WNW DH2

[RAGIII]

Graham,
A Bummer about the boom! At the pace you are working you could have had this one finished in no time
Like the others have said, you will find WNW quick to supply a replacement.
RAGIII

[Graham t]

Re the booms, they were warped before rigging - I hoped the rigging might pull them straight!  I'll cut it off & see what occurs.

[Graham t]

Well I removed the monofilament rigging & the boom assembly "relaxed" into a relativeley straight alignment - in truth only the starboard frame was warped off the sprue but when rigged with monofilament, rather than all pulling straight, the port boom followed the starboard!  Anyway the boom is attached & rigged with ezeeline.  This really is a nightmare "cats cradle" but with care & patience I'm relatively happy with how it's turning out.  I'm just awaiting a spare part promised by Justin here then I can complete the aileron rigging unique to this particular machine in the WNW kit.  Then a bit of touching up & she's done, then time for some better pics.

[PrzemoL]

Great that you resolved the problem with booms, Graham. Keep it up!
Just one remark, that connector for rudder/skid control lines connecting two lines coming from the nacelle with three ones running to the rudder and skid should be located behind the strut with the pulley, just over the lower wing trailing edge. But I am afraid it is now too late to correct it

[Graham t]

Great that you resolved the problem with booms, Graham. Keep it up!
Just one remark, that connector for rudder/skid control lines connecting two lines coming from the nacelle with three ones running to the rudder and skid should be located behind the strut with the pulley, just over the lower wing trailing edge. But I am afraid it is now too late to correct it

Dear God, I'm not going to go back in there now (I also forgot to rig the caanne struts but doing that now would be like trying to wall paper the hallway through the front door letter box!) 

[PrzemoL]

(I also forgot to rig the caanne struts but doing that now would be like trying to wall paper the hallway through the front door letter box!) 

Well, having built this DH.2 I would not say so hard    Anyway, I would try to rig the cabane, still. You only need to add four lines, a pair of longish tweezers should do the job.

[Epeeman]

Hello, Graham -

Some builds are full of nothing but frustration - I'm sure we have all been there at some time ............

What about using some 'EZ line' on the cabane struts, as Prez said, you should just be able to get in and rig?

Boom issue and rigging aside, your build is looking good actually.

Regards

Dave

[mgunns]

Hello Graham:

As mentioned, we have all had our frustrating experiences.  You are still further ahead than I am.  Mine is still in the box, and you are doing an impressive bit of work on it as well.  Give the Cabanes a go, and if it isn't working, chalk it up to the learning experience.
Best

Mark

[coyotemagic]

I agree with the others, Graham.  Give the cabanes a go.  Just pretend that you're rigging the cabanes on a 1/72 scale SPAD. I know that you'll be much happier with the results if you do.  I'm really glad to see that you've sorted the boom issue.
Cheers,
Bud

Going back and looking at your photos again, I think what I would do, if this were my build, would be to use very light gauge high E guitar string cut to the exact length, with a drop of glue on each end, laid in place with a pair of long tweezers.  Very little likelyhood of colateral damage that way, I think.

[IFF1418]

Hello Graham,

Despite the problems you had, this turns out to be a lovely a/c. What a terrible rigging-nightmare this would be for me.

Kind regards
Patrick