Voisin III

[Chris Johnson]

Exquisite workmanship Des!

Cheers,

Chris

[pepperman42]

Amazing as it all starts to tie together.

Steve

[Vladimir Ziska]

Hi Des,

very professional, first class...

Cheers,

Vladimir

[Old Man]

Damn, Sir!

That is simply beautiful.

[lcarroll]

Des,
   Absolutely beautiful work and one that will no doubt remain unique/one of a kind in our area of interest. You've brought the best of so many disciplins together here, metal work, plastic manipulation, and the art of scratch building in multi media.
   Very nice and I, along with all the others, am impressed beyond words.
Cheers,
Lance

[Des]

I would like to thank everyone for their very kind comments regarding my Voisin build, it has been a fairly slow process but advances are being made.

I have now fixed the bottom wings to the airframe, I also fitted 54 one ended turnbuckles to the bottom wings ready for the rigging. I will have to leave the model set aside for 24 hours to allow the glue to set fully before I move the model again. I now have to fit the eyelets to the underside of the top wings which there will be a heap, so that means drilling many holes, I use a 0.4mm drill bit to accept the 0.13mm twisted copper wire eyelets and CA holds them in place very well. I will have some more photos in a few days.

Des.

[Chris Johnson]

... I also fitted 54 one ended turnbuckles to the bottom wings ready for the rigging. I will have to leave the model set aside for 24 hours to allow the glue to set fully before I move the model again.

And no doubt to allow your eyeballs to readjust themselves after all that turnbuckle work. 

Cheers,

Chris

[Jose Chaica]

... but advances are being made... I will have some more photos in a few days.

Canīt wait to see them!

[ALBATROS1234]

she looks great with the wings on des. so are you gonna do strictly scratchbuilding from now on orflip flop with kits too? whats the next modelling project?

[Des]

No plans yet on my next project, it depends on what happens with Wingnuts over the next few months, but for the time being I will concentrate on finishing the Voisin. Once the wings are on and the rigging completed the rest of the build should be fairly straight forward, I use the word "should" very tentatively here.

Des.

[Des]

The bottom wings are now fixed in position, I used plastic glue where the wings touch the fuselage and CA on the pins, the wings ended up level with no support. These pictures show the struts just loosely mounted, they are a simple round section made from 1.3mm brass tube with a 0.9mm brass tube running through the centre, also visible are the single ended turnbuckles which have been fitted to the wings. I am quite happy with the way the scallops ended up between the wing ribs.

Des.

[GAJouette]

   Des,
She's looking awesome my old friend. Are the army of rigging spiders ready to go?
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Des]

Thanks Gregory. My eyes are still getting over making the 150 turnbuckles I will need for this model, then drilling a million 0.4mm holes to take the buckles and eyelets, then gluing them in position, all I see now are images of turnbuckles even in my sleep. 

Des.

[GAJouette]

  Beats counting sheep.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[coyotemagic]

Hey!  This is your favorite part, mate.  Remember?  She's looking absolutely amazing.  This is your most impressive build to date.  Glad to see her progressing so well.
Cheers,
Bud