dodgem37 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I feel your pain. Great build, Bill. Lots of nicely executed details. Sincerely, Mark Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I feel your pain. Great build, Bill. Lots of nicely executed details. Sincerely, Mark I can't but agree with Mark, here. Kev mpk and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Nice work mate!! Guy mpk and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Second wing top is done! Now the fun begins... My drawings show a nice join at the fuselage to the wing fillet (similar to that of the Rex). I've had this stuff for years - I think it predates computer graphics. Not as thick and sturdy as Dymo tape, but it comes in much smaller widths. The nice thing is that it's relatively easy to apply to a curve. At the trailing end, I scribed a small 2mm radius, and I'm ready to cut plastic. A word of warning - numerous very light passes are required with this tape. You can see where the scriber has tried to cut into the tape. Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S Big Texan, tucohoward, BradG and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 yeah chart pak is VERY soft, its why it curves so well I found if i strip masking tape into thin lengths it will curve well and is a bit thicker and easier to scribe along mpk and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Bill, any reason why you don't scribe before most of the model is assembled? I'd figure it was easier that way, but curious, why you don't. Looks great! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Bill, any reason why you don't scribe before most of the model is assembled? I'd figure it was easier that way, but curious, why you don't. Looks great! Lately it seems that I've seen a number of builds where the scribing was done as you suggest, Shaka. It set me to wondering myself. Here's my reasoning: 1. I have some psychological need to see progress, so I assemble first. 2. If I scribe parts separately, I can never seem to get lines to meet where they cross a seam. 3. My bench top gets cluttered too easily to have room to scribe. 4. It's easier for me to match a dimension from one side to another. 5. I find that I get much better control if I'm right over the top of the model when I scribe. What I've done is mount a turntable to the top of a small stand; my jig sits atop that. It goes pretty much between my knees while working, and the model is about waist high. All the tools I need are right on the jig, my drawings and calculator are on the bench. Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S Cees Broere, Shaka HI, mgbooyv8 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 That fillet line is a real dog, I used Rodney Williams method by using (beer or any other liquid)can aluminium to make a template, you can use it for both sides by flipping over the template. It is very rigid. Of course you have to empty the can first. Bill_S, mpk and Shaka HI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Cees, it would probably take me a couple of cases of beer and about a week before I got a template that worked! I transferred dimensions from the first side... I put Dymo tape tangent to the observer's station opening and coincident with one of the corners of a pane on the canopy. It doesn't really matter if the Dymo line is perfectly horizontal, as long as you have the same two reference points on each side. I scratched lines in the dymo every 1/2 inch and measured down. The result: Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S tucohoward, BradG, dennismcc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Watching this with great interest nice work mate. Guy mpk and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 definitely a tricky scribe to do, Im sure it'll turn out great! Bill_S and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 This is VERY nicely taking shape .... Hubert mpk and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 How are you going to simulate the rivets, Bill? mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 I've been debating whether or not to try my new Rosie the Riveter on this one, Shaka - it looks like a lot of work! Shaka HI and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Come'on Bill! This build deserves it! mpk and kkarlsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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