Thanks everyone for the comments. Progress will be slow on this aircraft
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Lance I had noticed Imgur with yours and some others images, much clearer images imho. This post will have some more pictures of progress using that site. Its a test post if you like, so far its darned easy to use though compared to flickr.
The Dihedral on the wings was wrong, in my eyes anyway. Gently reset them and taped down while glue sets. I won't touch them for a few days... The problem with all special hobby models is the wings really have tiny plastic pins at best. The join therefore is a weak butt joint. I did use some brass rod, but its still not the strongest join and has me a bit worried when we get to rigging etc. Ive noticed I have to fix the firewall gaps. It's not obvious until you see pictures, or I'd have done it before fitting the lower wing. ;(
I've started hollowing out the runs in the tailplane where the elevator lines pass through. Drilled and now hollowing out with gentle exacto cuts. Old school I know and now you can get PE Saw blades to make this easier, but this should work. I'll also have to do this for the Aileron pushrods in the fuselage too. Instructions would have you just stick the pushrods to the top of the fuselage, but there is a noticeable hole they pass through on the real thing which I'll add.
Started on the LeRhone. Cleaned the resin up and fitted the intake tubes? But I'm not sure I'll use the PE Pushrods. They look nice, but very flat and it will show in this scale. I could use white glue to round them out a bit though or i could use brass rod. I'll also put plug wires in where they can be seen on the lower cylinders . I could go and do all cylinders, but the cowl would need hollowing out more. So I'll just fit them were they can be seen
One thing you notice on this aircraft is just how tiny and delicate the 11 was, it looks underscale but isn't, its just a really small aircraft.
I built this same aircraft 15 years ago or more in 1/72 and I hope this one captures the delicate and fragile look of the aircraft, it really make you admire the people who flew these, especially the Sesquiplanes (sp) with their built in problems in the lower wing. Navarre is a very interesting character, comes across as the rich playboy with a conscience, who eventually gets chewed up by what we now understand as the mental issues men in combat suffer.
Ray Sorry got a bit wordy lol
