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Offline drdave

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A plate of old French Tripe!
« on: January 09, 2013, 06:54:46 AM »
WnW, 1/32 OOB.

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Offline drdave

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
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Offline lcarroll

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 08:31:58 AM »
Dave,
   Looking very nice indeed, what did you use for the PC12? (I hope I'm not making a wrong assumption on that) Since my latest quest is a spray booth what type is the one in your photos and how do you like it?
Cheers,
Lance

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 09:01:26 AM »
Very nice!

Steve

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 09:26:01 AM »
Beautiful beginnings, Dave.  Now I want one.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 10:27:11 AM »
Cheers fellas. A lovely kit. Cockpit fit is surer and more definite than the Pup. The engine is a tad too big for the cowling.

There was a half mil gap around the wings I sealed with PVA.

The fit is great, but I simply cannot get rid of underside fuselage seams! Its the same with the pup and tripe for me. Grr.

Decals have been great, I used microsol.

This is Tamiya Flat Brown thinned with cellulose thinners..

Wings are wobbly!

I suggest clean your joints then add the wings at centre section THEN add the outer struts when the centre has set. Keep the locators paint free and DONT trim the tabs on the strut ends as they have centre studs I mistakenly took for ejector pins!

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 10:29:02 AM »
Its that booth the airbrush company do. works just fine in my office.

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 10:48:35 AM »
  Dave,
Outstanding project to date,as always you never disappoint my old friend. I love your choice of French markings too.
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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 03:35:52 PM »
She's looking mighty fine Dave, looking forward to seeing her all rigged up ;)

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 10:14:41 PM »
Looking good Dave!  I really like the French scheme. :D

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Bob

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 03:39:55 AM »
Hello Dave:

This coming along nicely.  I have this and the Roden Kit, will probably do WNW.  I like the scheme and will follow your advice on the wings center section assembly.

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 07:17:49 AM »
I love the brown version PC10 and French marking combo.  Beautiful plane so far.  Very nice woodgrain around cockpit also.

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 08:37:28 AM »
Looking good and starting to come together nicely, Dave
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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 06:50:12 PM »

The fit is great, but I simply cannot get rid of underside fuselage seams! Its the same with the pup and tripe for me. Grr.


You know I have exactly the same issue on box flat seams. The Bristol I've just finished I filled, sanded, primed, filled, sanded, primed ....... countless times and still the seams remained. Then I remembered some wag stating if you make the seam bigger it fills better than a microscopic seam. Did it hell I just had a bigger seam, by now I was not a happy bunny so my next wacky plan was to skin it with the thinnest evergreen sheet, but I attached it with liquid glue that just melted through the thin sheet. Solution was to buy another Bristol and start again.

I found that having a good fit to start with is critical and use liquid glue and ensure capillary action takes it all the way down the join. Hold the parts apart ever so slightly for a few seconds to soften the plastic and then squeeze watching for a lovely oozing bead appear all along the seam.

Where it doesn't there will be issues and I find Mr Surfacer in its varying thicknesses usually gets there in the end, but its vertainly not like a nice curved seam that disappears in seconds.

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Re: A plate of old French Tripe!
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2013, 06:10:20 AM »
Nearly done now. She's rigged bar the ailerons. Just those and the rudder  Then a final touch up.