My first WNW build: Sopwith Triplane

[RAGIII]

Bud,
Looking at your WNW interior makes me realize what I could have/should have done with mine! IT IS AWESOME! You have also of course done just as well on the 1/48th Engine! Thanks for showing the fine work on both of these kits!
RAGIII

[Des]

Both cockpits are looking excellent Bud, I really like the leather colour on the seat. Be warned Bud, these Wingnut kits can very easily become addictive 

Des.

[uncletony]

Nice work there with the lead wire etc to create the formers

[IFF1418]

Hello Bud,

Your control wires look great my friend. Cockpit is really very attractive and wood colors nice as usual. Well done!

Kind regards
Patrick

[PrzemoL]

Nice progress, Bud! On both Tripes, I mean.

As for the pulled-out eyelets, I always check them some time after the glue is set, but before I proceed with anything else. Just pass a piece of fishing line used for rigging through the eyelet and try to pull it out as strongly as you can. And I always find a couple of loose guys. Takes some time, true, but then saves a lot of fuss when everything is already painted, assembled and you think, that just rigging remains...
BTW, the tails of the eyelets I leave to insert them in the holes is never more than 1.0-1.5mm

[Epeeman]

Bud -

Great progress, mate - love what are doing to highlight rib structure using lead wire - very clever.

Regards

Dave

[coyotemagic]

Bud,
Looking at your WNW interior makes me realize what I could have/should have done with mine! IT IS AWESOME! You have also of course done just as well on the 1/48th Engine! Thanks for showing the fine work on both of these kits!
RAGIII

Thanks, Amigo!  I really appreciate it, but please don't do that coulda/shoulda thing.  I think your Tripe is top notch and I'm refering to it continuously through the build.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Both cockpits are looking excellent Bud, I really like the leather colour on the seat. Be warned Bud, these Wingnut kits can very easily become addictive 

Des.

Thanks, mate!  I'd join a support group except that all the members would only aid in the addiction, not the recovery.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Nice work there with the lead wire etc to create the formers

Thanks, Bo!  High praise from the master of weird materials.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Hello Bud,

Your control wires look great my friend. Cockpit is really very attractive and wood colors nice as usual. Well done!

Kind regards
Patrick

Thank you, Patrick!  I think these Tripes are going to have more wiring on the inside than out.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Nice progress, Bud! On both Tripes, I mean.

As for the pulled-out eyelets, I always check them some time after the glue is set, but before I proceed with anything else. Just pass a piece of fishing line used for rigging through the eyelet and try to pull it out as strongly as you can. And I always find a couple of loose guys. Takes some time, true, but then saves a lot of fuss when everything is already painted, assembled and you think, that just rigging remains...
BTW, the tails of the eyelets I leave to insert them in the holes is never more than 1.0-1.5mm

Thanks, Prez!  And thanks for the tip on testing the eyelets.  Yeah, the eyelets that pulled out were only about .4 mm in length.  I can get away with that on the wings of my 1/48 kits, but not in the corners of cockpit framing.  I realize now that I can be a bit more agressive with my drilling in 1/32 scale without punching through to the other side.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Bud -

Great progress, mate - love what are doing to highlight rib structure using lead wire - very clever.

Regards

Dave

Thanks, Dave!  I got all paranoid about the effects of working with lead wire untill I realized that given the tiny amounts of lead being used, all the glueing and spray painting will more than likely kill me first.  Add to that the size of my stash, I can't possibly die till Spring 2053 at the earliest.  That's if I don't buy anymore kits.
Cheers,
Bud

[uncletony]

I got all paranoid about the effects of working with lead wire...

Wash your hands after handling it, don't eat (or smoke!) while working with it and you will be fine. Be sure to mind the scraps that fall on the floor, you don't want kids ingesting it etc. My Alfa 1900TI probably had 50 lbs of lead filler on it when it arrived at my shop, it all had to come out, that was not super fun to deal with.

[coyotemagic]

I got all paranoid about the effects of working with lead wire...

Wash your hands after handling it, don't eat (or smoke!) while working with it and you will be fine. Be sure to mind the scraps that fall on the floor, you don't want kids ingesting it etc. My Alfa 1900TI probably had 50 lbs of lead filler on it when it arrived at my shop, it all had to come out, that was not super fun to deal with.

Thanks, Dr. Monroe!   I won't even touch my face without washing my hands while working with this stuff, that's how paranoid I am.  And to think that when I was a kid, I used to go fishing several times a week using lead sinkers.  In fact, I used to pour my own lead to make those sinkers.  Huh.  Guess that explains a lot.
Did you have to grind all that lead off your Alfa?  That must've been a nightmare.
Cheers,
Bud

[uncletony]

Did you have to grind all that lead off your Alfa?  That must've been a nightmare.

Nah, that would be a nightmare all right, bordering on suicide. You melt the stuff out with a torch, still not a picnic, the flux fumes are not something you want to breathe...

Anyway, sorry to derail your build thread, carry on!