WWI Digest 128 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Strut technique in IPMS Journal by "Matt Bittner" 2) Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal by SHUSTAD@email.usps.gov 3) Re: Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal by Robert Johnson 4) Re: Strut technique in IPMS Journal by Robert Johnson 5) Re: Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal by Jesse Thorn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 12:25:01 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: wwi Subject: Re: Strut technique in IPMS Journal Message-ID: <199605141229.MAA15688@cso.com> On 14 May 96 at 13:11, Robert Johnson typed diligantly: > Perhaps I'm missing the point, since I haven't seen the article > referred to. But I don't see a finishing problem with this general > approach to attaching struts. On the contrary, the idea > is that you finish the inner wing surface, leaving the outers rough. > You do a nice, precise job drilling the holes on the inner > surfaces. The struts fit because you have left more than enough > strut and have let it slide through the wing. You clean up and fill > on the outer, unfinished side, and then apply paint, decals, etc. > All the messy adjusting and trimming is thus moved from the confined, > pre-finished inter-wing area to the easier to handle outer surfaces. Yea, but masking is hell. Have you tried masking around all those struts? Gads, what a headache. Matt meba@cso.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:52:28 -0400 From: SHUSTAD@email.usps.gov To: "(u)wwi" Subject: Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal Message-ID: <0033000001132016000002*@MHS> See below "new" response/question; Re Yes, but how does one paint, or lozenge decal this mess after it's all >put together and 'set up' this way????? Perhaps I'm missing the point, since I haven't seen the article referred to. But I don't see a finishing problem with this general approach to attaching struts. On the contrary, the idea is that you finish the inner wing surface, leaving the outers rough. You do a nice, precise job drilling the holes on the inner surfaces. A 'mask' of some type is necessary for those of us that airbrush on our paints/camo. schemes to protect pre-finished areas from over spray, etc. Who here wants to put masking tape atop already finished lozenge decaled areas so you can paint and/decal the wing outer surfaces??? Now raise your hands.....none of you? I thought so. I remain unconvinced. Any other suggestions? (The Mad Norseman - even more insane now! :^0). The struts fit because you have left more than enough strut and have let it slide through the wing. You clean up and fill on the outer, unfinished side, and then apply paint, decals, etc. All the messy adjusting and trimming is thus moved from the confined, pre-finished inter-wing area to the easier to handle outer surfaces. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:28:42 +0000 From: Robert Johnson To: wwi Subject: Re: Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal Message-ID: <9605141324.aa22051@scosysv.speechsys.com> Re > > A 'mask' of some type is necessary for those of us that airbrush > on our paints/camo. schemes to protect pre-finished areas from > over spray, etc. Well, not masking tape. But PostIt tape could be used, especially if you clear-coated the finished lozenge decals and used the tape to hang paper "curtains" from the uppermost wing down over the lower wing. Parafilm works even better. Rob (a level-headed Norseman) Rob. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:35:07 +0000 From: Robert Johnson To: wwi Subject: Re: Strut technique in IPMS Journal Message-ID: <9605141331.aa22132@scosysv.speechsys.com> Re > Yea, but masking is hell. Have you tried masking around all those > struts? Gads, what a headache. I didn't say anything about masking around the struts. You finish the struts before assembly, just like the inner wing surfaces. Then masking the interwing area is no big deal. Just create a "shower curtain" of masking material running from the edges of the uppermost wing to the edges of the lowermost. Rob. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 13:07:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Jesse Thorn To: wwi Subject: Re: Re[2]: Strut technique in IPMS Journal Message-ID: This is how I do the final wing/strut assembly using Ray Rimmel style struts (paper wrapped around piano wire, superglued and sanded to shape) This method works best if you can carefully measure and cut the struts to approximately the correct length before starting. A bit too long is better than a bit too short. Finish painting and decaling the model. Instead of drilling strut holes all the way thru the wings drill 1/2 way thru. Construct a jig out of cardboard, balsa, etc. Mount the lower wing/fuselage assembly in the jig and secure with tape/rubber bands etc. Lightly glue the struts into the bottom wing - tack them in with superglue - they should bend a bit. Place the top wing on the jig. Do not secure yet Flex the struts and slip the ends into the holes in the underside of the top wing. Trim struts that are too long until the top wing fits properly in the jig. Perform the final alignment and secure the top wing to the jig. Apply superglue to the struts to make a secure bond. Do the cabane struts. ----Viola. No messy masking or filling/sanding of the top wing. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 128 *********************