Thanks to all you Guys that added comments after my last entry. Zabu, Gary,, Mike, Adam, Ernie, Bud and Patrick. I really appreciate you taking the time to offer such great comments, you may drive me to drink (in celebration) at this rate!
It's hard to believe I opened this Thread last Nov. 16th, been quite a busy year and the stop and go nature of this Build is no way to run a Model line! She is finally COMPLETED, Here's my usual final photos as coached by my mentor, Mr. Bean..............
The loose wires are the two I mentioned earlier, left disconnected as they would be to remove the engine cowling panels. I used a combination of Bobs' and Gas Patch buckles for the ends.
Some close up shots:
Two of the undersuface weathering..
As you can see She has a few "warts", the Scarff Ring bungees aren't what I had hoped to accomplish and I believe less bungee cord on the wheel axles would have been more accurate. Also, I may do another Lewis Gun, it's just not quite "clean" enough for my eye.
The Build was incredibly enjoyable, it's probably the best engineered Kit I've ever done. Most of the obstacles I encountered were very much a product of the broken sequence of the Build, in other words induced by the Builder! This is still not a Kit for a beginner, the aircraft design with the "underslung" lower wing has to be carefully worked or the whole assembly can be out of whack. The struts for the attachment of the lower wing were the only criticism I have of the Kit; the Instructions just weren't that clear to me. Last, the rigging can be a challenge. I left off the second set of bracing wires on the vertical stab as the only photos I found of it were on the TVAL Bird. The real challenge was thinking through the sequence to ensure new wires going on didn't result in old wires getting torn off!
In summary, an outstanding Kit, the best WNW I've tackled to date, and a very satisfying Build. I learned a lot from this one!
Here's two final shots of her on the Base, I'll probably be adding to the Base with some maintenance stuff (Bench, a few bits and tools, perhaps a ladder, and I'd like to add some mud and yellow grass as well.
Des, I guess you can move this over to Completed Models...She's finally done!
Cheers,
Lance
