Mitch,

She looks great.  I agree with Concretecow, there's just something about the details that cause the model to come to life.  With the short nose you may find that the engine and guns will help in balancing the model.  Good luck with the detailing.  Sometimes brushing on some water just on the wrinkle area might tighten up the tissue there. 

Tom

G'day all;
Its nearly finished!! Just got to make some guns & an engine & its just about done. I might try to recover the nose to get rid of those wrinkles though. The prop & the nose block are both removable in case i do decide to try & fly it later on-that will have to wait till summer because its too wet at the moment & spring gets quite windy here. That's OK though 'cos by then I'll have more toys to play with!!(p.s. i don't know why the pictures turned out pink-i can assure you it is still red!!!!)

Cheers for now!

Mitch,

Really unique way of doing the faded crosses.  I'd never thought of that.  It's great.  Really gives the appearance of the paint fading in the daily grind of each sortie.

Looking forward to more progress.  Well Done!

Tom

Really starting to look good Mitch.  You seem to have got this scratch building lark nailed.  How have you done the markings on the tissue?  Is it printed?

Are you intending to fly this one?

Concretecow

Yep,

It's always prudent to pin the wing down to dry to avoid that thing happening.  Just be sure to put something to raise the wing off the building board so air can get under it to allow drying of the lower surface!

Sorry for your experience.  Good luck with the recover.

Tom

Mitch,

Looks great and the one piece fuselage is fantastic.  Often if the tissue is wet it will cover rounded fuselages easier.  Looks like you've done a great job. 

By the way... if you would have needed to use additional tissue to cover the fuselage, strips of tissue running from nose to tail glued on the stringers would work. 

If you need a vertical glue strip, filler can be placed between the stringers at the formers station and sanded smooth then the tissue added to the glue strip and then added from there to the tail. (hope that makes sense)!

Can't wait to see this one come together.   

Tom

G'day Tom;
The plans call for a scale dihedral of 1/2 inch which I will add before covering. I am thinking this may be a hanger queen though because it is SO FRAGILE!! I recently bought some more 1/16 sheet of a different brand & realized how soft the original stuff is. I dont know how many stringers I've broken (lots!) just handling the thing! I now know more about what to look for when buying wood so thats a good thing.
Im also re-hashing the wing strut mounts-i am not keen on just poking holes in tissue to mount them. Hopefully my idea works-time will tell. More pics to come!

Cheers mate!

G'day all;
A few photos of a little bit of progress. Doesnt seem to be much time for building at the moment! Here's a pic of a very dodgy mockup. I had a go at carving a prop (for display only) & I don't think its too bad. I need to re-carve a new nose block though- the profile didn't match the fuselage lines at all.
I added some tabs to the lower longeron(?) because there didn't seem to be much to attatch the center lower wing rib to.
It is also not very clear  on the plans just how the tissue on the fuselage let's the lower wing be attatched(if that makes sense).l ended up filling in the lower gap at the wing root to give the tissue something to stick to. Don't seem to always get enough info when building from pre-cut plans but that just makes things more interesting!
In the process now of making the wing struts & landing gear struts. Won't be long & I can start covering - can't wait!!!

Cheers!