Well folks, after a long hiatus, I'm at least making some progress again. The Mother-in-Law departed two weeks ago, and the puppy returns to my daughter next week. However, work will keep me tied up through the end of this month, then it will just be early morning bicycling to compete with modeling time! Here is what I've done in the last two weeks:
The bottom wings have had PE hardware installed, along with Bare Metal Foil wing walks and a combination of Gaspatch turnbuckles and Bob's eyelets, and now these wings have been affixed to the fuselage.
I have made and added the serial number decals to the fuselage. The 82 Series are the WKF-built C.Vs, and I intended my model to be 82-09, but I klutzed up and got the "09" upside down and backwards (don't ask how this is possible--I have no idea), so my model is 82-60.
Fortunately for me, there were a total of 64 aircraft in this series!
It's a good thing I didn't choose "08" for this model!
I also crafted the radiator from Evergreen styrene bits and a piece of fine sandpaper, all painted with Mr. Metal brass. The second photo shows it sitting on the engine in it's approximate location, although it eventually will sit up above the engine on a bracket to be affixed to the cabane struts.
Here is the top wing with aileron test fitted in place. Horns and wires still to be added.
Preliminary effort to bungee the axle and landing struts, with final affixing to occur in the jig:
Finally, I have started bending the styrene rod to form the observer's cage railing, a la Willi's technique described earlier:
That's it for now. Small steps but moving again. Mid-July is my current target, but whenver will do just fine!
Cheers,
Bob
