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  1. CDW
    Two attachment points will be made adjacent to each wing strut. I’ve drilled .25mm holes at each point being careful not to drill through the wing but enough to enable our twisted wire attachment points to be super glued to the wing. Now the little plastic sleeves made earlier come into play. Slide the monofilament rigging wire through a sleeve, then slide the rigging wire through the attachment point loop. Bring the wire back through the sleeve then super glue the sleeve to the wire…attachment complete. I find this method much simpler and cleaner than trying to knot the wire at the attachment point. Plus it looks pretty good after the assembly is all finished.
  2. CDW
    I create my attachment points by first stripping the insulation from fine gauge electrical wire. Then using individual strands of wire, twist them into loops as per the photos. On this model, I will need a couple dozen attachment points. I made a tool to twist the loops by bending the needle of a hypodermic syringe. The wire is too fine to do it by hand. Need a tool like this one or similar to do it.
  3. CDW
    For my rigging, I will be using 2 pound test monofilament fishing line. It’s almost hair-like in diameter.
  4. CDW
    The fit of the fuselage halves was pretty good. After some sanding of the seams, adding super glue as a seam filler then sanding some more, the seams have virtually disappeared.
  5. CDW
    Not ready for rigging at this time, but to prepare for it, find some cheap cotton swabs with plastic sticks. Paper sticks won’t work for this exercise. The plastic sticks are tubes. Slowly heat the plastic stick over a lit candle until it’s soft, then stretch it into a small diameter tube. Cut the stretched plastic tube into 2 or 3mm long sections. These will be used later on in the rigging process. You could alternatively use 1 or .5mm brass tubing cut into similar size pieces, but it’s harder to source small diameter brass tubing. You may need to practice a bit to stretch the heated plastic tube. It’s easy to over heat or over stretch it and ruin it, but it’s no big deal.
  6. CDW
    I have a few tricks up my sleeve for rigging. Will take photos of it along the way.
  7. CDW
    I always liked the smell of castor oil in the alcohol-based fuels we used in our model airplanes. Having it splattered in my face and goggles while flying would have been quite another story.
  8. CDW
    Until building this kit, I never realized the F.2 B had a Vickers MG hidden under the fuselage. She fired through the forward fuselage, radiator, cowl, and propeller blades vis a vis a synchronizing gear. Once the fuselage goes together, the weapon will remain pretty much hidden from view. With some amount of effort, it might be seen just above the top of the instrument panel. I have a few more minor things to add to the cockpit before joining the fuselage halves. Note that the lucky pilot sits on top of the fuel tank! Sheesh, that must have been nerve racking all by itself, not to mention the flimsy box kite nature of construction. This pilot must have been pretty darned good to have had 25 1/2 kills in this plane, although on the other hand, with the large wing area and dihedral in the wings, it was probably a very stable gun platform.
  9. CDW
    As is typical of most aircraft models, construction begins with the cockpit and fuselage sides.
  10. CDW
    I went over to Draf Models and took a look at their F.2B kit and accessories. That is a very impressive model, and the extras add to it. Did you order it and if so, did you order any of the extras?
  11. CDW
    Welcome, glad to have you aboard. Will be posting a progress update later today so stay tuned.
  12. CDW
    I'll be building the 1:48 Scale Bristol F.2B World War 1 fighter by Eduard in 1:48 scale. She will be finished in the livery of No. 62 Squadron, RFC, France, early 1918 as flown by Lt W.E. Staton, 25 1/2 confirmed victories. No aftermarket items are planned at this time although I will likely add some scratch-made details particularly as it pertains to rigging. I welcome you to follow along, comment, and make yourself at home. Well heck, I better add a photo of the kit.
  13. CDW
    Indeed Chris. I do feel I have learned quite a bit from this first attempt. In the future, it will be more important to me to actually see the kit and parts breakdown before I buy or attempt it. If there were any joiner strips with my kit, I don't see them. However, experience now tells me there must be some, regardless of whether the kit includes them or not. Thanks for following and providing advice along the way. Much appreciated.
