DocRob Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Beautiful, good to see progress on your Camel. I like the wood effects and the super clean IP Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Thanks Rob, the wood isn’t museum quality but wanted to portray a used Camel, hopefully achieving. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_von_buckles Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 The wood looks great. Keep up the great work! von B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 16, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 16, 2020 Phil, his is looking truly awesome, man! For a WW1 and Wingnut newb, you sure hit this one clean out of the Park, man. Keep up the good work! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 21 hours ago, bob_von_buckles said: The wood looks great. Keep up the great work! von B Thanks Bob, from your good self that’s very much appreciated...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 19 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Phil, his is looking truly awesome, man! For a WW1 and Wingnut newb, you sure hit this one clean out of the Park, man. Keep up the good work! Ernie, you are a scholar and a gentleman..........but you’re right about being a newby......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Bomber_County said: Ernie, you are a scholar and a gentleman..........but you’re right about being a newby......... GENTLEMAN,Ernie ?? Must be another one Ernie....lol....harv 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 20 hours ago, harv said: GENTLEMAN,Ernie ?? Must be another one Ernie....lol....harv Ernie, an officer and a gentleman, bet you won’t be able not to reply 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Actually , he really is. And he is a great friend !.....harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 I’m calling this pit done, fairly happy with it but always super critical of my own work ..... time to button this baby up.....and yes my photography sucks...... 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 Oh goodness, I scraped a couple washes of paint away from the mating edges and the fuselage literally fell together and the cockpit decking just laid in, some manufacturer’s please take note, big for WnW 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Looking great Phil, closer to rigging now . Was the Camel flat wired, like most of the British planes of the era? I bought some thread made by Prym for my Snipe future build after reading somewhere, that it is useful for flat rigging. It's elastic thread, Prym 977770 Strickelastic 200 m or knitting in elastic. I haven't tried the stuff, but felt like mention it. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 Thanks Rob, the rigging is a little daunting I did buy some rigging elastic , I’ll dig it out to see what it is ........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Buttoned up ready for top deck, I think the rigging I bought is to thin? can anyone confirm...... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Yer gonna hafta figure out the diff between control rigging and structural rigging. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 There are usually measurements of the different thread types in the WNW rigging plans. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Looking at the Uschi site, says it’s 0.03mm is their standard for rigging 1/32 but WnW indicates approx 0.1mm (0.1 x 0.3 actually) .........really confused now...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hi Phil, British planes of the era were normally rigged with flat wire and Uschis thread is round. You can use it for the steering cables (Coded green, yellow and red in your manual) The blue coded wires have a flat (aerodynamic) shape of 0,1 x 0,3 mm. You can use the Prym elastic thread for that which has a flat profile or use PE if you want to make it right. German planes normally used only round profile wires. While rigging my recently finished Pfalz, I experimented with different threads and found it very hard (near impossible) to thread the 'wobbly' Uschi line through Bob's buckles. Fishing line was way easier to handle. Cheers Rob 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 I know what you mean about wobbly, a breath of air and it floats away........... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Been almost three weeks since last update, been finishing off the Tempest, starting to put the Corsair through the booth and started the F4J..........I know squirrel.... Anyway, the monofilament has arrived and just squaring this away to start finishing this baby off. It’s been perfect building, if only I had read the instructions etc etc.....but very pleased so far.......hoping WnW news is not bad that I’ll never build another........ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 As you mentioned Phil, it's your only WNW kit, take your time and digest or be fast to purchase some others . I never had a real interest in the Camel, but that might change with your build. These WNW thingies are so easy to get addicted to. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 10:44 AM, DocRob said: These WNW thingies are so easy to get addicted to. You’re right Rob, so far it’s been really enjoyable build. As I am doing the CDL I was lucky enough to have in stock the paint (XF55) but now comes the job of making it look transparent...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I tried pigments on my Pfalz's wings and liked the effect. If you rub them slightly onto the risen spars, you get the opposite effect of highlighting, because on transparent wings there would be a shadow for the spar. With more effort you can spray this effect also. Cheers Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 There are some ideas about CDL and transparency on the WNW hints&Tips side http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/hintsandtips Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 5 hours ago, DocRob said: There are some ideas about CDL and transparency on the WNW hints&Tips side Thanks Rob, I’d spotted there hints awhile ago but forgot about them, thanks for the reminder, this lockdown is bad for the brain cells........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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