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Originally Posted by Greyhead I was thinking of doing another tutorial for Non-Serrated Rib Tapes but as this one has developed I’ll just add this here!
The way to do it is to fit a row of panel pins spaced at the distance between “stitches” along opposite sides a piece of wood. Put a sheet of paper between the pins; thread thin cotton from pin 1 one side to pin 1 opposite side, down to pin 2 and back to pin 2 on the original side on so on. Give the lot a coat of dope to fix the cotton to the paper, when dry turn the paper over and give it a coat of Balsaloc. Cut the paper into strips the width of the “stitches” and fix to the rib positions, then add your frayed rib tape over the top of the "stitches". |
*** This will certainly give the right effect,the unsightly rib stitching shows through the serrated tape which is pulled tight as a drum by the doped fabric,next time you see a doped wing you will see what I mean,sometimes scale modellers portray these things as too neat and tidy.
To understand the sequence for those not familiar with it here it is-
1/ Waxed cord is threaded through the wing fabric alongside a rib,the long needle is taken down and upwards the other side and the first knot is locked into place.
2/ The cord is taken running alongside at right angles to one of the ribs and then the needle is again pushed through the side of the rib again taken around the rib and a knot locks this in place.
3/ And the process is carried on until the full length of the rib is completed finishing with a final knot,it is a long skilled job to complete neatly and takes a lot of patience just as on our models.
4/ Finally rib tapes are placed over th stringing starting at the trailing edge,wrapped around the leading edge and finishing at the lower te.