Mike Dowling

Another thought! I have some plastic mesh left over from another build. I used it to make the windows in my yacht Mary. It would be just right for your grills.
Do you have any ?

Excellent stairs, well done Sir !!
I think the hinges look fine and I personally would stick with them as they are.

Yes Danny, too late for holes.
As you can see I did decide on the half cover option in the end, as much as anything to keep the theme Mark.
 
 

The top wing is installed - what a fight that was trying to line up with the spars and glue them - it is covered, rigged and painted.
 
Next step is the undercarriage

Yes Danny, too late for holes.
As you can see I did decide on the half cover option in the end, as much as anything to keep the theme Mark.
 
 

Another thought! I have some plastic mesh left over from another build. I used it to make the windows in my yacht Mary. It would be just right for your grills.
Do you have any ?

Excellent stairs, well done Sir !!
I think the hinges look fine and I personally would stick with them as they are.

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

The top wing is installed - what a fight that was trying to line up with the spars and glue them - it is covered, rigged and painted.
 
Next step is the undercarriage

Yes Danny, too late for holes.
As you can see I did decide on the half cover option in the end, as much as anything to keep the theme Mark.
 
 

Yes Danny, too late for holes.
As you can see I did decide on the half cover option in the end, as much as anything to keep the theme Mark.
 
 

Another thought! I have some plastic mesh left over from another build. I used it to make the windows in my yacht Mary. It would be just right for your grills.
Do you have any ?

Excellent stairs, well done Sir !!
I think the hinges look fine and I personally would stick with them as they are.

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

I view it as owner's choice.  I'd probably cover half of just to keep the theme.

I'd leave the skin off altogether. Probably a bit late to drill some lightening holes?
 
Danny

Another thought! I have some plastic mesh left over from another build. I used it to make the windows in my yacht Mary. It would be just right for your grills.
Do you have any ?

Excellent stairs, well done Sir !!
I think the hinges look fine and I personally would stick with them as they are.

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

Lovely stairs Denis,
 
I can imagine what it looks like with those period dressed figurines on them.....
 
Nils

Some advice please viewers.
 
The undercarriage on this plane was formed like a forth wing. On the model it is made of ribs like a wing and thin covered with very thin sheet metal.
 
In view of the fact that I am half covering this model should I have cover this as well or do it all as per the pictures on the box ?
 
 

The top wing is installed - what a fight that was trying to line up with the spars and glue them - it is covered, rigged and painted.
 
Next step is the undercarriage

I looked up other logs for this model,  and I came up with several others.   each one had their take on the stairs......not the fun part of the model.  I decided to take a different approach,  which as I'm proceeding,  might not have been a wise choice.  I had assembled one already with the post,  and it came out uneven.....part of what prompted me to try making straight stair flights.   taking them back out,  the posts were removed and cleaned up,  later to be cemented on the model,  to insure that they would be straight,


the one that I removed the post from was sanded around the outer spiral,  and I added another step to the top,  seeing that the spiral itself wasn't achieving the 90 degrees it required to make the span the the second level.

I noted that it wasn't a straight ascension either....I'll have to work on it.   as for the other flight of stairs,  I had to take it apart,  which ended up badly for the parts..........everything from splintered cuts to the uneven.   they will need to be sanded and corrected,  in order to salvage them.  instead of making new pieces, they were sanded down in thickness,  and cemented on a small piece of 1/32 flat stock to make up for it.   it was compared to one I did earlier to check the thickness.


the end result is that I now have a left and a right flight of stairs.   the next task will be to get them to fit.

I haven't done them yet,  but another thing that I find odd are the hinges for the doors on the first level.   the way they are shaped,  suggests that they need to be bent around a brass rod,  to create the hinge pin eyelet.   but in doing this,  it creates a double thick hinge....not good in my opinion.   when I create them,  I will post a picture or two to show you what I mean.