Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72

[Des]

Your eye for detail and realism is impeccable Ian,  even though the struts appeared to look perfectly okay before they now look superb, well done.

Des.

[Thumbs up]

Thanks for all the feedback folks - it is indeed an Aeroclub jig.

Well, as you can probably guess, the upper wing did not go on "tomorrow"....in fact it still isn't on. After I'd posted the pic above I realized that the struts looked far too thick...or more accurately, they WERE too thick. So yesterday, when I finally had a day off, I removed them and sanded them all down. I am now back to where I was, but with struts that are much more acceptable!



Ian

Strut profiles can make or break a model! great that you took care of this vital detail.

[lone modeller]

Your attention to detail, especially very fine detail, is impeccable! I just wish that I had the patience!!

Stephen.

[IanB]

Hi all, thanks for the feedback! Needless to say this won't be finished by the deadline. I've been working 6 day weeks for the last month or so and it doesn't look as though that will change any time soon.
 Anyway, I got off early yesterday so....removed all the struts again! Somehow despite measuring and remeasuring, the wing was about 1/2 mm too high. The struts were all remeasured and a couple were corrected, and they have all been refitted. Hopefully today will see the top wing on at last...or at least, the left one...still have to do all this again for the other side!

Ian

[Des]

Thanks for having this build moved from the GB board, I am looking forward to seeing this magnificent build completed.

Des.

[IanB]

Whilst waiting for filler etc to dry on the MoS Type N build, I finally made a start on rigging this beast....



I will have to widen the jig to get the outer bays done, but I want to get the inner bay finished to hold it all in the right place before I do that.

Ian

[RAGIII]

Nice start on the rigging Ian. Good to see you are still working on this beautiful model!
RAGIII

[Des]

Excellent work on the rigging so far, what size line do you use for 1:72 scale Ian.

Des.

[Pgtaylorart]

Rigging a Short 184 in 1/72? Wow, I'm going to stop moaning about rigging in 1/32!

George

[IanB]

Des, I'm using 1lb test mono for this one. It's .002" and I have to mark the ends with a black sharpie so I can see it to thread it through the holes - and that's after I've run it across a silver one to colour it!

Ian

[radio]

Good beginning to rigg your plane Ian.
Cheers
Martin

[TobyCoulson]

Very nice work Ian. Are those aerojigs still available?

[IanB]

Toby, I believe an updated version was introduced recently. John (Aeroclub) can be contacted through the Britmodeller forum where he has an online "store".

Ian

[IanB]

Hi all,
 I finished the centre bay and removed the wing assembly from the jig today to start on the inner and outer bays - I'm not looking forward to that one!

 Of course, I had to test my concept of building the wings separately to see if it works....

it would appear that it does! 





The wings are sitting a little low at the rear but when they're attached properly they will be where they should be. The elevators will need to be lowered a little too, but the rear stay matches the struts perfectly so I'm very happy with it. Now I can look forward to the rigging....

Ian

[radio]

This is exellent Ian.
Cheers
Martin