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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 06-Feb-20 09:33 |  | | Views : 825 | | And this laser cut Dumas Fokker EIII is a simple example of "through the wing" rigging. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:45 |  | | Views : 812 | | The wax paper came off easily - that is a new pilot in the jig now - the one just finished is in front leaning on a block - now a very strong and solid pilot with a flush base plate epoxied to the inside of the pilot body bottom. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:40 |  | | Views : 777 | | I then pulled out the round head pins from the underside, BEFORE dismantling the jig. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:37 |  | | Views : 758 | | I pinned a little extra pressure on top of the pilot head to hold everything in place while the glue dried. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:35 |  | | Views : 819 | | I brushed on 5 min Epoxy glue onto the bottom inside edges of the plastic pilot, and them stuck him onto and over the edges of the balsa base plank, the pilot bottom being flush with the three jig plank flat surface. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:28 |  | | Views : 823 | | The jig plank holding the pinned pilot base and wax paper, is pinned into the space on the jig between the two other planks, and now the base plate will not move. The three jig planks form a flat plane for the bottom edge of the pilot to sit on. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:22 |  | | Views : 787 | | This is the side the pilot will sit on - the pin tips just stick out a little bit into the free space of the pilot body. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 28-Feb-17 15:20 |  | | Views : 822 | | JIG SET UP for glueing a balsa pilot base plate, to the inside of a plastic pilot - I pinned the jig plank, wax paper, then the balsa pilot base plate together, pinning in from the jig plank side, at small angles, to hold the pilot base plate securely to the jig plank, while the glue dries. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 27-Feb-17 11:03 |  | | Views : 926 | | If you have a small scale plane, Easybuilt has a good selection of different scale pilots with different designs http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/spare.htm . Pilot 2 and 3 go into my 1:20 scale BE2e (one for the pilot and one for the gunner/observer), and either 4 or 5 will go into my 1:14.7 scale "Herr" Fokker D7. The 4th pilot is very detailed and overlapps easily because it is only 9 thou thick, and glues up easily with Easybuilt, good tack and quick drying, white "Sobo" glue. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 27-Feb-17 10:52 |  | | Views : 816 | | Three bottom base planks left to install. First pilot needs a frontal bib extention downwards into the fuse as the rear of the pilot has to sit a little back on top of the fuse - I will hide the line with cockpit combing. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 27-Feb-17 10:47 |  | | Views : 801 | | The 4rth pilot from the left has the bottom plank glued flat into the pilot base. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 27-Feb-17 10:44 |  | | Views : 950 | | I decided to make pilots for all of my WW1 models for their empty open cockpits. I carved out a balsa plank base for inserting flat into the 4th pilot from the left, after first sanding the bottom of the pilot flat and even on a flat sheet of sandpaper. |
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