How I Build Dioramas in 1/16th.

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Bent but not broken!

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Strut and wire damage. I am now getting close to the fun part of doing some weathering and fire damage to the fuselage and putting it on its sled base.

After reviewing some pics of nose over damage to biplanes, a few things seem evident.The wire and strut cage of the wings seems to be very strong.Often the center section N struts will bend or break more readily.With this in mind I left the overall wings pretty much intact, but bent a few things at the wing root and the center section.It is hard to tell how the landing and fling wires would be affected,which ones would be slack and which overstressed, so I have not yet clipped of the excess wire.

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This is really a lot of fun,the best part of modeling as far as I am concerned.It is great to see your ideas come together after such a long time.

It is always hard to know when to stop the weathering process,when enough is enough.I used pastels except for two places,the white ash at the plywood edges and the oil spots on the sled where I used some flat raw umber acrylic.I may still tone down the white ash with a little gray.

The U/C spreader bar shows a little smoke and heat damage and one panel has been left off to gain access to the controls.

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