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    It looks really good Andy. It was a hard decision for me to go electric on mine, I love Lasers and still feel more comfortable with i/c on larger models!
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    I decided not to use my bone-idle excuse, so followed Danny’s advice and removed the wing centre section from the cabane to finish it off properly. The solution to the machine-gun troughs was in one of my favourite materials, 1/64” ply. Well-soaked in water to soften it, then cyanoed in place. Next to finish off the strut fairings then wrap them with servo wires in place. I think I’ll cut strips of Solartex to do that. And no, I haven’t forgotten the brass cleat for the cross bracing wires! I’ve finally decided to forget about tissue, silk, nylon, dope etc, all of which I have, but to cover the Fury with Solartex as I have enough to do it. Therefore I’ll cover the underside of the wing centre section before it goes back on. It won’t be painted though because I haven’t decided on the paint yet. Although there were originally three Spanish Furies, there is a choice of finishes. Should be in the new workshop in plenty of time to teach myself how to do a proper job of air-brushing!
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    Danny, I’ve decided to cover it in place, doesn’t look that hard. I’m getting a couple of hours in most days now and it makes a difference. Just deciding now what to use for the gun troughs.
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    Just realised I’d misunderstood Danny’s question and thought he was referring to the upper wing centre section, which of course isn’t sheeted! The completed cabane is fixed to F3 and F4 with the four brass clips and eight bolts and nuts, so yes it’s easy to remove for sheeting.
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    I can by removing the socket head bolts and locknuts holding the brass clips now soldered onto the cabane wires, onto the spars. However I don’t see any great difficulty in doing it with them in place, I’ll decide on that later today.
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    Cabane diagonals soldered in. Making progress now..
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    You do like a challenge Simon and why not? I hang onto my wrecks for future resurrection. They go back forty years or so!
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    Thanks for the reminder Eric, it’s the sort of mistake I’m likely to make!
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    I’ve considered this bit to be a hurdle, but I’m over it now! Cabanes set and soldered, incidence and stagger correct. I’l solder the diagonals in tomorrow, then back onto the fuselage.
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    Thanks Graham. So am I! Danny, I can’t remember, I’ll take another look on your thread. Once I’ve got the incidence set, I’ll make the diagonals to fit rather than work off the plan anyway.
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    What a great model Robert, you must be really pleased with that.
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    It’d probably fly on a Mills 1.3! That would be nice.
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    Call it paranoia perhaps! Even so I thought I’d sit down this evening and work out for myself what the cabane wire dimensions should be to achieve the correct position and incidence for the upper wing. I’m very pleased to say that my numbers worked out within 2mm of the measurements on the AeroFred download, so that’s me sorted out for a day in the shed tomorrow. Once I’ve got this bit done I can solder in the diagonal braces into the cabanes, then I’m leaving all of that to get back onto finishing off the fuselage. At last!
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    After the effort you’ve put into it Danny that’s a shame but it must have taken a lot of your time, you’ve been unstinting in your support for everyone and I’m certainly grateful. The Chipmunk exposed my own limitations, I complicated it needlessly by experimenting with some different ideas and some aspects of the plan caught me out. I took on the Fury before resolving the remaining dilemmas with the Chipmunk and have taken far too long with that, also diverting limited time to other projects along the way has slowed that down. However I have at last got a lot more time now and I’m in the process of substantially improving my workshop and facilities, so am getting excited about being able to do so much more. Some of the issues with design detail and plan errors have been frustrating. The latest with the cabane wire detail on my Fury plan is a case in point, I’ve clearly got a plan on which I can now see the error has been identified but not corrected, it shouldn’t have been sold like that. However I’m sorting it out now. These projects invariably take time and some of us are slower than others. However models are now appearing and it looks as if we will see more completed Furies than Chipmunks. I don’t regret having a go at either in the Master Classes and I’ve certainly learned a lot in the process.
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    I think I’d find that too much of a challenge! The priority now is to finish the Hawker Fury, which I’m confident about, then take a long hard look at the Chipmunk and decide if it’s worth finishing or not, it might be. Don’t think a Brian Taylor (or anyone else’s) Mosquito, much as I love it, would be my first choice for my next serious scale project. Probably something intrinsically slower might be more likely! My horizons will widen when I get my new workshop just in time for Christmas!
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    If you abandoned it Martin, it must have been especially difficult!
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    I’ve always loved this plane. They had a problem with fuel flow being affected by the sharp acceleration when using the steam catapult. This happened in a catapult launch from HMS Eagle, the Python turbo-prop didn’t pick up and the Wyvern dived into the sea in front of the carrier. The pilot ejected from under water just before the plane was cut in two by the Eagle. He was recovered from the sea and went on to fly again. It’s the only recorded successful ejection from under water. The Wyvern was originally powered with a Rolls Royce Eagle H-24, 3,500 hp, like a bigger Napier Sabre. The Wyvern on display at Yeoviltown is one of these, it’s never been flown.
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    You’re going to town on this one Martyn!
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