Cap'n Wannabe

....a Hasegawa 1/16 Sopwith Camel, and I was wondering...
What type(s) of wood were used in its construction?  Can anyone shed any light?

You should've seen it earlier...It was supposed to be my first aerobatics lesson, too!

Here's me.  Didn't get to fly on the day, unfortunately..

You should've seen it earlier...It was supposed to be my first aerobatics lesson, too!

Here's me.  Didn't get to fly on the day, unfortunately..

Here's me.  Didn't get to fly on the day, unfortunately..

Here's me.  Didn't get to fly on the day, unfortunately..

Here's me.  Didn't get to fly on the day, unfortunately..

Thanks Jim.  On the lookout now...

Out of interest, which issue of Scale Models is it?  I'd like to get hold of the article..

Has it really been 6 months?  Gawd, how time flies!
Anyhow, I popped the windscreen off the model, and placed it on my bench.  It sat there, and sat there, and sat there, while I worked up the courage to have a crack at the new canopy bow.  Eventually, I dry fit it again, and realised I didn't need to make the new bow.  So I stripped the Future off it and started over.  This time, I only glued the base of the windscreen, then the next day glued half of the existing bow to the back, and finally the next day did the other side.  It still needs to be glued in the middle, so maybe over the weekend....once I figure out how to align the two halves properly.
 
Here, you can clearly see the gap at the top of the windscreen where I sanded off what I thought was flash.

 
And a few other shots..
 

 

 

Finally photobucket's back up..
I spent a little bit of time today figuring out how to glue the top of the cabin, which wouldn't align naturally.  It had a bit of a gap at the seam, and the right side was slightly higher than the left side.  I tried taping it all together and clamping it, none of which worked.  In the end, I aligned them by hand and judiciously super-glued them together before reinforcing the join with liquid cement.  The canopy bow is a bit different given it's so small.  I'm thinking I'll have to glue in the windscreen and carefully glue the bow to the back of the screen.  *sigh*
Anyhow, on to the photos..
 
In this one, you can see the amount of nose weight I've added.  Each side has 20 small sinkers and a huge wad of Blutac.

 
Here, you can see the large gap and misalignment of the top of the cabin..

 
All glued together now...I still have to add the front of the cowl, and the battery hatch underneath.

 
Looking forward to the IP.  The tape's really come up well simulating carpet!

 
Looking back into the cabin..

Finally photobucket's back up..
I spent a little bit of time today figuring out how to glue the top of the cabin, which wouldn't align naturally.  It had a bit of a gap at the seam, and the right side was slightly higher than the left side.  I tried taping it all together and clamping it, none of which worked.  In the end, I aligned them by hand and judiciously super-glued them together before reinforcing the join with liquid cement.  The canopy bow is a bit different given it's so small.  I'm thinking I'll have to glue in the windscreen and carefully glue the bow to the back of the screen.  *sigh*
Anyhow, on to the photos..
 
In this one, you can see the amount of nose weight I've added.  Each side has 20 small sinkers and a huge wad of Blutac.

 
Here, you can see the large gap and misalignment of the top of the cabin..

 
All glued together now...I still have to add the front of the cowl, and the battery hatch underneath.

 
Looking forward to the IP.  The tape's really come up well simulating carpet!

 
Looking back into the cabin..

You do realise that you made me buy two of these kits!

A little more work this morning - rebuilding the exhausts.  The kit part has two exhaust pipes, both of which are solid plastic rod.  Their ends are cut such that it's very difficult to hollow them out....and I have a knack of drilling very crooked into them.  So it's easier to remove and replace them.
Original on the right, new part on the left..

And a side view.  Notice that I've changed the end slightly on mine..

Finally photobucket's back up..
I spent a little bit of time today figuring out how to glue the top of the cabin, which wouldn't align naturally.  It had a bit of a gap at the seam, and the right side was slightly higher than the left side.  I tried taping it all together and clamping it, none of which worked.  In the end, I aligned them by hand and judiciously super-glued them together before reinforcing the join with liquid cement.  The canopy bow is a bit different given it's so small.  I'm thinking I'll have to glue in the windscreen and carefully glue the bow to the back of the screen.  *sigh*
Anyhow, on to the photos..
 
In this one, you can see the amount of nose weight I've added.  Each side has 20 small sinkers and a huge wad of Blutac.

 
Here, you can see the large gap and misalignment of the top of the cabin..

 
All glued together now...I still have to add the front of the cowl, and the battery hatch underneath.

 
Looking forward to the IP.  The tape's really come up well simulating carpet!

 
Looking back into the cabin..

That looks bloody awesome!

That'd be the Arii kit, wouldn't it?  It's the only kit I don't have - got 'em in 1/20, 1/36 and 1/48.  I'm seriously tempted to do either a Cessna 172 or Aero Subaru in 1/20 next..

Here ya go Kev!
It looks a lot better....smaller!

Here ya go Kev!
It looks a lot better....smaller!

Here ya go Kev!
It looks a lot better....smaller!

Apart from some minor touch-ups, she's ready for a coat of semi-gloss.  I went with the two-tone blue when I repainted, because it looks a little more subdued than the blue/white.  I also very slightly dry-brushed the carpet with the light blue, which I reckon makes it pop

Hi Peter...I'm unfamiliar with Rhino - Inventor user here - but couldn you draw a construction line perpendicular to the axis of the spinner, and apply a tangent constraint between the construction line and the spline representing the edge of the spinner?

Ahhh, Little Nellie....here's one I prepared earlier..

 
A fun, if not fiddly, build!

Ahhh, Little Nellie....here's one I prepared earlier..

 
A fun, if not fiddly, build!