Darran
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Kev well spotted another lesson learned. Should only need to do three pieces so not to bad. Plus it's more covering practice.
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Posted by Kevin Fairgrieve on 01/07/2014 21:12:18: Posted by Darran on 29/06/2014 11:12:26: I repaired my fire damage and started on the tail covering. This is what I got so far. Needs a little work on a couple of pieces, but an ok first effort I feel. The covering looks good. Just an observation if I may. There does not appear to be any chamfer (rounding off of the edges) on the moving tail parts to allow the up and down movement. It may of course just be the way the upside down picture shows it. Kev Oh dear did I miss something, was I supposed to round off the edges, didn't realise that.
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Really struggling with sheeting the cockpit area. Off to read the other build blogs for inspiration
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Yes BEB it was rather forgiving and with more practice my finish on the underside will improve no end. Can I ask when you did the sheeting for the cockpit did you use the same method as the centre sheeting by joining two pieces together with cyano.
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I repaired my fire damage and started on the tail covering. This is what I got so far. Needs a little work on a couple of pieces, but an ok first effort I feel.
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The offending arsonist I plan to push on with this over the weekend so I will post some more build pictures up. Going to fix the damage and start covering the tail. And sheet the cockpit area. Should come along nicely.
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John / BEB with hindsight it's easy to see the issue I caused myself. But you don't think at the time. I have no idea when the actual fire happened it could of been while I was at work any of the last couple of days. frightening really. should I brace the wing rib also as the cap burnt through and has wasted about an inch along the rib top and about 1/8 inch deep Edited By Darran on 26/06/2014 21:38:12
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Well a word of caution for everyone. I went to my model to continue the build to find the following fire damage. This was caused by a magnifying glass on a stand being in line with the wing and a large window. Luckily the fire put itself out and didn't burn my house down. Another lesson learnt. Now my thoughts on rectifying this damage is to strengthen the damaged spar either side with balsa, similarly removing the rib cap and strengthening the rib in the same way before adding a new cap. Is this the best thing to do ? Edited By Darran on 26/06/2014 20:11:16
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Frustratingly again I went to my club today hoping to get some flying time in, but even with the glorious weather no one was there to take me up. So back to the build this afternoon it is then
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Posted by John Milne on 21/06/2014 22:21:19: Great pics Darran. Thankyou. John are any of these models yours and are you in the group photo. It would be good to identify who's who and who's models I took photos of. -
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