe2b here as a case in point: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969287-132nd-wingnuts-fe2b-wing-cockpit-figures/) but I reckon it would make it easier to fix the rigging. I've got a couple of places that are quite messy IMO where I had problems getting the cyano to hold the thread. Thankfully most of these are on the underwing surface so not immediately visible, but there are enough bad joints to be noticeable. I'll post up some photos later, but now its onto the final weathering and touching up. Been having a bit of a nightmare with the prop - I've tried painting it to look like wood and that didn't work well. before that I'd tried to use the wood grain decals but they looked awful, but I'm having another go at that now to try to get something that looks like it has some wood grain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Whats REALLY frustrating is when the rigging wire sticks to ANYTHING but what its supposed to!!! Tweezers, struts, ITSELF... anything but the place its supposed to attach to!!! GRRRRR!!!! Ain't that the truth!! Having just used the Gaspatch turnbuckles, I still think just using thread is still the best way, even in 1/32, for most of the rigging. Turnbuckls are OK for certain applications but looking at photos you can barely see most of the end fitting details. What I really want to do is figure a way to do the little binding patch at the cross overs and the horizontal bars you see on some aircraft. I am impressed with the speed you put this one together with and got such a clean finish. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime. cheers Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Kallisti, if yiou are having trouble with the woodgrain, give coloured pencils ago. I find the watercolour pencils work best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) So I am very pleased to say that this is now complete! The kit was lovely to build but the rigging was a pain. I know for sure that next time I do something like this I'll be using turnbuckles as I really believe it will make it easier. So here goes with some pics (I borrowed the base form my old Spitfire IX build form some years ago to do the photos as I haven't got round to doing a base for this yet) I'll post the best pics in the gallery as well... This is my final entry in this GB - I've had a lot of fun taking part so thanks to everyone for running it an supporting it! Edited October 26, 2014 by Kallisti 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That's looking excellent! Paint, rigging, details, all very nice. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Super-duper in every respect! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Lovely job, the leather seat is very effective and the rigging looks great! I still think this was a very brave choice for a first WNW kit Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 ... I still think this was a very brave insane choice for a first WNW kit Will There, fixed it for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hats off to you Kallisti, great job of an iconic aircraft congratulations. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Kallisti, next time you pull off a masterpiece like this, DON'T use turnbuckles as you have alluded to earlier on. All RFC/RAF aircraft used RAF wire for their rigging (as in bracing wires, landing wires etc but not the control wires). As such they used very different terminals and not turnbuckles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Congratulations on the win Kallisti!! Excellent, well done! Sorry missed the announcement of the winners of this GB before. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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