Eduard 1:48 Airco DH2

[colin m]

That sounds nice Dave. I think you can buy the eyes ready made, but it's not difficult to make your own as I have here.

So gentlemen, I present the 'wing alignment tool Mk 1a'

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Yes that's right, I spent the afternoon playing Lego.

Colin M..

[flyjoe180]

Great rig.

[colin m]

I'm happy to report that the 'wing alignment tool Mk 1a' worked

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Anyone for rigging ?

Colin m..

[Dave W]

I'm interested to see how you rig this.I bought some thin plastic strip for my Gladiator.But I am now thinking fishing line would be better.

[colin m]

I've made a start with the rigging. I'm using fishing line for the firts time Dave, it seems like good stuff.

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The fishing line is 0.085mm diameter, the tubes which represent the turnbuckles are 0.25mm inside diameter (I think) All secured with a spot of CA. If any of the lines end up slack, a little bit of gentle heat from a hot scalpel blade will tighten it up nicely. I've cheated a bit here. Instead of giving each line its own eye, most of them are sharing eyes.

This wing isn't near completion yet - well, lots more to do.

Colin M..

[Dave W]

Looking very good Colin.

[papa 695]

Thats looking very good indeed Colin. and i know what your going through with the rigging great work keep it up

[Vaughan]

Just caught up with this one Colin, some fantastic work going on. I don't envy you with the rigging my only experience was when I did the Arado float rigging which in no way compares to what your achieving. Looking forward to more updates.

[Guest]

Colin

Impressed so far!

Colin

[Guest]

Very nice build, can't wait to see more

Francesco

[colin m]

Again thanks Gentlemen for keeping 'down' to my slow pace. Well now, as the following pic's show, the rigging is just about done, there are a couple more lines to add when the booms are attached.

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And the engine with propeller. The prop centre needs a 'dirty' wash, otherwise, it's done.

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However, I now have all the control lines to do. So see you all in a week or two !!

Colin M..

[Vaughan]

That's very nice Colin the rigging must have been a nightmare to do you must have some incredible patience. The prop and engine look very realistic, how did you achieve the wood effect? Looking forward to further progress

[ojays]

This is just amazing, you must have the patience of Jobe for all that rigging. I'm with Vaughan on the motor and prop, just how did you get that wood effect? And the brass tips look, well, like brass!

Gregg

[Dave W]

Superb stuff Colin.Im impressed with the wood and old brass effect on the prop.

[colin m]

Lads, the wood 'look' has to be the biggest modelling cheat I know. I've got a feeling this cheat, sorry tip, came from our own Bunkerbarge. If it was somebody else, i apologise for the lack of credit. Just paint the prop in a light brown colour. I didn't have to as the plastic is a light tan colour. So, I just applied plain old simple wood dye to the plastic using a rough old small brush. The first coat will be light, so when all dry, apply another coat, which will darken things a touch more. Let this dry, if you like what you see, stop, if not, let it dry and go for another coat. It's that easy.

The brass, well I can take no credit for that. Its all down to Vallejo 'Bright Brass' nice stuff.