Are you using EZ line? A former shipmate of mine used actual wire–which apparently required use of quite a lot of colorful sailor’s vocabulary. What sort of glue are you suing on this?
I’m using the thread that came with the kit. Most tightened up once I took it off the jig. Some of them have a little slack but I’m going to live with it. I’m using thick and thin super glue. I finished the landing skid and wing rigging tonight. The last is the rudder and elevator assembly. They also include the rail and rollers in the kit. I just have to find somewhere to put the thing in my office. It’s too big to put on my desk. I’ve thought of building it it’s own stand using a spiral spendle and two 10 or 12 inch flat circles.
First ;
As an old Marine , Thank you for serving ! Now to the Plane .What are you talking about ? All those widdle biddy pieces will make one BIG plane .I wuv widdle biddy pieces . LOL.LOL.[:D] Dayumned nice job so far . As I said the first thing anyone is going to say when they see it is Owly Chit ! ! [:|][:|] I have to ask though ,Did the jig come with the kit ? T.B.
and then touch it. Haha. The thing is so fragile that it will break if you look at it wrong!!
I taught 7th and 8th grade Social Studies for 17 years. I sometimes took finished builds to school. Some of the students were really interested, and after being cautioned to look but not touch, they would even “police” each other.[Y]
Well, I transported the models in an old VCR box. One day while leaving with the box in both hands, I was approached by a custodian. He was a simple-minded guy and basically harmless, until he said, “Hey, are you stealing that VCR? What do you have in there?” [:|]
I was saying “Don’t Ricky! Don’t stick your hand in there!” TOO LATE! His pudgy hand was between the box flaps and had crushed the Monogram Type-Zero. Both the main gear were splayed out, but thankfully nothing worse. Ricky got a pretty good “blessing out” at that point. Junior high kids had been no problem with the models, adults? Well, not so much…[:P]
Gary
Splendid work. My brother and I built one of those in 1:1 scale in 1903.
This is just way too cool, must have more!!!
Small bit of advice: You may want to run the thread through a block of beeswax like sailing ship modelers do. It’s easy to do and will not affect C/A adhesion. This will not only preserve the thread but keep it from “Fuzzing” and also in the future you will be able to just blow any dust off, which would stick to untreated thread.
I learned this after I built a smaller Wright Flyer model and the thread is now all fuzzed.
It gets awfully windy on the Outer Banks.
[:D] That’s funny right there! A good Twilight Zone story too…[Y]
Gary
Yes, two jigs came with the kit.
Afganvet, you’ve done a beautiful job on this model. I especially like the color tones you got on the wood parts. If I remember right, those tints are just about what the real one looks like.
I’ve been attracted for a long time by those Model Airways kits. I’ve never built one, but a member of our ship model club brought in his finished Model Airways Camel and I found it fascinating. I drool everytime I see a picture of that Curtiss Jenny. Two things have kept me from it: the size (where on earth would I put it?) and the price ($500).
At the moment, Model Expo (the parent of Model Airways) is having a site-wide 60% off sale. (It ends at midnight tonight.) I’m drooling all over my shirt thinking about getting that Jenny for $200, but the size problem would remain.
Anyway, here’s a link for those interested: http://www.modelexpo-online.com/page.asp?lp=7008 .
This is going to be a lovely display.
This is amazing. I love big models. The subject matter just makes the build that much cooler.
HI;
First , You’re welcome . I loved serving my country .Second . It’s a good thing about the jigs . Now how long before you are finished ? T.B.
I’ll add some pics tonight of the finished product. I haven’t had a chance to do the rail yet. My dad passed the 9th so I’ve been busy with my mother and all the things that go with the business of death. He was a 25th inf door gunner in Vietnam. I’ve been going through his photo albums of Vietnam. Most of the pics are from the open door on Huey’s what looks like 1000 feet up. If anyone is building Huey’s, I can get you some real good pictures. Just let me know.
Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your father.
You’re lucky you have those photo albums. My dad served in the Navy during WWII, and had scarcely anything tangible to remember it. I thought several times of doing a taped interview with him, but we never got around to it. Now it’s too late.
I hope the memories of the time you had with him, and the pride you have in his service as well as your own, will do something to help you with the grieving process. Again, my deepest condolences.
Please accept my condolences for your loss. My own dad passed away when he was 55 and I was 26. He was a combat veteran from the ETO in WWII. I have quite a few photos and his division “yearbook” from his time in the Army. I have a first cousin with whom I’m very close. He served in the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam too.
Gary
So sorry to hear about the loss of your dad.
Somehow I’ve lost track of this- looks amazing!
Please;
Accept my most profound concolences . It is hard to lose a loved one . Especially one’s Dad . My Prayers are with you and the family . Tanker - Builder