AW Whitley Mk V, a journey

[Wingco57]

Famous last words. I made a booboo yesterday scribing the trimtabs on the rudders. I slipped and

The edges were a mess. Had to cut them out, including the elevators. This actually is a good

Thing as the tabs go up when the elevators are down such as when parked. You learn

All the time.

Cees

[James H]

Looking real good Cees. This is gonna be awesome!

[rkranias]

this is true modelling!  keep those posts coming!

[Jamme]

Nice !

Cheers,

Jamme

[Wingco57]

No beercan this time,

 

Wouldn't want people to get the wrong impression about my other pursuits.

 

Here's another short update, the tailfins have the undersides sanded to the aerofoil of the tailplanes. They

now fit snugly on top of them. Will need to insert some wire to give the joint more strenght later.

 

You can also see the cut outs for the trimming tabs, these will be added later and set an angle to

give some "live" to them. Slowly but surely we're getting there.

 

The fuselage shapes will be made from balsa. They will serve as moulds for vacuumforming. After the tail is finished

that's the next project.

 

Grant,

One Condor, so two are a Condor Legion?????

Cees

 

 

[Wingco57]

Hmm nobody replied, why do I bother  

 

But it has been a while since the last update, that doesn't mean I have been sitting doing nothing though.

 

Great progress has been made on the tailplanes. I got a tip from PH-GEO to represent the fabric on the

surface why not use ......tape. Why not, I had some aluminium tape left from the kitch floor. It worked a treat.

The last few days were spent to cut all those tiny not to mention shiny strips. Sometimes it made me cross-eyed

The elevators are now glued in place at an angle and the trimtabs as well. It really is looking like a Whitley tailplane.

Nex to do the two tailfins and then the tailplanes are as good as done.

 

Tomorrow off to Heiden Germany with Jeroen and One oh Four, will be a blast

 

Cees

 

 

[James H]

Would you give those tapes and tailplane a thin coat of Mr Surfacer to build up the surface between the tailplane and tape tops?

 

Looking mighty good, and I can't imagine this one being in injection mould variety for a while yet.

[Wingco57]

Hi James,

 

Yes I plan to do that, first to give the whole area a smooth surface and to blend in the strips. Also to make sure the strips stay

firmly in place. Wouldn't want to have some come loose later.

Any tips are welcome.

Mr Surfacer is on my shopping list tomorrow.
Cees

[harvey boyer]

Cee's, good work so far. Now get cracken......Harv

[Jamme]

Fantastic job Cees.

Cheers,

Jamme

[JeroenPeters]

Hi Cees, love it. And like James says: this subject surely won't be covered in 'our' scale any time soon!

[Anthony in NZ]

Amazing Cees....but I expect nothing less from you knowing what you are capable of!!

 

Cheers

Anthony

[Wingco57]

Thanks chaps,

Got mr surfacer today at Heiden and also met Jeroen Veen which was a pleasure.

Yesterday I finished one tailfin, one left to go.

Cees

[James H]

Did it build the styrene up to the same level as the tapes?

[Jeroenveen1]

Cees! It was  pleasure to meet you as well. We should have had more time, but hey, it's a start. Hope you got back home safely. Now this I'm going to foliow with great interest, Jeroen P showed me some of the pictures earlier but a first hand report is unbeatable! Great stuff so far. Get some rest and have a nice evening, speak to you soon! Cheers!

[Wingco57]

Thanks Jeroen, likewise.

James, haven't had time to use it yet, although I did finish the other tailfin

Last evening.

sjeesh.

Cees

[rkranias]

sometimes engineering takes place of modeling.  incredible work on this,  really enjoying this...

[Grant]

Jeez, look what happens when I don't look in for a while?? there's huge amount of delicious content for me to catch up on.  Fabulous work Cees .. I'm fascinated with how you do these things.

[Wingco57]

Thanks Grant,

Just to show that this is not rocket science. I just do what I have read about in the various modelling magazines,

Looking at skilled modellers and just by trial and error. The fuselage masters will be the next big hurdle.

Cees

[Wingco57]

Another update,

 

Well phase one is almost finished! The taifins have their rib tapes applied and couldn't contain myself and have just fitted the fins

onto the tailplanes.

Phew, it really is a journey, 

 

Apart from small details such as control surface actuators and the rudder mass balances it's finished. After the

small details are finished a coat of Mr Surfacer (that will be another first for me) will be applied to blend in the tapes and give

a good surface for later painting.

 

I'm chuffed

Cees

 

 

 

[harvey boyer]

NICE ! Carry on.........Harv

[Wingco57]

Hi all,

 

Back again, been quite busy. Scratchbuilding is a strange thing. At first you are overjoyed about what has been achieved and then something

starts nagging. A little voice in the back of your head makes you wonder and you start thinking.

 

Well, this is how it was last friday

 

 

And then I ripped everything off,  which did not go easily, which is a good thing. I thought the elevator

profiles were too rounded instead of flat as seen on photographs (always look at as many photographs as

you can get), and the strips didn't look right to me. They looked like strips of tape on a plastic surface.

 

I did put all new tape back on but after a small booboo scribing panellines, I had visions of

the bin beckoning me. I covered up the tapes with wide strips of tape and hey presto they look like

stretched fabric with rib tapes and in my humble opinion looks even better.

 

Well this is how it is now

Cees

 

 

 

 

[One-Oh-Four]

Wow! Looking superb, Cees!!!

[coolboxx]

Really like what your doing and it looks great!

[Jamme]

Hello Cees.

That's a great scratch work you're doing.

Congrats,

Jamme