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Offline Modelnut

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A Fact of Great Importance
« on: April 04, 2016, 10:48:49 AM »
Did you know the top wing will only fit if the cabanes are on the correct sides? I do now.  :o
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 10:17:35 AM »
Oh!  You figured that one out too?  ;)

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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 11:06:24 AM »
We are always learning, sometimes the hard way  ;)

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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2016, 02:42:25 AM »
An Albie Diii sure is pretty with a top wing raked forward though! :)
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 08:57:39 PM »
I remember doing just what you did at least once  :-[
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2016, 11:00:13 PM »
Thank goodess my Nieuport 17 looked almost as good with the
interplane struts backwards...my Eagle eye caught that before
the glue set. ;) ;D ;D

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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2016, 03:05:35 AM »
On my second WWI build, a Blue Max Oeffag D.III, I couldn't understand why the kit V-struts didn't fit.  I puzzled over it a bit, then made new ones from Strutz.  It wasn't until years later, when I built an Eduard Oeffag, that I noticed that my cabane struts were backwards, giving it that sporty forward rake that Stan spoke of.

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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2016, 06:14:10 AM »
I did that on a Eduard Pfalz DIIIa once. Problem was that the wing actually fit ok so I didn't notice it till later. 

One of those "duh" moments.
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2016, 06:19:28 PM »
Done it with a Roden 1/72 Pfalz. :-[
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2016, 07:29:08 PM »
I have it on reliable authority that De Havilland did also.

Their production DH5 was not as expected!  ;D
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Re: A Fact of Great Importance
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2016, 12:57:37 AM »
Good one Boggie!

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