First trials

[Des]

Welcome to the world of confusing Wingnuts instructions. The main thing to watch out for is that the aileron control horns for the top wing are on the top of the aileron and on the bottom wing the aileron control horns are on the bottom of the aileron. There is a connecting control cable between the top and bottom ailerons on each side of the aircraft.

Des.

[IFF1418]

Thank you Des, I thought it was like that.

Very kind regards

Patrick

[mgunns]

Hello Patrick:

It looks like you are making good progress.  No worries on the control inspection windows, just ensure you mask them off well prior to painting.  As Des Mentioned just ensure your control horn attachment points are facing the right direction.  I pinned mine with brass wire, it helps a lot with rigging and handling as you can leave them off until you actually need to rig them and you can put them on and off for decaling as well.  In fact, I pin all of my control surfaces now just for that reason.  It is easy to do and really saves a lot of hassle with glueing and knocking them off later.

Good Luck, you are doing fine.

Best

Mark

[IFF1418]

Thank you so much Mark. For the moment I'm fixing the ailerons and I'm painting a lot of parts for future use. For the horns Mark, are you saying that you replace the plastic horns by brass wire until at the end, after painting and applying the decals, you glue the original onces? Or did I misunderstood that?
The more I look at your pictures of your Phenix mission, the more I like the plane. You did a wonderfull build there Mark.

Very kind regards

Patrick

[Rizzo]

Hi Patrick, this explains how to pin the control surfaces:
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/vE4729D0A/www/hintsandtips/Improved%20Control%20Surface%20Attachment.jpg

[IFF1418]

Thank you Rizzo! I had it all wrong. Maybe a little bit of confusion with the terms I'm not so familiar with them and it's not my native language. Thanks to all of you gentle people I will come to learn them. Thanks again!

Kind regards

Patrick

[mgunns]

Hello Patrick:

After re-reading my post, I can see why you would be a little confused, as it wasn't real clear.  The link shows how to do the pinning quite nicely.  As you can see it is a simple procedure but yet effective.  I put the control horns on quite towards the end of the build so as not to ruin them.  I did split the ones for the tail control surfaces, but had no problem attaching them.  I let them set up overnight and they were fine to rig later.

Best

Mark

[IFF1418]

Thank you Mark!
The link makes it all clear. Unfortunately I glued the ailerons before your post, but I didn't glue the control horns except for the tail plane. I guess I will have to live with that. I will remember that technique of pinning the ailerons for the next one.
Meanwhile I started to assemble a cheaper 1/42 Spad VIII in view of excercising the paint of the wings and fuselage. I acquired an airbrush set because I don't want to ruin this SE5a and I have a long way of trial and error before me.
Thanks again

Kind regards

Patrick
 

[IFF1418]

Hello again,

This is a small update for you, but for me it was a period of learning how to airbrush. I ad some photo's from the work done. I will to be masking the wings better in the future. I struggled a lot mounting the engine. And the wing shadings are almost completely gone. But nevertheless I'm rather pleased with the first results. Now I will have to put on the decals (not my favourite job) and then putting the eyelets for the rigging. Thank you for looking at the photo's. THe Vickers gun isn't fixed yet.

Kind regards

Patrick

[coyotemagic]

Very fine work, Patrick.  The wing and tail rib shading is nice and subtle, as it should be.  Excellent update.
Cheers,
Bud

[uncletony]

You should be pleased Patrick! Looks great.

[IFF1418]

Thank you Bud and Bo! I'm very pleased to read that. Sometimes I hesitate to post the pictures when I look at all the beautifull and high standard models that are posted here.

Very kind regards

Patrick

[Des]

There is nothing wrong at all with the standard of your work Patrick, what you have achieved so far is very pleasing. I like the colour you used on the fuselage and wings and the wing and tail shading looks fine. Looking forward to seeing what she looks like with the decals applied, keep up the good work.

Des.

[IFF1418]

Thank you Des! I applied the decals now and they were looking rather good, but I ruined one by touching it with a masking tape, so I will try to recover it a little bit. These are all beginners accidents. I started to fix the eyelets and wires on the upper wing. Thank you very much for your encouraging appreciation!

Very kind regards

Patrick

[RAGIII]

Patrick,
I have to agree with all of the others. Your paint work and shading is great! Looking forward to your next update,
RAGIII