Evening from the The Mole,
Before I got serious in the construction, I thought it would be a good idea to to take a group pic of all the distinguishedrabble guests who have gathered to watch this build happen,
Now seriously guys!!!!!!! This is a model building exercise, not a damn Saturday night pajama party..........I mean, whatchu all got in them pipes??? Some of the Boss' greenhouse stuff??? Why is Cohan glued on your helmet Mr. Smiff??? And who's that playing pocket pool in front??? You all know who you are.............Damn kids today!!!.....................No respect......................
Now, back at the build....I mentioned the poor ribbing on the wings and did a quick think about a way to improve them. Some firms make decals to simulate them, but you know my luck with those. I got hungry and decided to make some Spaghetti,
Ribbing made from 0.13mm Evergreen sheet plastic. They're 1mm wide and 30cm long and I should have enough to do the job, including brain farts. I also did some more thinking about a good way to make the wings longer. The conclusion was to scratch a middle section 8cm's wider from sheet. To this, I could scratch the airflow radiator, correct the shape of the pilot cut-out and then glue the wings onto it. The hack job,
The underside,
The center piece is 5.2cms and has to be 8cms. The pilot cut-out is too round and wide. It needs to be more a V shape and narrower. I will be using pieces from it as forms for the 0.13 sheet coating and wing form/shape. The bottom wing has a new set of probs and is a bit more difficult to lengthen,
I can't make a new middle section like the top wing. There are details, mounting nubs and the curvature of the fuselage too. I will make 2 cuts on the rib next to the details (1cm from the inside edges) and add 2 extensions 1.6cm each. Looking above, the extension will give me the correct wing length and line the strut mounting points up evenly. Sorry if I haven't described what I'm doing correctly. you will see it as I progress to clear up any questions. The easy thing was correcting the upper wing flappies,
Once I have the lower wing in pieces, I can cut the flappies out and add the hinges and such. So far, so good...
Tomorrow is a holiday here, so I can play some more at the table...Oh wait, I'm retired!!! Thanks for looking in and please dress a little better for the next installment!!!.. All C, C & abuse welcome and have a great night!!!
Prost
Allen
Oh, thanks Pete......I feel the love!!! The truth is, I'll have to cut and measure it all out from a A4 size decal sheet...Looking forward to the lozenge camo!
Pete
No probs Steve!!! Call me anything you like, but not late for dinner. Oh, and I think it's Schlachtmeister...Watching attentively Herr Schlactermeister (excuse mis-spelling!)
Steve
Damn Doug, I think I need to get me one of those too!!! Don't know much about masterpieces, But I do know I can't keep up with all the great builds on here either...I've stopped pulling up chairs, I've upgraded to the magic carpet Mk7 due to having to fly between builds. You guys create some amazing masterpieces!!!
Always a place for you Buddy, and welcome on The Mole!!! The wheel carts were used to move the wing thingy's around after they were taken out of the water. They also used railcars and little flatbed trolleys too. The Mole had RR tracks to move the planes out of the hangers, to the cranes, so they could be put in the water to take off. I'll post up some pics as I go along...Yo Dude!.....are there any seats left? I'm in for this "floaty boaty wingy thingy"! Sounds like a clear cut case of "I can't make up my mind".......oops! So, are the wheeled assemblies under the floats in the pic. a permanent part of the bird or is this a shot of the bird on dollies to move it around on land? Not seen one before.......very interesssssssting.
Thanks Mick! I'm gonna need lotsa luck on this one and enjoy your stay, here on The Mole...Definitely joining the rabble for this one Allen, good luck
No need for the note Tony, as I haven't gotten very far anyway. Welcome to The Mole and don't get too near the edge, you could fall into sea. Can't say epic, but don't any of you rabble get fed at home???.....Just wondering...Sorry I’m late sir but ive got a note from my mum . I’ll be watching closely allen , looks like another epic build in store for us hungry rabble !
Thank you Ian! I think the start is always good and then it heads straight into the loo after that...A very nice start.
Thanks Tim! You're right about float planes when you think about them. Especially right after the dawn of aviation itself. It must have taken some really good training and a big pair of cahoonas to do it back then and not wipe out in the water. I would think, the slightest irregular wave, wind or similar, could have forced one or both floats under water...Not to mention the float wood coming undone if you hit the water too hard when landing too...Interesting…..got to love a floatplane……such a weird idea when you really think about it. Great start, full of your usual meticulous research and planning.
Very true Jakko, but think about the time frame and the technology long ago. Powered flight was a new thing and then came the Great War. Half the pilots couldn't land on grass fields without problems, let alone, having them try to land (and takeoff) on water...Trying to land at Zeebrugge, in an Albatros W.4, would scare me to death, still!!!...How so? IMHO it makes perfect sense: there is water all over the place in many parts of the world, and it will automatically be (mostly) flat, whereas finding a long enough stretch of flat enough ground to land on/take off from can be much harder.
Before I got serious in the construction, I thought it would be a good idea to to take a group pic of all the distinguished
Now seriously guys!!!!!!! This is a model building exercise, not a damn Saturday night pajama party..........I mean, whatchu all got in them pipes??? Some of the Boss' greenhouse stuff??? Why is Cohan glued on your helmet Mr. Smiff??? And who's that playing pocket pool in front??? You all know who you are.............Damn kids today!!!.....................No respect......................
Now, back at the build....I mentioned the poor ribbing on the wings and did a quick think about a way to improve them. Some firms make decals to simulate them, but you know my luck with those. I got hungry and decided to make some Spaghetti,
Ribbing made from 0.13mm Evergreen sheet plastic. They're 1mm wide and 30cm long and I should have enough to do the job, including brain farts. I also did some more thinking about a good way to make the wings longer. The conclusion was to scratch a middle section 8cm's wider from sheet. To this, I could scratch the airflow radiator, correct the shape of the pilot cut-out and then glue the wings onto it. The hack job,
The underside,
The center piece is 5.2cms and has to be 8cms. The pilot cut-out is too round and wide. It needs to be more a V shape and narrower. I will be using pieces from it as forms for the 0.13 sheet coating and wing form/shape. The bottom wing has a new set of probs and is a bit more difficult to lengthen,
I can't make a new middle section like the top wing. There are details, mounting nubs and the curvature of the fuselage too. I will make 2 cuts on the rib next to the details (1cm from the inside edges) and add 2 extensions 1.6cm each. Looking above, the extension will give me the correct wing length and line the strut mounting points up evenly. Sorry if I haven't described what I'm doing correctly. you will see it as I progress to clear up any questions. The easy thing was correcting the upper wing flappies,
Once I have the lower wing in pieces, I can cut the flappies out and add the hinges and such. So far, so good...
Tomorrow is a holiday here, so I can play some more at the table...Oh wait, I'm retired!!! Thanks for looking in and please dress a little better for the next installment!!!.. All C, C & abuse welcome and have a great night!!!
Prost
Allen
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