LSP_Kevin Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looking good, Kent! Kev kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 9 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Pure class. 8 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Indeed, VERY classy combo of colors! 8 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: VERY nice!! 6 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Looking good, Kent! Kev Thank you Gentlemen!, appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Nicely done, Kent. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morane Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Dave Williams said: Am I the only one not able to see the pictures? No, I have the same problem, my antivirus (Kapersky) blocks images for a risk of data loss? I have to manually authorize each image. Stranger, on another WW1 forum the images posted by Kent do not appear at all. I think the problem comes from Kent's image host, but I don't know much about computer science. It's a shame not to see this work of excellence. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 After a lot of cleaning up the wings were ready for painting. The silver doped paint is a mix of aluminium and some light grey. A coat of Future to protect the 'silver dope'. The letters are painted with Tamiya 'Rubber Black' Ready to mask off the ribs and add some 'shadows'. I noticed something odd with the anchor points of the rigging, Does anyone know what is going on? Cheers: Kent Greg W, Landrotten Highlander, Anthony in NZ and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Looks like they've been wrapped in tape maybe kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Those are covers over the turnbuckles that attach the flying wires to their brackets on the wings. Not all airplanes would have them. Mainly for show/dress-up. Working airplanes would be less likely to have them than a restored or private airplane. They don’t do a thing for performance, but help keep dirt and crud out of the turnbuckles and tend to look better and more finished than having all that hardware hanging out in the breeze. Could be made of just about anything: fabric, soft aluminum, fiberglass, leather, etc. The ones on my wire-braced homebuilt were foam core poster board and vinyl tape. Worked fine; never came off. scvrobeson and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Oldbaldguy said: Could be made of just about anything: fabric, soft aluminum, fiberglass, leather, etc. Thank you, I haven't seen those before. I will have to improvise, maybe I can even avoid turnbuckles altogether... If there are any closeup photos of the covers out there, it would be very much appreciated thank you! Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Your pictures don't show. The image links have been blocked by my antivirus program (Kaspersky). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Great progress Kent! It's certainly looking beautiful! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 It’s a type of “boot” Kent, mainly cosmetic I believe. I’ll have a look through my Rapide stuff to see if I have anything further for you. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Been through my references Kent, including both Air-Britain books on the DH Dragon and Rapide family, but no further worthwhile details available I'm afraid. Some appeared to have the "boots", most not: This is a similar sort of thing on a Bu131 made of leather: Edited December 23, 2020 by mozart kkarlsen, scvrobeson, Out2gtcha and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Shading of wings etc.: And assembly has started.... Cheers: Kent mozart, Greg W, scvrobeson and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Beautiful work Karl. I love the colour scheme. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Final build of 'Annus horribilis' 2020 (horrible year) For the rigging I've used Prym elastic tread and a couple of flat fishing wire. Scratched access ladder. The passager figures, will have to wait till next year... Cheers: Kent Edited December 31, 2020 by kkarlsen williamj, LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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