BikingLampy Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 In my earlier modelling career, I hated biplanes with a vengeance. Horrible trying to get the wings on and lined up without everything turning into a horrible gluey mess, fragile when finished, impossible to paint. The idea of rigging one never even occurred to me. The one exception I recall was an Airfix (I think) Swordfish in white plastic. It was still a sticky mess, but it was actually robust enough to last the course. So as part of the learning challenge of getting back into this game - having got most of the basics to a passable standard - can I get a biplane together and rig it...? At that point memory pointed me in the direction of a Stringbag and here we are... The basic kit, in comparison to my previous Blenheim, just fell together. I was expecting the internal framework to be a proper wrestle, but it all just worked. The one fly in the ointment was that the 2 fuselage halves were covered in moulding flaws - like someone had taken a dremel to the tooling. Easy enough to scrape off I guess... The rigging element was a lot of thinking and planning first. I ended up painting all the wing halves individually, assembled the lower wing upper surfaces and the upper wing lower surfaces onto the fuselage, getting all the wiring done (Uschi line - impressive stuff) through predrilled holes, then sticking the outer surfaces on to hide the grot. Somewhat stressful, and I can't say I'm desperate to do it again, but I know the theory works now! Anyway - the pics... 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangelyBrown Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Good job on that one- it's still in my stash (same reluctance you once had). What did you use for rigging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Wowser, that is awesome! Something about that really appeals, don’t know what but it does, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Very decent! I like the darker scheme over the more usual white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 That really is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Excellent build. And the rigging looks the perfect size, not oversized. Makes for a very convincing representation of the real thing. You can be mighty proud of that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikingLampy Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Quote What did you use for rigging? Uschi Line. It’s a variation on the EZ Line theme. Massively stretchy, that’s for sure. Quote I like the darker scheme over the more usual white. A Battle of Taranto participant - it’s one of the OOB schemes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I feel your pain about bi-planes, so have yet to tackle one myself. Your Swordfish looks stunning, so well done on the endeavor. If I ever do a bi-plane, that's the one I would also do. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Lovely looking Swordfish, with a very realistic finish, Great stuff! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I like that a lot, nice work Lampy Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Now't wrong with that. Good job. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Looks splendid! I'm rather tempted to make one of these myself, this is further inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempestwulf Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Spot on finish for the ole girl. Paint and weathering is spot on. Rigging is one thing I'll try one day...one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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