Author Topic: Curtiss F-Boat. 1/72 Esoteric vac  (Read 5155 times)

Offline Tim Mixon

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Re: Curtiss F-Boat. 1/72 Esoteric vac
« Reply #60 on: February 05, 2023, 11:19:24 AM »
I had some delays with this one. After looking harder at the pictures, I noticed that the ailerons don’t abut to the rear wing struts. They actually envelope them.


I really had to force myself to attempt to fix it!



Also the rear rigging wires pass through the aileron. This will be a real PITA to fix!

After removing the ailerons I attempted to clean the glue off the struts. I ended up dislodging several struts. The elastic rigging pulled them off the wings. I had to remove half the rigging, strip and repaint the struts, and touch up the wings.
Here’s the ailerons with the necessary cut out and hole for the rigging to pass through. Also managed to finish my little pilot figure.


Next up is the finished pictures
Thanks for looking in!

Finito!  Here’s a teaser pic. I’ll post the rest in the completed section:
 


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Re: Curtiss F-Boat. 1/72 Esoteric vac
« Reply #61 on: February 05, 2023, 11:24:40 AM »
Amazing...scooting over to completed now....
Thanks,
Allan Buttrick

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Re: Curtiss F-Boat. 1/72 Esoteric vac
« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2023, 09:20:50 AM »
Stunning. Simply stunning.
Zac in NZ

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Re: Curtiss F-Boat. 1/72 Esoteric vac
« Reply #63 on: February 07, 2023, 10:45:24 PM »
Outstanding work Tim!

This is a really beautiful aircraft. I like these Curtiss flying boats.

I guess you know Des's build:

https://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page51.html

Cheers,
Willem