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Oops serves me right fo doing these tings late at night the stitch spacing on full size, according to my research, is 3 inches not 2. Did not spot it till to late to edit so for 1/3 scale it’s 25 mm and for 1/4 it’s about 18 to 19 mm sorry for confusion I’m awake now and making new 1/3 stuff for me, also I decided to give the threads another coat of glue brushed on as it seemed a little loose this morning I think my covergrip is a bit old chris
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One final note if you are doing smaller scale you can use lightspan and button sewing thread, instead of tex and embroidery thread, you may have to put some cling film on board first if material is pourus nite nite chris
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Once it’s all luvverly and dry we make rib stitching tape Blue Peter moment now, here’s some I did earlier, it’s only half a sheet cos I used some. Cut threads along nail edges to take off the sheet and cut into strips, I’m cutting at 6mm for the pup cos that’s how wide the rib caps are, other scales need other sizes. here you can see one way I have don ‘tis by using a metre long metal rule and a strip of wood as a gauge great if yo only want a few but when you need 150 strips I revert to my engineering background, I was a CNC programmer and Prototype setter tasked with improving production on CNC machines, so always looking for easier and less effort. so I, yes you guessed, made a little jig to cut rib caps and some co incidence it’s perfect for cutting rib stitching tapes it’s a bit of which faced chip board with two stops and 6mm spacers so it’s cut along rule almost to the end, don’t cut the strip completely of its sheet they get all tangled, go on ask me how I know, if you leave them attacked by 10 mm or so it’s easy to hang the sheet up somewhere, like Christmas tinsel, and tear off a strip as you need it here’s some I did earlier next is applying them to wing. It’s too late now, and I ain’t done any yet so tomorrow it is cheers ps just noticed in picture there’s a hack saw , no I used a sharp craft knife/scalpel along the rule honest😳😳 Edited By ceejay on 16/05/2020 00:58:56
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I know what your thinking at this point, wot a faff, trust me it takes longer to type about than do next you need some balsaloc/ covergrip, other adhesives are available, mixed 50/50 with water and paint the fabric/string combo with it making sure the thread is well wetted which is much easier with the thinned mix leave to dry till tomorrow making sure the threads are still parallel, nobody wants drunken threads.
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Next cut/tear a piece of your chosen fabric to fit between nails and full length of board, this bits great for using up all them odd bits you have left, it does not even have to be the same colour as the finished wing if you are painting it. Then you need to wait until the boss is out then raid her sewing kit for some embroidery thread again colour not too important, and carefully weave it around the nails across the board in parallel lines make sure it’s pushed down so it touches material Edited By ceejay on 16/05/2020 00:57:22
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Geoff GEOFF a quick, I hope, explanation of how I do rib stitching I know there are many methods from actuall stitching, ask Ian, but this is mine years ago in a now long gone mag I think I came across this following idea and shamelessly stole it and have used my version of it since first yo need to make your self a little jig I have a couple one for 1/4 scale and one for third this is my 1/3 one it is basically a roughly A3 size bit of veneered block board with headless nails knocked in at the appropriate spacing along both edges the spacing on full size was 2 inches between stitches (52 mm) so 1/3 is 17 mm in round numbers
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Next can’t resist a test fit of centre section and wing panel
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it’s sad I know but I can’t stand untidy wing roots so last bit of covering is a strip of tex over the root I have already ironed tex over the edge and cut neatly to 5 or 6 mm then this strip is ironed on and trimmed to fit exactly luvverly
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out of sequence I know but I never said I was any good at this online stuff🤣 this is me irononing down the tex on the underside of wing panel no rush as it is under cambered and it needs to be stuck down well so good temp on the iron the slowly move from leading edge to trailing or vice versa, only pressing lightly with the iron following up with my other hand and a pad of paper towel pressing firmly down, when all ribs done top and bottom I leave it 10 mins to cool down the as I said earlier heat gun next
