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West Wings Skylark build thread
angry_muppet:
Progress so far...
I really need to sort out getting the plans pulled out straight... The folds keep rising and knocking the elevator parts over. Such are the little niggles that you start to find, I suppose!
Thanks Keith for the discourse on the merits of glues. I didn't fall asleep reading it, honestly! If work docs haven't done that, then I'm ok with hobby stuff.
As you can see, I've started one thing and then moved on to another and then gone back... Fuse sides just need the bracing bits glued in and then they're done. I think that perhaps I'll sort the tail plane next and do the wings last.In some respects, they're what keep it in the air, so I want that to benefit from the build experience of the rest.
But then, a square fuse and correctly assembled tail plane and empennage will make it controllable! :!:
EI1638:
For small drawings like yours an iron(!) is very helpful. With low heat and on a smooth surface carefully iron your plans out. Go over the creases a few times to straighten them out.
If you can, roll them up when you're finished the build, so you don't have the same problem next time...
Whilst I'm not brave enough to borrow 'the bosses' iron I have my own heavy 'antique' electric iron that works very well for smoothing plans out.
The iron must be at least 40 years old, from an era long before steam irons.
Happy Days:
Brilliant! “That’s the way y’ do it!” You’ll build this in no time at this rate David.
I must say I’ve seem some things used to hold plans in place,……but a cheese grater?!!! :shock: Oh well, whatever floats y’boat I s’pose..
Whenever I build I have a tendency to get a bit over enthusiastic and zoom ahead of myself…..only to find that I ended up doing something wrong. Then I have to go back, undo what I’d done wrong, and re build from that point onward. I found that the motto, “Read (instructions) twice - glue once.” works well. Sometimes I tend to speed read, and miss-read the instructions. I read “Do……such & such a thing,” when the instructions actually said “Don’t do ……” Then I get frustrated with myself and kick the dog…… (For dog read canine. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I meant the wife.) (Just thought I’d add that for Justin’s benefit. :lol: )
Little Keith
angry_muppet:
Should've gone to SpecSavers Keith!
That's not a cheese grater, it's a metal coffee tin! :o
Happy Days:
:lol: :lol:
(Bugger :evil: :evil: )
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