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| SteveM, Image # 24857 | 31 Jan 12 17:38 |
A little warmth for those of you stuck in colder weather. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 24819 | 29 Jan 12 08:36 |
| We all know where the faults are, but this is a great job. |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 24819 | 28 Jan 12 22:16 |
| Thanks fellas, I won't tell you where to find the wrinkles. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 24819 | 28 Jan 12 15:30 |
| Beautiful work! |
| jerry campbell, Comment for image # 24819 | 28 Jan 12 13:59 |
| Looking real good, Really nice papering |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 24819 | 28 Jan 12 13:40 |
| So nice! |
| SteveM, Image # 24819 | 28 Jan 12 13:16 |
Covered dry with medium weight silkspan and UHU glue stick then shrunk with a mist of water. I thought about covering the cowl wet, but decided instead to go bare wood with many coats of dope to seal and smooth it. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 24680 | 16 Jan 12 04:46 |
| I think I have the "Short" kit. This is nice work! Nice tips! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 24680 | 15 Jan 12 23:50 |
| Correct, no longer in production. This isn't from a Guillow's kit, though the wood is laser cut to match and you build using the Guillow's plans. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 24680 | 15 Jan 12 17:26 |
| Steve...Is this an out of production kit as I do not see it in the Guillow catalogue. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 24680 | 15 Jan 12 17:05 |
| It looks far better than the plastic. |
| SteveM, Image # 24680 | 15 Jan 12 15:42 |
I'm building for static so the nose gets glued together. I've also gone to solid wing tips which is what I should have done in the first place. |
| SteveM, Image # 24679 | 15 Jan 12 15:41 |
Here you can see the keyed detachable nose piece and bearing block. |
| SteveM, Image # 24678 | 15 Jan 12 15:40 |
The SRK doesn't have a plastic cowl so a short section of it is stick and former construction with 1/32" sheting and the rest is laminated 3/32" pieces that will get sanded to shape. |
| SteveM, Image # 24643 | 11 Jan 12 20:21 |
The wings and fuselage were actually finished some time ago, I just finally got around to taking a photo. Hopefully I can make some more progress on it now. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 23687 | 04 Oct 11 13:10 |
| I have the DCPM short kit. It looks great! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 23686 | 03 Oct 11 23:57 |
| At the bottom you can see side keel parts "A4" and "A5" as a single piece with a score made to allow bending of the keel. More on that in the next photo.
I should add that this will be a static model built pretty much to the kit plans without using extra wood. I will be reducing the size of the horizontal stabilizer to what the plans say is the scale size. |
| SteveM, Image # 23687 | 03 Oct 11 23:54 |
The result of a few hours of casual building this evening. The Weldbond glue grabs quickly and is dry enough to handle the parts in about 15 minutes or so. The side keels are pretty neat in this SRK. In the kit you glue the two parts of each keel half into the formers one at a time, gluing them together on the fuselage. But with the SRK they are one piece of wood that has be scored about halfway through at the joint between the two parts so that it easily bends as needed. The part "D6" in the center of the horizontal stabilizer was too small and I had to take a minute or two to make a new one. It was almost like the part was drawn too small without the kerf of the laser being taken into account. Other then that, everything has had a fantastic fit. |
| SteveM, Image # 23686 | 03 Oct 11 23:48 |
If I am able to stick with it and complete this Storch it'll by my entry for the 2011 "G" challenge. It's an SRK from DPCM so no kits will be harmed in the building of this model. See Jerry Campbell's Storch photos if you want to see what is provided in the SRK. The quality of the wood is nice, light yet strong, and the laser cutting makes it all fall together quickly, though the sheets that the formers were in need a little extra knife work to free the parts. |
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