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Annother Islandmodels 1/3 Scale Ka8b build log
Spanner:
Hi Guys
Yet another Ka8b on the way,
I started building this some months back from the excellent short kit supplied by Fred at Islandmodels. All ply parts nicely laser cut and slot together perfectly, 3 x sheets of drawings one with all the parts drawn up which will allow you to replace any parts that you may damage or loose during construction or hopefully not after a bad arrival.
To start I made a simple jig out of some pine strip wood and cut out MDF set squares which can be clamped in place to hold all straight and true during construction. This can obviously be reused for other models. I have attached some photos of the basic fuselage nearly complete before removal from jig. If this attempt at posting works for me I will post more soon showing progress to date.
Joe
Spanner:
Thank God that worked
Just spent some 2hrs resizing photos and filing them for easy access in future,
So now I can report on progress to date!
Having got the basic fuselage built it was obvious that this model warranted a reasonable amount of cockpit detail to be added, a lot of time was spent trawling the internet for photos to decide just what I would do.
The fuselage is now almost finished and the tail plane is ready for covering.
Canopy frame made from brass tubing, Cockpit interior detail from brass tube, wood dowel and some aluminium sheeting, Seat made from fiberglass.
Still loads to do so back to the building board for a few hours as it is to wet to go and fly.
Joe
Spanner:
Last few photos showing finished cockpit. Pilot arrived for a trial fit.
Working on wiring at present and then onto the wings.
mick a:
cockpit looks amazing
well done , looks like your a fast builder , better get on with mine now
Spanner:
Thanks for the complement Mick.
I must say that yours is also very impressive.
Joe
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