[WWI] Building the old kits

[Joel Christy]

Hi Michael,
   
  When I say wing unit and fuselage I'm talking about completed units; all assembled and painted. As for filling and sanding two little seams on the bottom of the fuselage; I don't see that as a major problem. I assume most modellers  dry fit bottom wings to a fuselage anyway before assemly. I used to do it the hard way too untill it was suggested that the wing nacelle be assembled as a unit when I built that monster TC Models  resin 1/48 Vickers Vimy. Ever since I have done it their way and have no need for complex jigs such as the Aeroclub contraption. My motto has always been KISS; keep it simple.......
   
  Cheers,
   
  Joel

Michael Kendix <mkendix at hotmail.com> wrote:
  
Joel:

This won't work for me. I did it for a pusher plane - Farman F-40bis but if 
the lower wing's in one piece and has to blend into the fuselage, how do you 
sand and fill them spray paint?

Michael
>From: Joel Christy 
>Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List 
>To: World War I Modeling Mailing List 
>Subject: Re: [WWI] Building the old kits
>Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:41:13 +0100 (BST)
>
>Hi All,
>
> I just don't get it. Why not build the wings as one unit and then attach 
>it to the fuselage. Once it is all aligned you attach the cabane struts. 
>Nothing could be dimpler. This only works if the lower wing is in one 
>piece, about 90% of the time. IMHO.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joel
>
>Michael Kendix wrote:
> Mark:
>
>I agree. Especially with biplanes, even the best Eduard kits, there is
>always tricky bits. For a start, you have to get the top wing on, which is
>always non-trivial. All the struttage and such make alignment that much
>moire challenging.
>
>Michael
>
>
> >From: "Mark Shannon"
> >Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:58:51 -0500
> >
> >That's my view. Instead of looking at the well engineered and detailed
> >kits as "Shake and Bake" I view them as a chance for me to creatively 
>screw
> >up. That and they give me a chance to concentrate on making the final
> >product look right without having to spend as much time correcting to 
>avoid
> >it looking like a ridiculous parody of the intended subject.
> >
> >Mark Shannon
> >shingend at ix.netcom.com
> >
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: sperry
> > > To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> > > Date: 6/2/2006 6:16:40 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [WWI] Building the old kits
> > >
> > >
> > > > Rick
> > > >
> > > > >Thank God I have the ability to make even the MOST fall together 
>kit
> >on
> > > the
> > > > >market into a major construction project! Not superdetailing, just
> > > screwing
> > > > >things up :-)
> > > >
> > > > LOL - I take your point :-)
> > > >
> > > > I reckon I have a fair record of screwups myself, both on "easy" and
> > > "hard"
> > > > models - mainly suffer from the dropsies, but not immune from the
> >"squeeze
> > > > the glue bottle *harder*", the "pick up the wrong bottle/can" and
> >other
> > > > howlers.
> > > >
> > > > Shane
> > >
> > > One day I'll spend less time fixing screwups than I spend building.
> > > Unfortunately the high number of time eating mistakes seems to 
>translate
> > > directly into R/C . I rigged the right celule of my Hanriot 3 times 
>last
> > > night and broke the U/C once in the process.
> > >
> > > OTOH, I always violate a major rule and model without adult
> >supervision....
> > > sp
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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