Wingnut Wings DH.2 1/32

[Ernie]

Great work, George!  Very informative and beautiful results, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[Des]

Excellent paint work George and the weathering is superb.

Des.

[bobs_buckles]

DH Delight, George!
Beautiful detail work. One must agree with Michael, the splatter work is excellent.

Good luck with the rigging 

Von B

[Oeli]

Hi,

the painting is so great!
truly a gem! 

Looking forward to see the rollout

Kindly regards
Jörg

[lcarroll]

George,
   Nice to see this little gem resurface, she's a beauty! Your weathering and particularly the "grunge" is absolutely perfect IMHO, I too prefer a used look and you've aced it on this subject. Beautiful work!
   Fear not the rigging, in case you missed it or have forgotten it this simple little device (wish I could recall which of our members came up with the idea) will keep you sane. Without it I swear I'd have needed three more hands minimum!





   Good luck with the stringing stage, a break for a Single Malt helps on occasion.
Cheers,
Lance

[radio]

George very beautiful work.
Cheers
Martin

[Pgtaylorart]

Thanks for the really nice words, everyone! Now I'm all fired up to finish this thing!

Lance, thank you for posting pics of your rigging device. I'm going to build one ASAP. What did you use on the top surface of the plywood? It looks like some type of foam, but what kind and where did you get it? Probably any type of soft foam would work, correct?

Thanks,
George

[lcarroll]

George,
    I used a fine type of bubble wrap however next time I use it (the "Fee" is on the horizon!) I'm going to replace it with a soft foam. Get a fairly large gauge wire as well, my first one was too small and didn't perform well. I believe I settled on 12 GA. house copper wire in the end and it works quite nicely.
Cheers,
Lance

[Gisbod]

As has been said.. You've completely nailed it George. Ill be using your photos as my reference for future builds.

Guy

[coyotemagic]

As has been said.. You've completely nailed it George. Ill be using your photos as my reference for future builds.

Guy

Likewise! 
Cheers,
Bud

[Pgtaylorart]

Thanks, Guy and Bud!

George

[RAGIII]

Beautiful work! Like the others said, You Nailed it!
RAGIII

[Pgtaylorart]

Thank you, Rick!

[Pgtaylorart]

Rigging and all things turnbuckley

I've finally made it to the point of stringing up this kite! Thanks to Lance (lcarroll), James (FarEast), Bertl, von Buckle himself, and Gaspatch for providing me with the advice and equipment to begin this stage of the build.

I've attached 1/48 Gaspatch turnbuckles to all the bottom areas where they should be (I hope). I used the "A" style with the eyelet attached and tried to angle them in the proper directions. I'll make adjustments as I'm attaching the lines so I don't commit the sin of awkward facing buckles.   I've also painted the buckle part a brass color. The boom (which is just dry fitted for now) will be rigged with Uschi line so it doesn't twist up on me. I've started a bit as a test.

Here are some pics:










Here is the underside of the top wing with all the 2mm von Buckles attached with Maxima Chameleon 0.12mm painted a la Bertl's direction.






I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Hopefully this will be in the Completed Builds soon!


Thanks!
George

[Rob]

Great update George!
I've got this one in the stash. One day when I get some more rigging experience I'll get it out and your build will be a great reference.
Looking forward to seeing it come together.
v/r,
Rob