| Image Comments |
| JastaZwei | 16-Mar-15 20:13 |
| Thanks to everyone for their comments and suggestions! I'll take them into account on the next model. Here's I fixed the problems; I increased the width of the top member too. |
| John M Oshust | 16-Mar-15 20:23 |
| Great idea. Does silkspan have a grain associated with the paper. I know the polyspan I use does and the forces applied to the surface have a lot to do with direction of the grain. |
| Dale1416 | 16-Mar-15 21:53 |
| Very good problem solving. Outward appearance not changed, but now good and strong! |
| Don C | 16-Mar-15 23:43 |
| Yes, silkspan does have a grain and it does affect the shrinkage. You can sort of see it and a tear will sort of follow the grain. I've warped wings by not having the l\grain run the length of the wing. Jastazwei, it looks like a good fix to me. You sure do a nice smooth job of covering. |
| JastaZwei | 17-Mar-15 05:27 |
| I used the tissue that came with this Guillows kit and it does have a grain. I don't know if this is silkspan, do the current Guillows kits include silkspan or the same tissue as the vintage (30-year old) kits? Thanks for the compliments. |
| David Duckett | 17-Mar-15 05:44 |
| It appears to be lightweight silkspan, the same used in all larger Guillows kits. If it were tissue it would have turned into mush when wet for covering. |
