Thanks again Stephen, Rick, Prze Terri, Gaz!
Awesome! You guys are making me think about dusting off a gift My Mother gave Me years ago...a Soldering Iron( Cool Heat). Maybe there is hope for me yet!
RAGIII
Definitely Rick, it’s certainly easier than I thought. As Stephen said, I think Flux is the secret. Just slop it on the joint beforehand.
If I had put on all of those struts I would have started with the outers and then added the remainder two at a time. I built the Frog Vimy and the Airfix 0/400 kits in that way, and I regularly scratch build aircraft with multiple struts in the same way, (Caproni Ca 5 for example). I know that it is too late now but you might find the idea useful for another time.
Frank: you must use flux when soldering - it cleans the joint and makes the solder flow otherwise you will get awful joints. As Gary has commented, solder is easily filed to clean the joints and the results are very much stronger than CA or any other glue. Soldering is not nearly as difficult as many imagine (and as I used to do).
Stephen.
That’s a very good tip re the struts Stephen. I’ll definitely try that in future. I think that’s the only part of modelling that still scares me!
To be honest, I’m racing along now. Next post might be in the completed model section!
Guy
