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1/32nd scale Short Stirling - wing internals


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Has something been changed in photobucket? It doesn't work (even when tried at work)  I can never understand why good working apps have to be changed (for the worse).

Cannot seem to post anymore pics.

Pity.

Cees

 

They've been updating something I think as mine has certainly had a freshen up... it still seems to work as it did before though for me. There's no major rush for any images Cees - I appreciate you help and don't want to cause you undue frustration!

 

I've been busy beavering away with the sandpaper, and have now completed the process of removing the wings from the backing plastic and prepping them. 

 

As well as sanding them to the correct thickness, I've scribed on the surface detail such as panel lines etc, which unfortunately do not show up very well in these poor quality pictures!

 

I've also removed the huge trailing edge flaps, the undercarriage bays, and internal bomb cells in the inner portion of the wing:

 

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From this angle of both wing undersides, you can see I've removed a lot of plastic - the challenge is now going to be adding spars and internal structure to strengthen all this up!

 

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The fit of the parts is excellent, which is always a bonus:

 

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Even the parts are still in very basic form at the moment, they clearly belong to a Stirling:

 

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Now to get making spars etc... should keep me busy for a while!

 

Tom

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Nice going! So you're going to show off the fuel tanks?

 

Yes- that's the long term plan anyway!

 

Time for an update on this project...

 

I've been working on the interior structure of the wings, adding spars and giving them some much needed internal strengthening. 

 

I've boxed in the undercarriage bays and done the same with the wing bomb cells using 1mm plastic card, and using thicker 2mm card have made a series of spars and glued them firmly to the lower sections of the wings:

 

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The roof of each wheel bay has had two holes drilled in preparation for the undercarriage legs when the time comes. The left wing has also had the area where the exposed panel will be partially boxed in in preparation for further detailing of this area. Small tabs have also been added along the nacelle sides and fronts to strengthen the joins and aid the glueing process when it comes to mating the upper and lower sections of the wing:

 

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Here you can see the undercarriage bays and bomb cell - lots more work needed here but the basic shapes are now there:

 

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So the results of a few hours work are:

 

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It's all good fun!

 

Tom

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Well Tom, you have made a good start on those wings. They look to be very good.

Is that sketch of the flap and drive I posted of any use to you? I have some more but

have problems posting pics at the moment.

Cees

 

The images are great Cees - thanks for your help and input. Any others you have are welcome, not just for me but other Stirling enthusiasts I'm sure!

 

Tom

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SInce the last update I've been having a play with the interior of the wing, where the exposed fuel cells will be. 

 

The basic wing-spar structure of the Stirling appears to be tubular, so I've begun replicating this with Evergreen rod, adding it to the areas visible in the wing:

 

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I then set about making the fuel cells from plastic card, using thicker 1mm card for the upper/lower surfaces, and thin 0.5mm card for the edges as this allows for easy bending and gluing to shape. You'll notice I've only made part of the inner tank as this is the only section that will be seen, as well as my home-made spar structure not being completely consistent with the actual aircraft:

 

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With the upper wing slotted into place you start to get the idea of how it'll look:

 

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It will hopefully add a bit of extra interest to what is a rather huge upper wing surface:

 

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A couple of questions for the Stirling experts out there:

1) Does anyone know what colour the internal wing structure is? From photos of them in the factory the spars look to be either a dark green or black, with some sections such as the internal skinning being natural metal. Other images however look as if the interiors of the wings may be painted - British Interior Green perhaps?

2) The fuel cells themselves: again some images make them look black, whereas others I've seen have a lighter appearance - olive green or oxide reddy/brown?

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

Tom

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Tom the spars were black. We have some of those tubes at the museum. Other parts are light grey. You will be quite safe to paint

everyting in the wings black.

Good progress by the way. And you are correct, the ribs did not look like that :huh:

Cees

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Great..!

 

I remember from the old Airfix kit how complicated the undercarriage looked. Cees' drawings make it look even more so, but pretty robust.. I'll enjoy seeing you tackle this area.

 

Matt

i remember one glorious christmas when i was small (and it always snowed...of course) that i got both the airfix stirling AND sunderland!

the stocking was bigger than my bed it seemed!

 

anyway, i am in awe of your modelling efforts in bringing these vac-monsters to life and doing justice to these beautiful old birds

 

thanks for bringing it to us

 

Nick

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