Black Knight Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Heather Kay said: We need to get a proper medical term for rigging phobia, don’t we. doppeldeckeruslinonophobia edit: oops forgot to say doppledecker = German for biplane linono = Greek for rope or string phobia = extreme fear of biplane-strings-fear sounds better as doppeldeckeruslinonophobia 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi @Heather Kay Can i join please, you have absolutely nailed it with the fear of rigging. I have lots of large biplane flying boats i would love to build. I will find an excuse to build a biplane before this GB kicks off and promise to build one of the big flying boats for this GB. cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 8 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Can i join please Absolutely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) I know this should probably be posted somewhere else, but it sort of fits here. So, firstly Happy New Year to you fellow rigging phobics. I got to thinking, as I started my little Ford Model T Australian Army Car from ICM, that three four wheeled kits in a row is going to get boring. So I bought the CSM Nieuport XVIII Late, thinking an aeroplane will make a nice change of pace AND I can can practice rigging. I haven’t even stuck anything together yet, but have already had to fit four pieces of rigging (something to do with the cockpit). And I have to say, I got on really well (nobody more surprised then me). I am using Prym 977 770 as the rigging, not sure if it’s super accurate, but it looks good. I drilled tiny, tiny, tiny holes and threaded the Prym through and stuck it using Revel FIX-kit UV activated super glue, which worked well. And then trimmed off the excess, and I’m quite pleased with the result. On the back of this, I’m looking forward to making the rest of the kit AND the start of the group build, I think we will learn a lot from each other. Jon Edited January 3, 2020 by Faraway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Me too please Heather! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, CliffB said: Me too please Heather! Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 A gentle Sunday afternoon bump for any more interested in the challenges of multiple wings, sticks and string. Tell your friends! I am still amazed at how many of you have signed up so quickly, so thank you for that. I guess it’s now the long, slow, plod to get to the magic number for entry into the 2021 GB bunfight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I'd love to join, maybe with a 1/32 Sopwith Triplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Ted said: I'd love to join, maybe with a 1/32 Sopwith Triplane. Ooh, that’d be nice. You can join my gang! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 A Friday night bump. Any more want to join in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 51 minutes ago, Heather Kay said: A Friday night bump. Any more want to join in? This is where it gets interesting Heather. Its sometimes easy to get quite a few (about 2/3rds) to sign up. Its the last third or so that takes time and patience. They will come though as I see quite a few bi planes built on the forum. I believe you will get there with plenty of time to spare before the next bunfight in November. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: This is where it gets interesting Heather. Indeed. I know this next phase will be a struggle, but there is time on our side. I’ll try to cook up interesting things to say that might catch people's attention as they skim the What's New list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Been having a look through the stash and finiding options. There's more than I realised between various Matchbox and Airfix 72nd scale options and a stray Esoteric vacform Hawker Nimrod along with three Hawker Fury and a Sopwith Schneider in 48th and a 32nd scale Sopwith Triplane. Sure there's more lurking in corners I've yet to rediscover. Edited January 11, 2020 by Col. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 That’s a fair selection, Col. My selection is all seventy-tooth scale, and some might need to be put together well before any likely GB takes place. In the stash, I have, in no particular order... Heller DH89 Dragon Rapide Matchbox Supermarine Stranraer Mister Kit Fiat CR42 Falco Avis Henschel Hs123A Amodel Hawker Hector AZ Model Avro 621 Tutor Airfix DH82a Tiger Moth (a pair of these) Airfix Gloster Gladiator Airfix Fairey Swordfish Revell/Matchbox Supermarine Walrus Decisions, decisions! It’s pretty certain I shall only complete one build in the GB, so I need to choose wisely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Good stash! I bought rigging wire last year however have no kits, was really to try radio wires. BUT I do want to build a Hs 123 and or a WWI Albatros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) If it's a list you want @Heather Kaythat'll take me a wee bit of thinking and searching Edited January 11, 2020 by Col. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Not sure how I missed this, but why ever not? I just enjoyed building an Airfix Walrus in 1/48, and have a few 1/72 bi-planes in my stash - Matchbox Furies and Airfix Pups if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: Not sure how I missed this, but why ever not? It’s quite easy to miss things in a busy forum like BM, so I’m not going to blame you. I will happily add your name to the list. Here's one of my Gladiators, the Airfix recent tooling, by way of showing I have done rigging before, and I’m not afraid of it but I want to learn to do it better. This was done with fine tinned copper wire, careful measurement with dividers, and infinite amounts of patience. The wire was rolled flat and straight using a steel rule on a flat surface, carefully cut to length, then even more carefully positioned and held with drops of CA. You will note the control surface wires at the back of the wings have succumbed to finger pressure over time, while moving and cleaning the model. Future rigging will be done with various forms of elastic thread, for the sake of resilience more than anything. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 This is a fantastic opportunity to dig out that unbuilt biplane from the bottom of the stash and build it. How many of us have the Matchbox / Revell Heyford which looks magnificent when completed or the more humble Frog / Smer Blackburn Shark, which nearly had its own STGB in the Frog Squad GB recently ! Whoops got a bit over enthusiastic cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Okay folks! Friday, and time for another gentle prod to see if any more of you might want to lend some support to this little multi-winged group build game of mine. Perhaps you have a biplane kit in the stash. You keep meaning to dig it out and build it, but you always find a more interesting kit instead. This group build is the ideal way to overcome the fear of the multiple wings, even the dreaded rigging. There will be no compulsion to rig your model, mind, just plenty of encouragement and hints and tips on building models with more wings than most of the other kits you have stashed away! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I like biplanes but rigging scares me, but hey if I can cut up a Vulcan I can put some string between some wings right? On 31/12/2019 at 13:22, Heather Kay said: I thought it would be a fun title, but I see that doesn’t fit with everyone. I will think about it, and see if I can come up with something humorous, but technically correct. Now, while I intend the GB to be chiefly about encouraging folk to overcome rigging phobias, I don’t want it to be compulsory. We model for fun, after all, and you don’t need to tell me about some aspects of making models becoming a real chore. I am not going to object to models being built that won’t have bits of string holding them together. Now, where did I put my thinking cap? (A short while later...) Stringbags, and other animals? Nope. Type specific. Give me wings, lots of wings? No, too obscure. Stack 'em high? It’s not a shelfstackers' convention. Vier, Drew, Zwei - nicht Eins? Um, huh? Fokker felt naming their triplane a Dreidecker good enough, so the original title remains. All complaints will be forwarded to the relevant department and filed accordingly. Fancy having a bit of an odd group build? Aircraft with an extra layer of something compared to what is usual now. So we could have biplanes, literal double deckers, aircraft with odd stacked engine configurations like the Sperrin, Mistels from ww2 and probably a lot I can't think of at 1:30 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: Fancy having a bit of an odd group build? That’s a fun idea, but I think we’ll restrict this group build to just what I set out in the initial proposal. That said, though, there’s nothing to stop you promoting the idea for a future group build yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'll get me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Yes, maybe a Cr-32 Austrian Af.... Or some WW1 Oeffag, Phoenix... Lets see! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Count me in ... have mostly WWI subjects in the stash, along with a Gladiator and Swordfish. regards, Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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