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| John M Oshust | 03-Feb-15 17:51 | | Access ports from the cockpit to the MG were cut and the Vickers has been positioned with the wire mounting rods. |
| JohnG. | 04-Feb-15 08:07 | | Excellent detail work. |
| BriandKilby | 04-Feb-15 09:33 | | which one is your favorite biplane john? |
| rayl | 04-Feb-15 10:28 | | Forgive me John, but I'm still chuckling about using the relieved dowels for the Vickers. Good old American ingenuity! |
| John M Oshust | 04-Feb-15 11:32 | | Brian, The Camel it was my first and will, in the near future, be my last. |
| John M Oshust | 04-Feb-15 11:51 | | rayl, Every once in a while you get lucky. When fabricating my first model, as a mature adult, I was pondering how the construct a Vickers mg for my Guillows Camel. I did not wish to use the Guillows plastic parts, for guns, prop, wheels, etc. I was wandering about in a Home Depot when I stumbled upon a package of the fluted furniture dowels. Love at first sight!!! |
| BriandKilby | 04-Feb-15 11:54 | | the camel was really maneuverable. at least in games I played "red baron". the opposite of the torque of the motor you could turn really sharp. that's how the game portrayed it. |
| John M Oshust | 04-Feb-15 12:22 | | Brian, yes the torque made it maneuverable to the port, I believe, but it also killed a number of novice pilots on take offs. The Camel was not a plane for a neophyte aviator ! |
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