Okay this update will bring us up to date.......Last weekend I just had to get something done on this model. So I took the front interplane struts that had the rigging embedded in them, and I edge drilled them to accept the rigging lines. The design of the Gotha is strange and this makes the rigging difficult. Anyhow I glued the rigging lines in and I used tube cement to glue on all the interplane struts to the lower wings. Once the glue started to set on the struts I decided it was time that the top wing went on. I do want to mention that by this stage in the game I have drilled and attached the Gaspatch eyelets. I also made eyelets from copper speaker wire that I put through the Gaspatch Turnbuckles. All that had been glued on before I attached the wings.
Here are both of the wings finally mounted and it's really looking like a Gotha now....
I would strongly suggest standing the plane up so the tail is straight up in the air, it seemed to make it easier to line up the wings to the cabane struts. I was really scared to start mounting the upper wing, but with patience and perseverance it actually went okay. I'm not going to say easy but it did go together. I used superglue to attach the top wing. I wanted an instant bond, I thought if the glue had to take a long time to set up, I might have problems.......anyhow it worked well for me.
Here you can see the rigging line in the front struts
So that was my last few years, that's the way the it sits on the bench today. We are up to date. I hope to get back at it tomorrow night.....
