Progress has been slowed by an attack of the Bubonic Plague, my wife of course insists it's a strain of influenza that many folks hereabouts have fallen victim to. Based on the way I've felt these past 4-5 days I'm sticking to my whimpering and whining assessment of it as a reincarnation of the flipping "Black Death"!
The mounting of the top wing was a fairly simple exercise as the Kit engineering is fool proof in this regard. I used my normal scratched cabane alignment jig to ensure spacing and level installation using the Biplane Assembly Jig as basically a stand only. When the cabanes were cemented in place the inter plane struts were cemented into the lower wing points, the top spacing measured roughly from the cabane assembly C/L to provide the last critical placement. The upper wing was then popped onto the struts and the Radiator return line and extra thin CA flowed into the mounting holes. All went very smoothly and the alignment appears flawless.
Some shots of the Cabane process........
..............and here's the upper in place and some of the rigging done. I'm trying to do the wing rigging a few components at a time, then painting it before the next set to reduce conflict and maximise access for the painting of the lines. I should really be waiting for my spool of the world's greatest rigging line from Steven Robson!
.......and last a shot showing the ongoing chipping of the lozenge incurred during handling for assembly and rigging; all which will require repair and/or touch up at the end. I predict I may be down to bare plastic by the time she's done!
The Anemometer is the Kit one, an absolute monster to get off the Sprues and assemble. The little cupped spinner component, the third utilised as the carpet beast gobbled two of them, or parts there of, is the challenge and I had to rob several from my DV / DVa Stash Kits)
Today I hope to keep chipping away (pun intended!) at the rigging, other then a month of Lozenge repair I'm almost there!
Cheers,
Lance
