Skip Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 Not much progress to report I’m afraid. Over the last three to four months I have developed what I’m now told is a “frozen shoulder”. It can be quite painful and as the name suggests some movements with that arm are quite restricted. Its my right shoulder and I’m right handed so some modelling activities have been difficult. So I have spent a fair bit of time tracking down some things online that will help with the build. The photos in the blogs have been very helpful in showing some tools and techniques that may not necessarily be described in the words in the blogs and they have given me a number of ideas. I decided to build the fuselage first. So I’ve been looking at how I’ll cut the balsa sheets into strips for the stringers and the planking. I inherited such a device that my father had made some time ago. I’ve been modifying it, more on that soon. I check the blogs every day, thank you to those who are posting, as a novice it is very helpful. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 I’d like to acknowledge the recent help, great customer service and generosity of Steve Davis at Vortex when I ordered my canopy. The response to my email and then dispatching the order was very fast however the postal services were not so responsive. After four weeks I let Steve know that the canopy hadn’t arrived and could he chase it at his end which he promptly did and was told to give it another week. Straight away and without asking me he gave me a refund and also explained how he had given me a significant discount due to the high cost of mailing the canopy to Australia. I said that I wanted to bear some of the cost however Steve didn’t want to do that. Lo and behold the canopy did turn up a week later and I asked Steve to set up another payment for me which he refused to do and said to treat it as an early Christmas present! If I wasn’t nervous enough thinking about cutting it and attaching it to the fuselage I will be even more so now. This is how it arrived, there were four “Fragile” stickers on the box, it looks like it went one and a half times around the world rather than just half way (noting that I did cut the tape on the top of the box to open it). The canopy was in perfect condition though! Thanks again Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 Re the above post: Neglected to say that Steve told me that he gave me the discount on the price to offset the high mailing costs "only because the canopy was produced for the PSSA UK Mass Build". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Crisp Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Hi Skip, Great to see another Aussie based builder? My F-86 is just waiting covering, have been looking at the Black Diamond's colour scheme, so many to choose from. I found all the blogs very informative and they all have a vast array of knowledge. Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Posted by Skip on 05/12/2020 00:38:45: Re the above post: Neglected to say that Steve told me that he gave me the discount on the price to offset the high mailing costs "only because the canopy was produced for the PSSA UK Mass Build". Steve is very good to us like that, he does a lot of work to support our PSSA activities!! Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Today I found this Avon Sabre walk-around video which was only put on Youtube a few days ago, a bit over seven minutes long @Steve Houghton at 3:18 there begins quite a good slow shot of the fin fairing and then the tailpipe and the rear which you may find helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Very interesting, Skip; thanks for finding that video, and thanks to Paul Stewart for making it. The running commentary about the CAC Sabre's history is fascinating, and the tail end pics look almost as good as my model!! I've not yet decided how to model the tail lights, but I am noting carefully how other builders have done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Good to hear you enjoyed the video Steve. It was a bit of a rushed post, I meant to include that I reckon as far as the tail end is concerned you've nailed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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