Hi everyone, this is my first post here, hope I have done everything right.
Here are some photos of my RE.8 which I have been building for a short while, hope you like them.
Airtourer.
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Awesome workmanship. The wood grain is very convincing! What did you use for the adjusters on the control wires?
WOW, thanks for posting such fantastic work. I was going to ask about your turnbuckles but I saw your website and now I know.
Cheers…
Click his link, Spike- the process is brilliantly illuminated there. Des, you are a true master of the rigging process- I salute you!
chuk
Thank you for all the kind comments, they are much appreciated.
A full build log of this model can be found on my website along with many other builds.
A full description on making turnbuckles can also be found on my site, they are quite easy to make.
Airtourer
very nice job loved the pics .
Ron
I actually like this model better than the Gotha. I am asking it for my birthday along with the DH9
Just a quick up-date. I painted the control cables and rigging wires with Mr Metal Color 213 Stainless and the turnbuckles with Mr Metal Color 212 Iron, once everything was dry (about 2 minutes) I slightly buffed the cables and buckles with a small soft brush.
Airtourer
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Thank you for sharing this great build!! I don’t think enough justice was done to promote your website.
For anyone who had ever had an interest in building WWI aircraft. http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ is a must see website. I would even suggest you just go ahead and bookmark it now, becasuse someday you will want to reference these builds, tips, and reviews. It is a one stop reference for all WWI aircraft modelling.
Highest regards,
Shane
Just beautiful work! This aircraft holds an interest for me, because my maternal grandfather was a mechanic on the “Harry Tate” as he would call it during WWI. He actually never referred to it as an RE.8, always as “Harry Tate”.
Mike T.
Mike - Thanks for your nice comments. I thought I would go all official and call it RE.8, the pet name “Harry Tate” has a nice ring to it though.
Shane - Thank you for your kind words and many thanks for mentioning my website, I hope who ever reads through my build logs will find something of interest.
Airtourer.
A thing of beauty.
I found your site about a month or so ago and have it bookmarked and have referred to it often. I am in the process of making all the turnbuckles and cables etc for a D.Va… and slowly gluing some plastic together too.
I have fitted the wing struts to the bottom wing and fuselage, I trial fitted the top wing to make sure the locating holes in the top wing lined up with the struts. The struts fitted well but as per all of Wingnuts kits, all traces of paint have to be removed to allow for a good fit, tolerances engineered into these kits are very tight.
Des.
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I have fitted the top wing, I followed Wingnuts suggestion to place the model onto the kit box after the top wing was attached, this keeps the wings aligned perfectly. It is very important to remove all traces of paint from the locating holes and the strut locating pins to ensure a good fit, tolerances are tight. I fitted the four (8) flying wires which are attached to the fuselage before fitting the top wing, access to these would be difficult once the wing is in place. I replaved the four plastic exhaust stack stays with 0.4mm brass tube. I flattened the end which sits on the wing, drilled a 0.4mm hole and inserted a small Grandt Line nut, this now simulates the mounting bracket and fixing bolt, they will be painted black.
Des
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I have completed most of the wing rigging, it ended up taking a little longer than what I first thought. I used 0.12mm monofilament and 0.4mm brass tube for the connectors, CA holds it all together. The rigging is attached to wing mounted turnbuckles made from 0.5mm brass tube and 0.13mm copper wire eyelets. The rigging is painted with Mr Metal Color Stainless and the buckles with Mr Metal Color Iron. The rigging adds a great deal of strength to the wing assembly, care must be taken not to over tension the lines as it can pull the wings out of alignment. The undercarriage is also fitted and rigged, again, the rigging has made this a very strong support for the model.
Des.
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I just wanted to let you know that I have visited your website and found the info there very useful. You also do exellent work. One thing that I must say is that the Wingnut Wings kits are some of the finest kits made of WW1 subjects. I have several of their kits and all of them are the best quality that I have seen in along time. If you haven’t been to the Wingnut Wings website you should visit. It is a great website.
The RE.8 is now completed, it has been a real pleasure building this model, Wingnuts have done another superb job producung this kit.
Des.
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Absolutely some of the best work I have ever seen. The information on your website is very useful and easily crosses over to other subjects besides aircraft. Thanks again for sharing this stunning build.
Pat.