Some more progress over the weekend. I decided to try something slightly different, and mount the top wing to the middle wing before mounting the assembly to the fuselage. I tried this as I wanted to use a method which ensured the top and middle wings were in alignment for the interplane and cabane strut pieces with a minimum of fiddling. So, first she became a biplane, at which point I also mounted the guns and did the rigging of the cabane struts and aileron wires.
Then, I mounted this assembly to the fuselage, followed by the bottom wing, while the glue was still not quite set, in order to facilitate any adjustments. With a relative minimum of fuss, I now have something resembling a triplane...!
The close up photos show areas where I need to do more touch ups, but at least a sigh of relief now the hard part of any triplane build is done.
Cheers!
BC
