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    Outer panels

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    Aligning joiners on outboard and centre sections
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    Dihedral reduced to 4 degrees
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    Spoiler boxes added
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    Basic Fuz and tail assy
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    Note: F4/5 does not have cut outs for outer skin
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    Redrawing outer wing to include aileron
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    Nige, Thanks for the photos, makes it clear how the original kit worked. I guess the two 10 gauge wire are little more than incidence pegs and the mail flight loads are carried by the spruce insert. Shows it's free flight heritage. When I get time I'll create an album on here to show construction progress. Paul.
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    Posted by Piers Bowlan on 13/07/2020 20:40:13: If Vintage Model Kits don't come up with a solution you could try some K & S tubing (ali or brass) to fit the wire you have if possible, or alternatively substitute a metric dia. steel or carbon fibre joiner and tube to fit. SLEC also do wing joiner tubes of all sizes. Thanks Piers, normally I would just go down to my nearest model shop and go through their stock of K&S parts but difficult because of the current pandemic. I've never bought so much on line in the past months but sometimes you need to just go and look!
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    Nigel, I had come up with the same solution, 5mm carbon rod slides in nicely to the 8swg brass tube supplied so I'd probably use that. Interesting you mention the spruce joiner, this isn't supplied in my kit and I plan to replace with another carbon rod between the spars to take the bending loads on the spar. I have also incorporated ailerons having heard of the turning problems and top surface spoilers to help control landing accuracy like on my old 100s models. I am working with VM to resolve this and other problems with the kit and plan, it was a kit they acquired from another producer and they wish to update the drawing and get it right. Thanks for your input.
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    Cliff, Done that and they have been trying to sort it out with their suppliers, the problem seams to be tubing is now manufactured in millimetres diameter, and the 10 swg wire I suspect is the problem. They can find a fit at 12 gauge but this would not be optimum for the bending moments at the wing join. I and working with VM to come up with a solution but thought I would through this out there to see if anyone else had come up against the same problem.
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    I have come up against a problem with the Vintage Models kit of the KK Elmira in that the wire supplied for the wing join is 10 SWG (3.25mm) but the tubing in which it is intended to fit is 8 SWG, not a snug fit! A route around in my spares box produced some 4mm ally tubing that will take the 10 gauge wire with a little persuasion. However I do not have enough for the job so ordered some more from a local supplier (ATM4), on receiving the new stock I found the wall thickness was greater and the 10 gauge wire could not be persuaded to fit. Has anyone out there had this problem and could share their solution please. Thanks, Paul.
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    Today is a red letter day for me as I finally got my cranberry in the air. Flew straight and level out of the hand with no necessary trim changes, brilliant. Ok, I know I'm starting this blog from the wrong end but I wanted to share a successful outcome a quite a lot of work. I think you will agree she looks the business. The model is built from the Andy Blackburn plan and SARIK wood pack. The noticeable difference being the fighter style canopy of the B(I)8 a mark that has always been my favorite since seeing these aircraft in Germany when I was a teenager. If there is interest I'll gladly share my build progress although I have uploaded an Album which may be of interest. Thank you to Andy for making this model possible. Edited By Pauil Ashford on 18/08/2019 15:23:39
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