Evening All,
Pietro, many thanks for your kind remarks and reminiscences. I too had all 6 of the series and I too rigged them with thread, but I did not have them hanging from the ceiling. Mine were painted in Humbrol gloss (!) enamels and I still have the instruction sheets - hence the photos of the same in this thread. Rather like the Airfix Albatros that I made last year, this is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me. I do not know whether I will tackle any of the other types in the future (I have in part already done so I suppose with the Bleriot XI Penguin and the Farman Longhorn), but time will tell.
I have now finished the engine. Inpact kindly helped me with this by providing an excellent drawing of a Green engine which I was able to use in conjunction with photos, some of which are on this site.
This is how I interpreted the above using laminated card for the engine block, Evergreen rod (20thou diameter) and cocktail stick thinned down for the cylinders, card for the carburettor and engine bearers and stretched sprue for the pipe work.
The lower part of the engine will be hidden beneath the top of the fuselage so I have not bothered to make the sump completely accurate as it will not be visible.
I have also added thin stretched sprue to the wings to make the ribs. In this image I had not trimmed or rubbed the sprue down - it just shows the task in progress for those who do not know how this is done. The ends ware later trimmed and the sprue sanded with worn fine glass paper and then several coats of paint were applied to get a smoother rib. The tail surfaces have also had ribs added (but are not in the image).
Thanks for looking.
Stephen.
