St Valentine's DayThe last update...
First the mentioned missing detail. Some drawings and especially the good photos showed a pitot tube with a bracket on the outer left strut, outside the influence of the propeller.
The pitot tube itself is a 0.3mm micro tube, soldered in a 0.5mm tube, plus a cone and a 0.4mm tube with narrowest sheet metal strips as brackets to form one unit.
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1BEAG88HU0tSsXIKL4gPGIbRqHBQZuCf4)
After tinning and burnishing the head, 0.2mm lead wires were glued in as leads ...
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1aesboxvekM48OjDuqcvvOv6WFljst-DJ)
... and the unit was glued to the model. So, now the Howard can measure his record speed
![Smiley :)](https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1wQiLF7bTnfAAr1tpHb_Omc-mP6PMmhAR)
And then something else came to my mind, now it will be funny: Today is Valentine's Day, the day of the florists!
A friend of mine used to supply me with flowers for my Daisycutter dio, and left a few more. I found them in the depths of my craft cave
![Wink ;)](https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
With a few shreds of it and thin tissue paper I wrapped two bouquets.
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1vn4-ijy1jWjCyTas87FoKU_M-rOekm6d)
On the photos after the flight these bouquets can be recognized by the front struts, here for example
![](https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/3/7/7/6/7/a9826013-129-Trophy%201.jpg)
Source: rcgroups.net
What else happened?
The bracing ropes are painted metallically, and with oil paints and pastels I soiled the tabloid.
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1DoToOveQm3nMY_L1LGKeUNR6FOgdENm-)
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1a_SWIeeArmy-9unNQG9ynGVUC4mUNtoi)
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ig1pUfksbhKgMlK4ocsiZeEfbrwgfSBc)
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1bNA3j2kKqvy6YnnLew0SGM-cGPVwW54d)
What do you think, leave the flowers on? Or does that not work / is it too much of a good thing? I don't want it to become a diorama, the Tabloid will sit next to sister Lebed in the showcase.
![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1hQ0GT7z4CrPzSGfCPXtygIB0oPDwQbfZ)
When the oil paint has hardened, I'll go over it with clear varnish, maybe a little
Smoke.
This is the end of my build report
![Cool 8)](https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed building the model!
Cheers,
Frank
PS: With the completion of this model the probability increases that a manufacturer with a kit for this version will come around the corner :-)