dogsbody Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I, too, have sprayed DDT. In the last 5 years in the 70's, I worked at the local greenhouses. There, I sprayed all kinds of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides. I'm surprised my 3 children turned out fairly normal. Chris 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, dogsbody said: I, too, have sprayed DDT. In the last 5 years on the 70's, I worked at the local greenhouses. There, I sprayed all kinds of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides. I'm surprised my 3 children turned out fairly normal. Chris I am not sure I should tell you this, Chris, but in your member photo you look a bit...how shall I say this...canine? You look adorable, though. Although it must be challenging to build models with paws. Good for you. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Just now, Moa said: I am not sure I should tell you this, Chris, but in your member photo you look a bit...how shall I say it...canine? You look adorable, though. Must be challenging to build models with paws, though. Good for you. Trust me. That's a way better picture than the real me. I've got a face only a mother could love and even she had reservations! Chris 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/27/2020 at 2:57 PM, dogsbody said: Trust me. That's a way better picture than the real me. I've got a face only a mother could love and even she had reservations! Chris It's two of us, Chris: This is how I met my wife: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/56506170299193412/ 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 45 minutes ago, Moa said: This is how I met my wife: I never knew you dressed up as Fay Rae! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtydxVjHos Still you learn something every day! Surprised of Mars 👽 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Martian said: I never knew you dressed up as Fay Rae! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtydxVjHos Still you learn something every day! Surprised of Mars 👽 You desperately need to get out off that fish tank, quarantine or not. It's deeply affecting you... 🐙 😝 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I'm fine, its just that you keep handing out such lovely ammunition that it would be rude not to fire it and my Mother always brought me up to be a polite little Martian. Martian 👽 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 The five wing sections are assembled. The fit is fair, without being exceptional. Considering the molds are from 1968, 52 years old to date, not bad: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Moa said: The five wing sections are assembled. The fit is fair, without being exceptional. Considering the molds are from 1968, 52 years old to date, not bad. I'm curious to see how your trailing edges look, after thinning. Mine turned out "okay" -- I've since acquired a set of good scraper blades, so if I were to do it again I believe I could do a much better job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 hours ago, billn53 said: I'm curious to see how your trailing edges look, after thinning. Mine turned out "okay" -- I've since acquired a set of good scraper blades, so if I were to do it again I believe I could do a much better job. Hi Bill I would say I am pleased with the improvement, as removing about 1.5mm of plastic thickness (10.8 scale ctms., or a bit more than four scale inches) resulted in a noticeably less clunky feeling. One pancaked each other for better comparison: to the left, the untouched wing of the spare kit, to the right the current model's wing The work is worth it, I think: 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 That looks much the same as mine. Still, not as sharp an edge as on the actual wing, but much better than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, billn53 said: That looks much the same as mine. Still, not as sharp an edge as on the actual wing, but much better than before. The actual sharp edge of the wing is unobtainable, as the corrugations are not opposed to each other as depicted in the kit, but overlapped, rendering a "wavy" trailing edge. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, billn53 said: That looks much the same as mine. Still, not as sharp an edge as on the actual wing, but much better than before. Bill, you know what they say "I will show you mine if you show me yours". Could you please post a photo of your trailing edge? (Unless your model is military, in which case please don't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, Moa said: Bill, you know what they say "I will show you mine if you show me yours". Could you please post a photo of your trailing edge? (Unless your model is military, in which case please don't) Good point about the overlapping corrugations. Here’s mine, Post #76 of my WIP: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, billn53 said: Good point about the overlapping corrugations. Here’s mine, Post #76 of my WIP: Thanks, Bill, yeap, that's it. The corrugated patches for the restoration of the mail hold area are glued in place. They are glued with slow-curing superglue, very carefully pressed with a soft cloth, and the edges run with thin superglue to seal them. Once primed and painted, you may faintly notice them, but that's for me better than a completely bogus mail hold area. To mitigate the "patches", you may run extremely faint rivet lines over the wing making sections, as the corrugations in the original needless to say had sections, and were not a "single sheet" as in the kit: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Great progress Moa the mail holds look fantastic as does the corrugated foil coverings. The fit of the Airfix kit was good on the wing and the fuselage when I built mine. This is a cracking build and I must now resist looking for another one !!! Keep up the good work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 8 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: I must now resist looking for another one !!! Chris Resistance is futile. You will be corrugated. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, Moa said: Resistance is futile. You will be corrugated. I have fashioned a tin foil hat to stop any more of your Jedi mind waves, i already have two civilian builds on the go I can't do a third !!! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 8/27/2020 at 5:50 PM, Martian said: This is how I met my wife: She's the gorilla your dreams! Mike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, 72modeler said: She's the gorilla your dreams! Mike Mike, could it be that you are seeing the gif I posted (short clip, moving image ) as a still, due to some settings? And perhaps hence the misperception? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, Moa said: Mike, could it be that you are seeing the gif I posted (short clip, moving image ) as a still, due to some settings? And perhaps hence the misperception? Guess so- my bad! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, 72modeler said: Guess so- my bad! Mike I will try a link, to see if the clip can be seen: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/56506170299193412/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 @Moa See the linked photo of a preserved Ford Trimotor; look at the light mounted outboard of the landing light; I think this is an example of the passing light I mentioned earlier. Might this be the intake/structure you described and posted earlier in your build? Passing light were always installed in the left wing of aircraft so equipped. Hope this helps. Mike https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/ford-at-5-tri-motor-walk/#gallery[photonic-flickr-set-1]/36225263661/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, 72modeler said: @Moa See the linked photo of a preserved Ford Trimotor; look at the light mounted outboard of the landing light; I think this is an example of the passing light I mentioned earlier. Might this be the intake/structure you described and posted earlier in your build? Passing light were always installed in the left wing of aircraft so equipped. Hope this helps. Mike https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/ford-at-5-tri-motor-walk/#gallery[photonic-flickr-set-1]/36225263661/ It could well be, but the fixture in this plane is quite prominent. It is of note that it also has normal nav. lights, green and red, on the wing tips, that may have accomplished the same function? I am looking up those lights and see what I can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, 72modeler said: passing light It is indeed mentioned in a number of planes' descriptions, strangely enough sometimes located in the nose, or together with the landing light. It may well be that, but protrudes a lot. I will add the fixture but will leave it "unlighted" until further research confirms what it was. Thanks for chipping in with the info. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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