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<div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div> My experience with vacs matches Dennis' exactly.<br><br> The only OT vac kit I've seen with lower wing halves was the Junkers D.I from Warbirds (Hannants).<br><br><br> J.R. Boye<br></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Dennis Ugulano <djuggie@comcast.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi@wwi-models.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, February 16, 2010 9:19:11 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WWI] Vac-formed Mother Lode<br></font><br>
On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 23:20 -0500, Sean Brian Kirby wrote:<br>> what does one do with the bottoms of the wings?<br><br>Sean,<br><br> One does nothing to the bottom of the wings except sand and scribe the<br>ribs in. One single swipe of a scribing tool does the trick. The<br>thickness of the plastic is perfect for 1/72nd scale. You can add a<br>bottom and spend countless hours trying to get to look right. All of my<br>1/72nd are single thickness wings and the results speak for themselves.<br>After scribing, locate the strut holes, a half turn of a drill makes a<br>hole deep enough to hold it securely. And they never sag. My Lohner is<br>at least 15 years old and looks as good as the day I put it in the case.<br><br> In fact, I have a Chorozy kit that I will be building this year and I<br>am going to replace the resin wings with Roseplane vac wing forms.<br>Every resin kit I have
built has sagging wings. I have never had a vac<br>sag.<br><br> I have never built a 1/48th vac but I think you can still get away with<br>the single thickness wing if the original plastic is thick enough. I<br>build using the KISS method (Keep It Simple, Sweetheart) I don't like<br>the word stupid. The kit may be a zillionith of an inch off but it will<br>still look good and will not turn out to be a lifelong project.<br><br> The offer is always on the table if you need any help.<br>-- <br><br>Dennis Ugulano<br>"Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochisim."<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://wwi.priswell.com">http://wwi.priswell.com</a></span><br><br></div></div>
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