[WWI] Added:Short 184

[Tom Mason]

Buz,

My thoughts on how to do spars was what you did. It is nice to know that 
when I have an idea someone has done it and it works.

T.O.M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buz Pezold" <pezo8481 at bellsouth.net>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:Short 184


> Tom,
>
>     I did use spars for my wings.  The kit gives you 1/16" brass tube for
> the upper and lower wing support.  However, that diameter of the tubing is
> too thick for the proper wing thickness scale that I wanted.  I used .047"
> piano wire for my wings.  The lower wing the piano wire goes all the way
> through the fuselage at the wing root and covers 90% of the lower wing 
> span.
> The top wing the piano wire also covers about 90% of the wing span.  I 
> also
> bent the piano wire to give it a slight dihedral to both the upper and 
> lower
> wings.
>
> Buz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org]On
> Behalf Of Tom Mason
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 6:15 PM
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:Short 184
>
>
> Buz,
>
> Beautiful!!!
> I have built an Airframe kit years ago, a Fokker E.V. The one thing I love
> and hate about the Airframe kits how thin the vacu-from sheets are. Did 
> you
> put spars in the wings to keep them from warping and if so what did you 
> use?
>
> T.O.M.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gm-admin at wwi-models.org>
> To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 4:06 PM
> Subject: [WWI] Added:Short 184
>
>
>>   Buz Pezold sent in photos of his
>> Short 184,
>> See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Pezold/RCW/index.html#Short184
>> or see news.
>> Sincerely,
>> WWI Web Admin
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