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crashgate4 · 09-11-2005

Dont you just love this model ?

I haven't posted for some time, so perhaps its time for a progress report.
Regarding the aileron pulleys. Although I haven't fixed these yet, if you look at the cover photo (eg. issue 80 ) it seems the control runs pass through the holes in the wing formers and if the inboard pulley block is fixed up against the spar, as per the instuctions, the pulleys wont line up with the holes. In the photo it seems to be spaced away from the spar. But the instructions dont state this.
Personally I'm only up to issue 83 and have just completed the floor and rudder bar/control column. No real problems here apart from being fidelly. I've managed to maintain the constant width of the fuselage by making braces from stiff wire which clip over the longrons to stop them splaying out, and this way I can teporarily clamp the horizontal brace bars in place without glue. Am I right in thinking that the bar that holds the vertical rudder pivot also locates the guns ? I've made new ones that actually fit.
The other parts that made me swear were the frames on the back of the engine bulkhead which hold the carburettor. Thanks to your great tips and photos I finally got the air inlet pipes to line up with the holes in the wooden fuselage sides by making a similar spacer to yours. By the by I only cut these holes the size of the pipes, rather than the size on the template, then they dont foul the wooden formers. Thanks to your photos again.
Having corrected the front fuselage dimensions and fitted the floor brace bars I was pleasantly surprised to find on a dry run that everything fitted and was resonably square. With the wings attached its beginning to look like a proper Fokker.
I'm really looking forward to rigging the control wires and fuselage bracing.....not.

Trevor

09-11-2005	#5 (permalink)
crashgate4 Scale Model Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lincolnshire Real Name: Trevor My Models: Fokker DR1 Visit crashgate4's Gallery Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dont you just love this model ? I haven't posted for some time, so perhaps its time for a progress report. Regarding the aileron pulleys. Although I haven't fixed these yet, if you look at the cover photo (eg. issue 80 ) it seems the control runs pass through the holes in the wing formers and if the inboard pulley block is fixed up against the spar, as per the instuctions, the pulleys wont line up with the holes. In the photo it seems to be spaced away from the spar. But the instructions dont state this. Personally I'm only up to issue 83 and have just completed the floor and rudder bar/control column. No real problems here apart from being fidelly. I've managed to maintain the constant width of the fuselage by making braces from stiff wire which clip over the longrons to stop them splaying out, and this way I can teporarily clamp the horizontal brace bars in place without glue. Am I right in thinking that the bar that holds the vertical rudder pivot also locates the guns ? I've made new ones that actually fit. The other parts that made me swear were the frames on the back of the engine bulkhead which hold the carburettor. Thanks to your great tips and photos I finally got the air inlet pipes to line up with the holes in the wooden fuselage sides by making a similar spacer to yours. By the by I only cut these holes the size of the pipes, rather than the size on the template, then they dont foul the wooden formers. Thanks to your photos again. Having corrected the front fuselage dimensions and fitted the floor brace bars I was pleasantly surprised to find on a dry run that everything fitted and was resonably square. With the wings attached its beginning to look like a proper Fokker. I'm really looking forward to rigging the control wires and fuselage bracing.....not. Trevor __________________ I seem to be suffering from amnesia and deja vu.....I think I've forgotten this already...