[WWI] Aaaaaaaargh!

[Nico Teunissen]

Was it the 1/72 or the 1/48 version?

Nico


>From: "Dave Calhoun" <davecww1 at cox.net>
>Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>Subject: Re: [WWI] Aaaaaaaargh!
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:25:04 -0500
>
>This bad luck must be going around!  Last night I glued the upper wing and 
>struts on my Roden Fokker D.VII and everything measured out level and 
>straight when I superglued the struts in place.  Tonight after work, I 
>noticed one of the upper N struts was not attached to the wing.  I put a 
>drop of super glue on the strut, pressed down the upper wing, and had the N 
>strut shatter into about 4 pieces!  Luckily I have a couple of other Roden 
>D.VII's in my stash, so time to pull out the N struts and hope for better 
>luck tonight.
>Dave
>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:24:45 -0500
>From: "Rick Geisler" <ragfokker at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [WWI] Aaaaaaaargh!
>To: wwi at wwi-models.org
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>
>Mike said:
> >Yup...same thing happened to me when I was 1 wire away from finishing the
> >Ansaldo Ballila a few months ago. Off to the closet with it where I may
> >take
> >it up again in a few months/years. I have found that, when I have a major
> >screw-up, it is somewhat liberating to just smash it into a bazillion
> >pieces
> >and then get all excited about a new project.
> >Mike Muth
>
>Don Said:
> > > >I was just rigging the Blue Max Halberstadt when, after various
> >mishaps,
> >I
> > > >managed to knock the top wing off, leaving it hanging by the rigging
> >and
> > > >turnbuckles. I've also completely mislaid a vital white metal sprue,
> >and
> > > >the lovely 'flame red' decal shattered
> > > Aaaaaaaargh!
>
>
>
>Don and Mike,
>You have given me the opportunity to admit a recent disaster that I glossed
>over! While building the Eduard Albatros DIII for IM I was 2 wires away 
>from
>finishing when a couple of wires popped loose. I removed them, and
>RE-Drilled the locating holes. I was beginning to start the re-attachment
>when I heard a snapping sound. The Cabane strut on one side broke due to 
>the
>force of the rigging pulling to one side! I got so frustrated As the wing
>cellule collapsed that I tore the upper wing off. This was after 3 months 
>on
>and off of building! The amazing thing is that I saved the interior, used
>another DIII kit, and built another one in less than 1 month :-) There you
>have it, the rest of the story, as I figured Matt didn't want another
>"disaster while building " article for IM :-)
>Rick G.
>

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