kkarlsen Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Great stuff Kent, glad to see your corrections to the front seat. Two other areas that need to be addressed; the lower fuselage underneath the cockpit (see my pictures in LSP Walkarounds section) and lower wing dihedral which is too flat in the kit. Max Thank you Max I will address these issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Cracking scheme - Are you sticking with the wheels or temped by the ski's or floats? Torben I Haven't decided yet? Cheers: Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) Looking forward to more pics, never seen a WIP for this kit before. Love the decals Edited September 23, 2017 by imatt88 mozart and kkarlsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Wow, if anyone can get a museum quality replica out of a vintage matchbox kit, it's you, Kent ... will watch with interest Jim kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Looking forward to more pics, never seen a WIP for this kit before. I started this one earlier this year, still needs finishing http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=66262&hl= Max kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Max, Checked out you build. Looks great. Hope to see it finished. Cheers, Ian kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Kent, any progress? Love the work so far kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Kent, any progress? Love the work so far Yes Ian, I have been busy detailing and working on the doped linen... Wing ribs covered before a spray with thinned smoke color... Maybe a little too much, but it can be toned down later. I have decided to add some details to the wing ribs... I'm trying to replicate something like this... Maybe it's a bit too accentuated, but I like the extra detail... Edited September 24, 2017 by kkarlsen Jim Barry, mozart, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Utterly brilliant Kent! Each one of those little marks is a knot; I watched canvas being applied to a wing and doped, each knot threaded individually and a very complicated knot it is too! Max Edited September 24, 2017 by mozart sandokan and kkarlsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 Utterly brilliant Kent! Each one of those little marks is a knot; I watched canvas being applied to a wing and doped, each knot threaded individually and a very complicated knot it is too! Max Thanks Max! I've been working on a technique to add the stitching and tape details to wings, it's not WNW's but it does the job... mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Thanks Max! I've been working on a technique to add the stitching and tape details to wings, it's not WNW's but it does the job... Can you share the technique, it looks very realistic! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 I will try to make a little tutorial later... I will need to make some photos to explain ;-) Kent mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) How to make rib tapes in 1/32 scale is something I have been experimenting with for some time now. Why you may ask? Training, there are so many planes not available and probably never will be available as a kit. Many historic and fascinating planes that I really want to build at some point. But in order to do that, I will have to be able to elevate the detailing level to get as close as possible to e.g. WNW kits... The rib tapes of a Sopwith Camel, it's quite pronounced, not as much on the Tiger Moth though... I have seen it done using very thin strips of styrene and a 'rosie the rivetter' tool. But this is my version of creating rib tapes, be aware, it's pretty time consuming and you will need some patience... For the rib tapes I'm using... tape or rather a sheet of vinyl masking cut into about 1.5 mm strips depending on which type of rib tape you want. The rib 'cap' with the stitchings are made from masking tape. Using a steel ruler, the tape is mounted upside down trying to keep it ca. 0.8 mm over the edge of the ruler... The ruler is them turned upside down and a 'rivetting' tol with a large spacing (1.5-1.8 mm's) is used to make the stitching... The rib cap is placed carefully over the center of the vinyl rib tape... The result should be something like this... Finally the assembled rib tape is placed on the wing... This way makes me feel more in control, but if you have additional input to get a better result, please let me know... Edited September 25, 2017 by kkarlsen MikeC, Cees Broere, MikeMaben and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thank you Kent, I can see how precise you have to be using your method but it's very effective. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Some progress on the build, the fuselage is almost done... A detail of the tail, with the rigging in place... Front office... The underside with the added details (thanks Max!) Now there's now turning back, I will have to get on to the rigging... Landrotten Highlander, TorbenD, Trak-Tor and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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