Blackburn Heavy Monoplane

[Des]

My many thanks and appreciation to James, Rick, Martin, LM, Nigel and Alain for your very kind comments.

Des.

[ondra]

Hi Des,

there are modellers and then there are artists. You belong to the artists group. I really admire your scratch building skills.

Cheers

Ondra

[WarrenD]

A wonderful scratch-build as always Des.

Warren

[Des]

Thank you Ondra and Warren for your much appreciated comments.

Des.

[Royston]

Taking shape nicely Des.
What do you intend on using for the rib tapes


Roy

[Des]

Thanks Roy.  For the rib tapes on the top of the wing I will be using 1.5mm half round styrene strips and under the wing will be 0.5mm Bob's strippers.

Des.

[Royston]

interesting, but leads to another question Des.
Why the difference in width for upper and lower.

Roy

[Des]

I was left wondering as well after looking at the very few photos I have of the original aircraft. The top ribs were very pronounced with a scallop effect of the fabric between each rib whilst the bottom of the wing has very taut fabric and only a small indication of the ribs. The 1.5mm half round styrene I used on the top wing will be reduced in size once all the sanding is completed and the scallop effect highlighted.

Des.

[Royston]

Cheers Des, that explains it nicely thanks

Roy

[ALBATROS1234]

very nice des, i wonder if you keep this up where you will put all these masterpieces.

[Des]

Thanks very much Roy and Scott for taking an interest in my project, your comments are much appreciated.

I purchased two sets of Spad spoked wheels from John Vojtech at Scale Spokes, they were on special for $20 per set but even at their full price of $26 they are excellent value. The wheels have been fitted to the aircraft, I needed to make the front sing arm suspension assembly for the front and also the sprung frame for the rear wheel. I still need to add the bungee cords to the front suspension. The wing is also nearly ready, the ribs have been added and the painting done, I have fitted the top rigging single ended turnbuckles but still need to fix the bottom ones.

Des.

[KitRookie37]

Hello gentlemen,
Again, a masterpiece !!! Yeah !! I like it. 
Best regards.
Alain.

[ermeio]

it is turning out into a magnificent masterpiece, Des
A great work!

[Ernie]

Your builds just keep getting more mind-blowing, Des!
Leaf springs? Oh man! I can't wait for the main rigging to
begin.

Cheers,
Ernie

[IanB]

Curiouser and curiouser.....(plagiarism? Me?) Lovely work as usual Des!

Ian