Sopwith Pup on Skis 1/32

[coyotemagic]

    You are breaking new ground here George, and the results are, so far, spectacular. Incredible, keep at it! This is going to be a pleasure to follow!
Cheers,
Lance

My thoughts exactly, George!
Cheers,
Bud

[Pgtaylorart]

I promised to get a photo sequence posted this last weekend to show the process of making my wing, as some of you have asked for, but instead I decided to get this horrible flu bug and spent all my modeling time in bed.   I just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten or flaked, and as soon as I'm feeling better I will post the photos.

Thanks,
George

[BigBlue]

Hope you are feeling better... this will be fun and informative to watch!

Chris

[Nigel Jackson]

Get well soon, George. When you get better it will be great to see the photos.

Best wishes
Nigel

[Pgtaylorart]

Thanks for the well wishes while I had this nasty flu bug.

I'm finally back to the workbench and I started with a little surgery on the wing to find an accurate cross section for the ribs. The thin Jammy Dog tape is to determine where the spars are.  I tacked a piece of card to the wing and cut out the profile.








I scanned and imported this shape along with the Pup Datafile plans into Rhino3D and built a virtual model to work out the exact shapes.






Parts:




All the various rib profiles:




These were printed on tan cardstock and cut out.  I own a Silhouette, but it couldn't cut as cleanly as I needed so I had to cut by hand.   When I win the lottery, I'll get a Silver Bullet a la Bo.

Hours and hours of mind numbing cutting later.....






Then they were soaked in thin CA for strength. A tab was left on a the front of the rib to hold while I added the CA.




More to follow after my hands un-cramp from all the cutting. 

Thanks.
George

[Des]

Absolutely amazing work George, you sure must have had eye strain after that amount of miniature surgery, lots and lots of cutting.

Des.

[uncletony]

You did it the hard way George.. but great results...actually pretty much exactly how I did the Fokker D.III wing except I didn't have to match it to an existing model. I put my tabs on the bottom of the ribs and built the wing with the ribs still attached to the rib and spar "egg crate" -- if that makes sense...

[Royston]

Really sharp work George, look forward to more

Roy

[Ernie]

This is really stunning stuff, George.  I can't get over the look
of your translucency experiments...amazing!  Between yourself and
Bo, this is taking "plastic" modeling to a new height, pardon the pun.

Cheers,
Ernie

[radio]

Absolut great work George.
Martin

[coyotemagic]

Truly extraordinary work, George!  This is such a joy to follow.
Cheers,
Bud

[lone modeller]

I am totally speechless……. what can I write. With modellers like you, Bo and Des the rest of us are left standing. The translucent and transparent effects are quite extraordinary  and the work that you have done on the wing structure simply mind-boggling. I just wish that this kind of work could be done in God's Own Scale…. not that I would be able to do it. This is really exciting to follow.

[Pgtaylorart]

Thanks for all the nice comments!!

This is still a big experiment with the shrink wrap thing. I've found that if I apply just a bit too much heat the ribs will collapse in on themselves. All that work can be ruined in 2 seconds! I'm pretty nervous about covering a whole wing and fuselage. 

Oh we'll, I'll never know if I don't try, and I still have the plastic from the kit to fall back on.

George

[Pgtaylorart]

Finally, another update. The snails have passed me by...

I'm still working on the wing. I spent many hours cutting and cutting, but now things should start progressing a bit faster.




Started gluing ribs and spars. The spars are laminated from 4-6 layers of cardstock (4 on the front spar, 6 on the rear) and then soaked in thin CA. They are actually stronger than wood and plastic, and much lighter than brass.




Small ribs are added to the leading edge.




Added rib caps from strips of cardstock.






The wing is painted and gloss coated, then the thin wire is added to the tip and trailing edge with small pieces of black paper to simulate metal strapping.




Bracing wires are added with small brackets made from paper soaked in CA.




The finished wing frame.






So basically, I've taken one piece of plastic from the WNWs kit and turned it into 125 pieces, for half a wing.    I don't know what I was thinking and how I'll ever get this done on time!

Thanks,
George

[Royston]

Amazing work George, the level of detail is stunning

Roy