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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:25 |  |
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| You can easily see gluing the whole thing wasn't the solution..... Only one option left, just simply stitch the Solarte4x and thread directly to (and thru the wood too) fuselage. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:22 |  |
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| Problem with the sticky paper was that after threading the Solartex film, when I tried to pull it off, the threads came apart. Only option was to try to simply leave the threads and covering on the paper and glue to whole thing to the fuselage. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:19 |  |
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| Here is a really good example of what was happening as I tried to loop the needle back through the paper and covering. You can easily see how the previous threads were pulled apart and distorted. So, I figured the next best thing would be to use sticky paper to help hold things down. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 20:50 |  |
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| I initially laid out some strips of Solartex on a piece of paper and tried to stitch them together. Thinking that I could simply glue on the results to the fuselage. As it turned out, each time I threaded the needle, the covering would move around or the thread would distort and stretch. If you zoom up, you can easily see the inconsistency of the stitching. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 20:45 |  |
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| Well, to make a long story of my trials and tribulations short, I think I've got it. This stitching was done on my "faux" sample fuselage to practice my craft. I encourage you to zoom up and you can see the slight imperfections as a result of my learning. I'll show you just a couple of extra pictures of some of my mistakes that finally led up to where I am now. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 20:38 |  |
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| In my last "installment" I left it where I managed to have the fuselage constructed and covered in a manner to resemble the real aircraft's horizontal split by the pronounced stitching |
