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| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 07-Feb-16 05:00 |  |
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| I got the rudder part of the fin/rudder sanded but it needs to be sanded to shape from top to bottom before attaching. The weather has been downright nasty but has started back to normal so it's safe to go outside again. That's essential because lots of doping is ahead. |
| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 07-Feb-16 04:54 |  |
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| Fitting a canopy is crucial to the overall appearance of a model. This one is a bit unusual in that the bottom of the front framing is fairly flat and at the rear it has to conform to a circular shape to blend with the spine. After cutting out the wood for the cockpit I added 3/32" strips along the sides. I will add additional wood behind the opening to support the canopy when attaching it. Adjustments are expected as it all goes together. |
| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 07-Feb-16 04:40 |  |
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| Masking tape pressed firmly against the canopy shows where the molding is and a sharpie defines it which makes it much easier to cut correctly. This works for all canopies but it's especially important to get it right on an OOP kit. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 06-Feb-16 19:02 |  |
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| The simulated "turnbuckles" can easily be made from small circular and tubular beads that are easily obtainable at almost all arts and crafts stores. It's just pinching the end of the thin half-round plastic strip to fit the beads and then glue t the end points. drilled out at the appropriate locations. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 06-Feb-16 18:56 |  |
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| As you can see, these half-found thin plastic strips offer near-airfoil shapes as the real steel cable rigging. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 06-Feb-16 18:55 |  |
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| Rigging. Evergreen makes half-round thin strips that will serve as steel rigging on almost all biplanes made after the First World War. They are 14 1/4" in length and different sizes. These were chosen for the S.E. 5. |
