Voisin III

[Des]

I have added bomb racks and bombs to the sides of the Voisin. The racks are made from 0.5mm plastic card and were made to suit the bombs which are left over from previous builds, they are pretty close to the correct size and shape. I add 0.5mm brass tube to the nose of the bombs. I painted the bombs with Gunze off white, the tubes are done with Mr Metal Color Stainless and the red band is Humbrol Ferrari red. The racks are painted with Gunze Light Brown. Once all the paint has dried I will fix the bombs to the racks and the racks to the fuselage. Having the racks located where they are would certainly make it difficult for the crew to board the aircraft.

Des.

[Whiteknuckles]

Immaculate as always Des
How did the crew get in? was there a ladder or foot rungs/hand holds?

Andrew

[Des]

Thanks Andrew. There were foot steps on the two undercarriage tubes which run fore and aft from the centre of the fuselage, I have yet to add these, from all the photos I have seen there were no hand holds.

Des.

[Jose Chaica]

Nice bomb racks... these are the details that make your build stand out even more! 
IMO the bombs were probably loaded only after the crew got on board (as seen in so many other period pics)... that would make sense.

[pepperman42]

The final details are really bringing this one to life!!!

Steve

[Vladimir Ziska]

Hi Des,

it is very, very, very cool. Best works with multimedia materials.

Cheers,

Vladimir

[JastaB]

Des,

Your Voisin is magnificent!

Tim

[Chris Johnson]

It just keeps getting better and better Des.

Cheers,

Chris

[Des]

I have completed the under wing rigging and most of the control rigging. The exposed cross bracing on the under side of the bottom wing required a turnbuckle on each individual line, the same as under the top wing. The rudder and elevator control cables run through a triple pulley, I needed to make four of these pulleys, two are mounted under the fuselage and one each on the bottom tail booms. All this rigging is on the underside of the plane so very little of it will be seen once it is back on it's wheels.

Des.

[bobs_buckles]

A spiders web if ever I saw one. Truly awesome work, Des 

Give that man a drink! 

BVB

[Jose Chaica]

Such a beauty!!! 
It´s simply amazing... simply, amazing!

[GAJouette]

   Des,
Congratulations you've some very well trained rigging spiders mu old friend. Awesome rigging!
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Chris Johnson]

This is incredible Des. I've never seen such complex rigging, not to mention such a fine, meticulous, job of it. I'm blown away by your craftsmanship. Please tell us how you made the pulleys as they look every inch the part.

Cheers,

Chris

[uncletony]

The control cable rigging with the pulleys etc is so cool and your fantastic craftsmanship lets us see and grasp how the thing actually worked. And not even just grasp, but get excited about in all its crazy rube goldberg wonder.  Marvelous.

[Whiteknuckles]

Des, those pulleys are outstanding and meticulous - I'll echo Chris' request for a 'how to' please.
Also, I noticed rigging lines going into the wheel hub, these birds must have been quite sturdily braced.

Andrew