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| David Duckett, Image # 31089 | 11 Mar 14 06:37 |
It's a good sized model. :-) |
| David Duckett, Image # 31088 | 11 Mar 14 06:35 |
The shape slowly emerges. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31087 | 11 Mar 14 06:32 |
As usual, the solid wing tip...Those little boxes around the edge, called plaques, contain building instructions and info about flying, weather, dynamic forces and the like. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31086 | 11 Mar 14 06:29 |
This scale airfoil is one of the things that make a Cleveland plan and kit different. On Guillows kits only the 800 series and larger have the correct air foil. The 400 series all have flat bottom air foils and that makes the scale look just wrong. You can see why it has to be blocked up and why the rear spar either needs to be blocked up or added later. I chose later. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31072 | 11 Mar 14 06:20 |
| Thank you, James. The kit is designed for tissue covering. The plans say to sheet the first half inch back from the leading edge for a display model. The plans do show the infill method which is their design. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31070 | 11 Mar 14 06:16 |
| Thanks, Ted. When I was growing up all the kids in the neighborhood carried pocket knives everywhere, even to school, but it was no big deal. I learned to whittle early so when my first model kit had printwood all I did was switch to a single edge razor blade. The xacto, and the CA, are the only difference between then and now. Many kits contain only printwood and many modelers consider the cutting of parts as enjoyable as the rest of the build. The joinery just comes from having done it so often. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 31072 | 11 Mar 14 02:09 |
| Strange that there are no stringers on top at all. Does the plan call for skinning with wood? Or just tissue covering? Lovely work, by the way. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31085 | 10 Mar 14 16:47 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 31070 | 10 Mar 14 06:58 |
| I really admire your woodworking skills. Cutting the parts and fitting them together with beautiful joinery. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31071 | 10 Mar 14 05:31 |
| *tracing... |
| David Duckett, Image # 31072 | 10 Mar 14 05:30 |
The plan has no stringers on the top of the ribs but you know that's not going to happen. The 18" ruler shows the size. All the notches for these stringers will be done with the xacto. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31071 | 10 Mar 14 05:26 |
I wrapped the plan around the building board to keep it intact. This is the only thing that will be built directly on the plan. Patterns for for the other structures were done with traving paper. As I've used nothing from the kit I'll be putting it back on ebay when I'm finished with it. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31070 | 10 Mar 14 05:22 |
I used the parts in the kit as patterns for the pieces I'm actually using to build the kit. I left extra wood at each end of the rib so it can be cut to fit precisely. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31069 | 10 Mar 14 05:16 |
It's very important to insure the leading and trailing edges are prevented from warping by the addition of the ribs so they are pinned in place on the outsideof, not through, the wood. Due to the curvature of the bottom of the ribs, the aileron spar must also be blocked up. |
| David Duckett, Image # 31057 | 09 Mar 14 05:48 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 31056 | 09 Mar 14 05:47 |
The plans say to block up the leading and trailing edges but do not say how much. I pinned the front spar in place and then set the outer, inner, and middle ribs in place. THe leading and trailing edges were then set in place using the ribs as guides. The leading edge is 1/4" x 1/2", spars and trailing edge are 1/8" stock, and the aileron spar is 3/16" stock. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31051 | 08 Mar 14 18:55 |
| I don't put much faith in interpreting art unless it's done to make a point. It's simply whether I like it or not. I paint simply because it's fun. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 31051 | 08 Mar 14 18:45 |
| I have trouble interpreting art. i'm more science oriented. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31051 | 08 Mar 14 17:36 |
| No & no. I am barely computer literate.:-) It would be correct to say I use the computer as a tool in both painting and building models and I'm fairly sure that if I were part of the generation that can't function without some form of computer in their hands I would most assuredly be doing something artistic. Have you ever been to an art museum? There's really nothing you can have in your hands quite as sensual as a paint brush. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 31051 | 08 Mar 14 17:16 |
| are you artistic computer wise? do you ever make your art on the computer? |
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