HAWKER FURY BIPLANE-complete build sequence 'build A Long with Wonwing'

[langy71]

loving this... nice work buddy

[wonwinglo]

Time to move onto the wings.



Lower spars laid down.

[wonwinglo]

A morning spent fettling the wings and making adjustments to the wing fitting areas,the wingtips have been fitted with depron infills so these can be sanded to the contours of the wings,nice and light and a good base for where the tissue covering goes.

[wonwinglo]

Wings have all been cleaned up,tips shaped and the Fury rigged up with weights and wood jigging pieces,as you can see upper wings are in place and glued,the model will not be touched but left to dry until tomorrow when the the lower wings can be fitted,it is a tricky job best done in stages.
Lower surfaces of upper wings and upper surfaces of lower wings were first covered in tissue,the reason for this will become clear later on in the assembly.
A lot of model building is about pre planning things like this important stage of construction.







wings covered in Jap tissue,see how nice and smooth the wingtips are with the depron addition which was pre shaped and sanded before covering,at this stage the tissue is just shrunk with water,doping will happen later.

[colin m]

Nice work. It's a bit of a daft thing to say/type, but I really like the way your build mimics the real thing in the way of construction.

[wonwinglo]

Nice work. It's a bit of a daft thing to say/type, but I really like the way your build mimics the real thing in the way of construction.

Thank you Colin,yes construction is fairly conventional and my models follow the same build/rigging as the real thing I loved so much working on.

[wonwinglo]

Nothing like a good overnight setting of the adhesives so before breakfast it was time to fit the lower wings using simple wooden props,boxes and things to eyeball everything up,here you see the lower wings firmly in place before the interplane struts are added,but first more drying out before proceeding.







You can see the reason now for covering the lower surface of the top wing and upper surface of the lower wing before assembly,the interplane struts are inserted through the slots from top to bottom,once locked in place the rest of the wings will be covered.

[wonwinglo]

The Hawker Fury has been covered with lightweight tissue water shrunk and given a first coat of thinned dope.

[wonwinglo]

The large radiator and other pieces were added this evening bare wood areas were treated with sanding sealer ready for fine sanding,the silver paint is on order for eventual painting when the weather is warmer.
The Hawker Fury is flight ready.