  14. CDW
    Looking at this kit, it seemed odd to me that the forward half of the fuselage was built around a fairly substantial framework while the rear half was pretty much built around air, no framework at all. My concerns matured today once I got past that first half of the fuselage and started to proceed to the rear half. There seems to be things involving joint reinforcement and maybe other things the plan doesn’t show that have come to bite me on the backside. Parts fit is poor to sketchy at best. Maybe there are things I can do to remedy the problem but I lack the enthusiasm to generate ideas for a fix. I feel as though there were things I could have foreseen for a greater chance for success at this juncture but at this time I am going to chalk it up as a learning experience and move on. Will put all the pieces in a box and wait to see if I get an epiphany that drives me back to finish this project at a later time. Thanks for following along on this and forgive me for cutting this short in such an abrupt fashion. There are many other projects I want to do and will start another very soon.
  15. CDW
    That is quite an elaborate bomb bay. The PE set will help do it justice for sure. IMO, masks are a must for a model like this as cutting them yourself is so time consuming and definitely not a fun activity. Looking forward to watching your progress with all this.
  16. CDW
    Following this interesting subject
  17. CDW
    I like it! Something different is the spice of life.
  18. CDW
    In the mid sixties my dad was a local politician. The general in command at MacDill AFB offered to take dad up in an F4C. Dad turned down the offer because of his fear of flying. It was the only thing I ever knew dad to fear. He earned that fear on a commercial flight over the Gulf of Mexico when flying from Tampa to Mississippi. The plane flew through a violent storm, was struck by lightning, lost an engine, pitched up and down violently. Made an emergency landing in the panhandle for repairs before the flight could resume. On board the flight was the entire University of Tampa football team and coaching staff along with my dad. Dad vowed to never fly again after that episode. 😄
  19. CDW
    Beautiful model Andrew
  20. CDW
    Something came in the mail today from Poland, it’s the 1:33 GPM F-4E Phantom II card kit with the laser cut frames, a vac canopy and 3D resin printed wheels. Looks like a beautiful kit. Instructions and diagrams appear very well done. Delivered via Polish Priority Mail all for a grand total of $35 USD (175 PLN). Seems like a bargain to me. Kit contains fourteen A4 size color parts pages and four A4 instructions/diagrams pages. Construction appears very straight forward and easy to comprehend on first glance. Time will tell. 😀
  21. CDW
    This is a kit you print out yourself on an inkjet or similar printer?
  22. CDW
    Preparing for the third fuselage skin, I have it taped in place to see what kind of shaping is needed for the skin. Behind the cockpit is a raised headrest. The top of the skin needs to conform to the headrest then taper down toward the rudder/vertical stabilizer. Trouble is, no formers are designed as part of the kit to help give shape to this area. When looking at the skin from the rear, a large area is raised above the inner skins all the way back to the vertical stab. Something doesn’t look right to me. But maybe is is right, just don’t know until more skin pieces are added. Insufficient working drawings to give me hints of a proper fit here.
  23. CDW
    I agree about repetition. I also wonder about the design of this particular kit. Something tells me this one is not based on a CAD design. I am sure there are modelers who could build this kit better than I, but I am in no position to make a silk purse from a sows ear at this stage. Looking ahead at the cowl, I see seven or more parts on the printed page that probably make up the finished cowl, but the plans show just one single part number, not two not three and sure as heck not seven.
  24. CDW
    I put on the first two skins on the outer fuselage after putting on the inner ones. The fuselage outer skins go on in seven pieces. There is no way in heck I am going to get seamless joins. I used acrylic putty on the first join then touched it up with a silver sharpie marker. Not perfect by any stretch but it will have to do. Not going to be too much you can see inside that cockpit when it’s all said and done.
  25. CDW
    They remind me of the Classic Airframe and Special Hobby kits from that era. Nice, limited run kits. Do you have the PCM Spitfire Mk IX?

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