Voisin III

[Chris Johnson]

Exquisite work Des. You must have the patience of a saint my friend. How you manage to complete such clean and precise work is beyond me. I'm beginning to think that your hands must be 1/32 scale. 

Looking forward to seeing more!

Cheers,

Chris

[Des]

This aircraft has the unusual rigging arrangement of cross bracing on the underside of the top wings, I did this with 0.12mm monofilament connected to eyelets fixed to the wings, each line also had turnbuckles. This rigging had to be completed before the wings could be fixed to the airframe. There are 33 eyelets fitted to the bottom of each top wing, so that will amount to a lot of rigging.
The overhead lighting has changed the colour of one wing 

Des.

[Des]

The top wings mounted very easy, the mounting pins proved adequate to support the wings and after the addition of the glue the wings held their own weight without added support. The struts are also fitted, the protruding strut ends will be trimmed after the fixing nuts are fitted. The rigging has commenced, again I am using 0.12mm Maxima Chameleon fishing line, once each line is fitted they are painted with Mr Metal Color Stainless, all rigging and turnbuckles are fixed with CA (super glue). All I have done so far is the forward rigging on the two inboard bays, this took all day.

Des.

[Ian from Doncaster]

This only gets better Des, simply stunning rigging work here...

[Whiteknuckles]

Your a true inspiration Des - this is a true work of art!!

Andrew

[Des]

I have been asked to give a size comparison of the Voisin, so here it is compared to a WnW Albatros, the wingspan difference is quite obvious but the height of the two aircraft is pretty much the same.

Des.

[GAJouette]

  Des,
Your Voisin III sure makes the Albatros appear down right tiny. Looking forward to your next awesome update my old friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[pepperman42]

That is one big span. Happy continued rigging, its spectacular so far.

Steve

[specialops]

A truly magnificent build Des I look forward to it's completion.

Best Regards

tonyb

[coyotemagic]

Oh, my, Des!  That is a lot of rigging!  You're doing a masterful job of it, though, as usual.  When I saw the photo of your work area (very nice, by the way) and saw this lovely bus sitting on your desk, I was compelled to pull out my 1/48 High-Tech Voisin kit and take a look at it.  I was very tempted to get her started by this brilliant project of yours.  That underwing rigging has given me pause, though.  Whew!  That's a lot of turn-buckling, mate.
The size comparison is interesting, too.  Yeah, the wingspan's huge, but the nacelle is tiny compared to the Albatros fuselage.  Such a vast difference in design.  Very cool.
Cheers,
Bud

[phs Paddy]

Wonderful Des! It's really a joy to follow your progress.

Paddy

[Old Man]

This is coming along wonderfully, Sir!

Reference quality stuff.

[NinetythirdLiberator]

Des,

HOLY YOU KNOW WHAT!!   

I was pleased I squeaked by basically using your tutorial with slight modification on my 48th Roden Bristfit. 

Your Voisin is true modeling at its best.  I so look forward to seeing your posts on this great plane.

Cheers,

Dan

[Trackpad]

What they've all said, what we've said before, what we'll probably keep right on saying for ever and ever, amen: "You da Man!!" Excellent work, Des! 

[Chris Johnson]

Knowing how you like to rig, and with the amount of rigging I'm seeing just between the wings, now I know why you chose this project as your first scratch building project. The rigging sure does bring the aeroplane to life.

Superb engineering and workmanship Des!

Cheers,

Chris