Crossing a DIII with a DH9a

[ScottJ]

Best laid plans eh?  But the corrections are looking great and as you mentioned, in the end you'll probably be the only one who knows how all the components went together... also you'll probably be glad you took the time and effort to do it over so that you were pleased with the outcome.  It's going to look great when completed... and what's wrong with living in a brewery???

Scott

[NigelR]

Well worth doing, I think that difference would be noticeable. And it looks like the cabane is going OK.....Fingers crossed for the final stages!

[DaddyO]

Best laid plans eh?  But the corrections are looking great and as you mentioned, in the end you'll probably be the only one who knows how all the components went together... also you'll probably be glad you took the time and effort to do it over so that you were pleased with the outcome.  It's going to look great when completed... and what's wrong with living in a brewery???

Scott

  Best laid plans indeed Scott
Always a good idea to replace anything not up to scratch, because as you say it'll just bug you once the model is built.

Well worth doing, I think that difference would be noticeable. And it looks like the cabane is going OK.....Fingers crossed for the final stages!

Cheers Nigel 
Pressing on with a dodgy part is rarely a good idea, so better to change it at this stage. Rigging later today and then on to the home straight . . .

[lone modeller]

Attaching rigging wires to a wing prior to putting the wing in place can lead to stress.... but in my experience is the best way forward. Bad luck with the mis-aligned strut and the ones which would not fit properly. I always hesitate when deciding whether to prefabricate or build in place and I usually go for the latter because no matter how careful we are, something will not line up properly, or there will be a measurement error.

Good for you for taking the trouble to correct the errors too - you will now be able to look at the model and not think about them!

Stephen.

[DaddyO]

Attaching rigging wires to a wing prior to putting the wing in place can lead to stress.... but in my experience is the best way forward. Bad luck with the mis-aligned strut and the ones which would not fit properly. I always hesitate when deciding whether to prefabricate or build in place and I usually go for the latter because no matter how careful we are, something will not line up properly, or there will be a measurement error.

Good for you for taking the trouble to correct the errors too - you will now be able to look at the model and not think about them!

Stephen.

Cheers Stephen.

Absolutely right about getting the thing so you're happy to look at it without getting bugged 
I'm also reaching the same conclusion about prefabricated struts with multiple joins (usually the cabanes) Making the replacement was a doddle. Brass main parts held everything nice and square and then sanded plastic superglued in for the others. Pretty easy to do, looks good and is much easier than trying to solder 5 tiny pieces together at the correct angles - result

The rigging hasn't been exactly plain sailing since I managed to miss adding a couple of lines and snapped another when using a bit too much heat to tighten it both of which led to needing to drill more holes 

Paul

[DaddyO]

In between building an understairs cupboard and work tasks I've managed to progress this one a bit more 

Rigging is all now done and it's ready to add the last few details to the cockpit and engine areas. I did tweak the camouflage edges using a sponge in a pair of tweezers to give a more blurred edge which may be a bit too coarse, but looks fine at 'normal' viewing distance. I've also touched up all the inevitable splashes and bits of paint damaged during the whole strut replacement thing. Turnbuckles are just a couple of layers of paint on the fishing line wires.

DIV rigged by Paul S, on Flickr

Next up is undercarriage which'll utilise a pair of Roden Albie wheels with the hubs drilled out (No valve covers seen in photos of the prototype, but a bit of filler takes care of that) Brass legs are over long at this stage ready for the ends to be shaped.

DIV undercarriage by Paul S, on Flickr

[NigelR]

That's looking very good, more nice work on the undercarriage parts. Nice work on the camo, that's one of the joys of 1/72, you can create those effects without having to break out the airbrush.

[Dirigible-Al]

You have now got it to the point where you can run round the room with it making engine and machine gun noises.
Alan.

[lone modeller]

Good recovery from earlier setbacks. I hope that the u/c does not cause problems now...!

PS can I join you while you rush about the room making flying and machine gun noises? I will 'fly' a Sopwith Camel!

Stephen.

[DaddyO]

Thank you kindly gents.

Not much work done today, I've either been sorting out tax or rushing about the workroom making vroooming noises which I can heartily recommend as an activity

Paul

ps
Feel free to join in with the Camel Stephen 

[Alexis]

Just getting got up on your build here to see how it is moving along . Making nice progress so far . I think your camo turned out really well even with the feathering of the edges with a sponge , it looks really good .


Alexis

[DaddyO]

Cheers Alexis

As promised undercarriage was next. Tailskid fitted with duro putty for the bungee cords

DIV Tailskid by Paul S, on Flickr

Main undercarriage proved a little difficult (no surprises there then) Using the plan length for the legs it looke da little 'on stilts' compared to the photo's so I removed it and gradually cropped it until it looked correct; eventually taking nearly a millimetre from the front and about 1 1/2 from the back. Once glued in place a brass axle was added with thread bungee cords this time keeping everything nice and secure. The spreader bar shown here is stretched sprue, but I noticed a bow appeared overnight so that was replaced with a bit of brass wire later

DIV undercarriage by Paul S, on Flickr

Final piece to make up was the sloping aerodynamic windshield. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts I sanded a fromer into the end of a wooden peg and using a hairdryer stretch formed a scrap of packaging plastic over this. Made up three and used the best one when trimmed.

[lone modeller]

Getting near to finishing this - it will be a superb unique model. Looking forward to seeing it in the gallery.

Stephen.

[Skyhook]

This gets better and better. I must say the wood effect looks abolutely spot on on these close ups? it is going to be a great model

Cheers, Skyhook