It's a real miracle. The entire structure will look amazing with the hull. I keep watching and admiring.
Lukasz
Thanks Lukasz, you would have been horrified if I took photos after yesterday's shocking performance!
Those wings look just great Ritchie. Sorry to hear about the first attempt setback. Glad to hear it won’t deter your progress!
Thanks Tim, even though I was really disappointed by the setback I learned a lot from it so it will be a valuable experience in the end.
Well I had a better experience this morning. The damaged wing frame was repaired succesfully and I got the other side skinned. The problem I had yesterday was that my intended material (Tamiya 0.1mm Pla Paper) is incredibly delicate and I skinned the underside first. This made it difficult to glue the more complicated shape of the upper surface. To make matters worse I had been using Plasweld on another part before skinning. I forgot to put the lid back on and when I opened the cellulose thinners bottle I absent mindedly dipped my brush into the wrong bottle and ended up with a lot of melted styrene.
Today I used Evergreen 0.13mm sheet, skinned the upper surface first and got a much better result.
BE2c wing skinned by
Richard Williams, on Flickr
To avoid problems with the compound curve at the wing tip I skinned that last section with a separate piece. The rib texture is created by gentle pressure with a cotton bud over each rib.
BE2c wing skinned. by
Richard Williams, on Flickr
Even with soft, non directional light the wing is nicely translucent before painting although I can't see the rigging lines. Not a problem as careful inspection of reference photos suggests that they shouldn't really be visible.
I will let the glue on the repaired wing cure fully and might have time to skin it tomorrow.
Many thanks for your continued patience and encouragement in this long, slow project. I would probably have waved the white flag months ago without your interest!
Richie
