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1/72 Short Biplane No 2 (1909): - continuation from High Wings GB


pheonix

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Evening All,

 

This is a continuation of my build for the High Wings GB: the thread can be found at:

 

I have been very slow with this build - life has rather got in the way and I had a setback as I had to make a completely new elevator which meant that there was no chance that I could achieve the deadline. I had rigged the original elevator and was looking at some of the photos of the model in the science museum when I noticed that there were three lines of transverse struts and not two as I had made..... I decided that it would ultimately be easier to make, paint and rig a new elevator. The struts were placed in the sequence:

 

outer struts first - allow to set;
the under frame was transferred from the original elevator to the new one;
inner struts which were rigged with 40 SWG rolled copper wire when dry as they were easier to access at this stage;
the remaining struts were added from the centre outwards:

 

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The inner struts were rigged first, followed by the front and rear sets:

 

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The wings were rigged and the wingtip struts put into place:

 

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The pilot's seat was glued to the leading edge of the lower wing:

 

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Finally I have made the "elevators" - unusual structures which were attached to the wingtip struts and were intended to give a degree of lateral control:

 

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I hope by the next post to have completed the model, but at the current rate of progress that could still be a little longer yet.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

P

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Evening All,

 

I fixed the elevator to the front of the skids: the contact between the skids and elevator is not large so this had to be done with care and a little license used to make a secure union. The two control rods were fitted from the levers at the sides of the pilot's seat to the base of the rudder and under the elevator:

 

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The rudder was fixed with the support arms on the top of the elevator:

 

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Finishing the rigging was straightforward and was completed before I put on the "balancing planes" on the outer struts. When the latter had been fixed the control wires were rigged too. Finally the propellors were fitted and the model is complete.

 

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More beauty pictures will be put into the RFI shortly.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

P

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