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Offline RAGIII

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2021, 03:27:54 AM »
Outstanding progress Stephen! The chain Drives look awesome as does the elevator assembly! Superb modeli ng as always.
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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2021, 04:06:50 PM »
wow! beautiful!
I don’t know how I missed this, but it is an oustanding build indeed!
ciao
edo

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #47 on: November 17, 2021, 07:06:19 AM »
I'm missing too many great builds, this is excellent so far. I like the delicacy of flying surfaces.
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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #48 on: November 21, 2021, 10:18:25 PM »
Hi Stephen, It's good to catch up with your build. Slow progress is better than no progress and this is coming along beautifully. Those control rod supports look very delicate and precise. You solved the problem of the chains and supports really well. It's all coming together now. It must be nearly time to start thinking about the next project!

Richie

Offline lone modeller

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #49 on: December 07, 2021, 08:44:40 AM »
Evening All,

Many thanks to all who have dropped by and left a comment - I much appreciate all of them. I can assure you Richie that at the moment the next project seems to be far into the distant future so I will not be thinking about that for a while...

I have been very slow recently - life has rather got in the way and I had a setback as I had to make a completely new elevator. I had rigged the original elevator and was looking at some of the photos of the model in the science museum when I noticed that there were three lines of transverse struts and not two as I had made..... I decided that it would ultimately be easier to make, paint and rig a new elevator. The struts were placed in the sequence:

outer struts first - allow to set;
the under frame was transferred from the original elevator to the new one;
inner struts which were rigged with 40 SWG rolled copper wire when dry as they were easier to access at this stage;
the remaining struts were added from the centre outwards:





The inner struts were rigged first, followed by the front and rear sets:



The wings were rigged and the wingtip struts put into place:



The pilot's seat was glued to the leading edge of the lower wing:



Finally I have made the "elevators" - unusual structures which were attached to the wingtip struts and were intended to give a degree of lateral control:



I hope by the next post to have completed the model, but at the current rate of progress that could still be a little longer yet.

Thanks for looking.

Stephen.

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #50 on: December 08, 2021, 12:50:45 AM »
Good progress and update, Steve -

Some really lovely details here including engine, drive chain and pilot seat.   Rigging looks good too.

Regards

Dave
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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #51 on: December 08, 2021, 05:08:21 AM »
I'm glad to see you back on this one Steve, despite the changes needed for the elevator. It's great to see how a project like this comes together.

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #52 on: December 08, 2021, 11:12:39 PM »
That tail assembly looks a right nightmare. Nicely done!

Ian

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #53 on: December 09, 2021, 01:49:01 AM »
More incredible work Stephen! Your redo of the elevator looks outstanding! Looking forward to the finished Model as always!
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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #54 on: December 13, 2021, 05:35:34 AM »
Evening All,

Thank you Dave, KiwiZac, Ian and Rick for the very kind comments which are much appreciated. Ian this aircraft was a canard type so the elevator was at the front!

I fixed the elevator to the front of the skids: the contact between the skids and elevator is not large so this had to be done with care and a little license used to make a secure union. The two control rods were fitted from the levers at the sides of the pilot's seat to the base of the rudder and under the elevator:





The rudder was fixed with the support arms on the top of the elevator:





Finishing the rigging was straightforward and was completed before I put on the "balancing planes" on the outer struts. When the latter had been fixed the control wires were rigged too. Finally the propellors were fitted and the model is complete.



More beauty pictures will be put into the completed models section shortly.

Thanks for looking.

Stephen.

Offline Stuart Malone

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #55 on: December 13, 2021, 08:38:39 AM »
Stephen,

Fantastic job!  What a build!

Stuart

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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2021, 06:55:50 AM »
As always it was a real treat to follow your build Stephen. More comments in the completed Model section  ;D
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Re: 1/72 Short Bipane No 2
« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2021, 07:42:42 AM »
Stephen, you never cease to amaze me and awe me with your modeling skills.

WD