@hudson29 Thanks Paul!
Unfortunately, I didn’t take any photos while rigging. Wingnut Wigns suggested not using turnbuckles but as I said when you look at the photos WnW provide they are quite evident. So, I sourced a range of German type turnbuckles from Gaspatch and tried to match them to how they looked in those pictures. The 3D printed turnbuckles themselves are great though the challenge is attaching the ez line and trying to keep them straight. I try and keep the ez line just tense enough to keep it taut and not over tighten. As to the order of rigging, I started on the underneath so I could rest the plane on its wings on the edges of the box. I focused on the tail first since that was the most complex. The underside of the wings was more straightforward than the topside given that is where the warping controls were. Once complete, flipped it over. The topside of the tail is a mirror image of the underside but the top of the wings have a lot more going on. I used the turnbuckles only for the rigging, for the controls cables I wasn’t sure they had them except on the longer runs from the cockpit to the tail.
I am thinking of doing another build for this campaign, a biplane. I will try and take more photos though the rigging plane looks somewhat simpler.
Well not really an update just 2 pics showing just how bad this little ICM kit is, I don’t mind a challenge but after sanding the fuselage I lost 75% of the rib detail along the top and bottom, after I sand it 100% of the detail will be gone, after that I will have to add it back maybe maybe not. I was going to add more detail to the cockpit like seat belts and some detail to how the rigging is installed, that will not happen.
Some of this is my own fault for expecting to much from a kit I had little knowledge of, I thought this was a modern kit no it’s not (again my fault). I will work on it a little more see what happens.
What a great project! I have not heard of this aircraft and it is from a particularly interesting time between the wars. Please do take plenty of pictures of your rigging process.
I heard somewhere years ago that sometimes yellowed decals can be saved by leaving them in a window with the sun shining directly on them. If I have tried that myself, I have foirgotten the results.
Hi Jesper, looks like a great project for practicing your rigging skills. I hope to start an interwar build in the next couple of weeks once I get back from holiday.
Good news is that the main wings seem to be perfectly aligned. With very few location holes it is a small miracle.
The bad news is that tail is completely screwed to one side. Maybe I bumped it while doing the wings or messed it up in the first place. Anyway, too much to just leave it, so extra repair surgery is needed on the tail.
Paul, maybe it is the whole tail. I am not sure I dare apply heat to it. I think I will make it worse….
In the meantime I have started on rigging loops for the wings. I am using 0,6mm rod to wrap thin cobbler wire around. This is an experiment and first time I try this.
