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This would be a very tempting kit for me if it were offered in 1/250. Sadly, as you no doubt know, JSC publish primarily in 1/400, and their few 1/250 kits are mostly either merchantmen or battleships.- 22 replies
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Got the wing bracing done. It was not fun! The last couple of pieces decided to be quite a pain in the tuckus. Once you've bent a stretched piece of wire, you can't re-stretch it if it gets bent. I bent the first three attempts at the last wire. Fourth time was a charm. 😑 BTW, I may have placed a small order with Halinski. Now I have to wait for the mail, so I'll keep you waiting along with me. 😁
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Ha ha! You're doomed. 😮
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This stuff is so confusing that I inadvertently switched the definitions of these two terms in my last post. And none of you caught it!! 😂 It's fixed now.
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I had to take a refresher course on all the rigging/bracing terminology for biplanes. So for those who are interested, here's a quick lesson: cabane struts: the struts between the fuselage and upper wing interplane struts: the struts between the upper and lower wings bay: the rectangular space bounded by two sets of struts and the upper and lower wings torsion wires: the wires that brace the rectangles formed by the cabane struts, upper wing, and fuselage landing wires: the wires that run outward and down from the upper wing to the lower wing in between struts flying wires: the wires that run outward and up from the lower wing to the upper wing between struts; together, flying wires and landing wires brace a bay incidence wires: the wires that brace the rectangle formed by a pair of parallel struts and the upper and lower wings. The S2 is a double bay aircraft, having four pairs of interplane struts and four cabane struts. The model will have 12 torsion wires, 8 incidence wires, 8 flying wires, and 8 landing wires, for a grand total (so far) of 36 wires. That's 36 individual pieces of EZ-Line or wire to attach. I have 23 done so far. Stay tuned . . .
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M3 Halftrack by ERS Rich - Tamiya - PLASTIC
ccoyle replied to ERS Rich's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Ironically, a suggested video came up on my YouTube account about how half-tracks won the war. Of course, numerous weapons/systems have been put forth as having "won the war" -- truth is, they all made important contributions. -
Hull looks great!
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Welcome aboard, Clive!
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Should you ever find yourself in the 4th dimension, please have a look around for the various parts I have unwillingly contributed to the landscape over the years.
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But I bet you make them in your head, right?
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Totally understandable. A poorly designed kit can suck the modeling mojo right out of a person. I read through your account of the troubles with this kit. The box art suggests that this is one of the kits updated by Dusek after they purchased Mamoli. The work may have been done hastily to keep the kit on the market -- just guessing. In any case, it looks like the update was not entirely successful. Good luck on your other projects!
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The upper wing is now mounted. It wasn't as troublesome as I feared it might be to get all eight struts in place. The model is now sufficiently far enough along to execute recon missions over the dog while making airplane noises. What? Are you telling me you don't make airplane noises?
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Francois, The member who built this model passed away in 2019. Please use English for any future posts. Regards, Chris
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Yes, actually! BTW, you probably already know this, but Tom Grigat built that very kit in one of his Modeling in Motion videos.
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Welcome aboard!
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Quite possibly the worst rigging diagram I have ever had to work with. Note that one end or the other end, sometimes both ends, of each line is not shown. And this is pretty much the only rigging diagram in the kit. In photos, most of the bracing wires appear to be doubled. In some instances it looks like the pairs were wrapped in some kind of material. The upshot is that the cables look thicker. I will duplicate this effect by using wire for the rigging instead of EZ-Line. That means the technique will be a little different. Here's the forest of struts mounted to the lower wing.
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Welcome aboard, Tony!
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I got the cabane struts and their bracing done, so of course I had to give the top wing a trial fit.
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Looking for Assistance Completing Model
ccoyle replied to Robert in Austin's topic in New member Introductions
Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described. https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/ https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/ https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/- 5 replies
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Good luck with your project, Chuck!
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Welcome aboard, Noggy!
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