Danny Fenton Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Yeah, i don't think the tapes are biased, but the wing fabric is sewn into bags with diagonal joins. Equalizes the stress i belive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 Thanks Danny. It would be worth finding out more about that. Diagonal joints are normally associated with bias cutting, I’ve seen it done where the cloth is pulled continuously across a knife at 45 degrees in rotation and the cut edges continually stitched into a tube, or a continuous “bag”. Looking at the photos in your build thread, you seem to have short, intermediate “nose ribs” between each pair of full ribs, which made me think I’d missed something out in the build. However, I’ve taken another look at the plan and I can’t see anything I have missed. Any ideas? The photo shows where I am, are the diagonal tapes repeated underneath? I assume they should be. I’m running out of tape, need to order some more. Also, these tapes have a slightly “pinked” edge, you can just about see it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Freeman 3 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 If the backing is removed from Solartex you can Knick the covering with scissors and then tear the covering to the required strips needed for the tapes. Quite easy to do and will give the right look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 Thanks Chris, that’s worth knowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 After being away for two weeks and taking more than a week to catch up with everything, I finally got back in the shed and continued with the tedious job of sticking on rib-tapes. Three wing panels done. I want to get on with the painting as soon as possible. There's still a question though, but I can't get the photos to load. I'll try another post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 I have built the wings exactly to the plan. However, looking at the second photo taken from Danny's thread, there are short nose ribs between each main rib, behind the leading edge, so something is different. I need to ask him about this, if necessary I can simulate the effect by adding short rib tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Hi Colin, i cant remember whether i had some additional riblets cut, sounds familiar. However adding rib tape would simulate this almost as well. Looking good, yours will fly before mine at this rate! Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Hi Colin, I drew an extra nose rib and had Slec cut some for me. I think it was an after thought. Cheers Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 15 Author Share Posted November 15 Thank you Danny. Slow job, but it’s coming along. Wings tapes done, started on the tail, using your photos as references! When I’ve finished there, I will go back and put in the extra “riblet” tapes. I’m itching to get onto the painting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 18 Author Share Posted November 18 Plodding on with rib tapes. I don’t regret deciding not to do the knots! One daft thing was dropping the iron and not noticing that it had turned the temperature up! I blithely carried on, not noticing that the fabric was getting discoloured! Fortunately it appears to be unharmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 24 Author Share Posted November 24 Rib tapes are a tedious affair, but all that's left now is the upper wing centre-section. Nearly there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 29 Author Share Posted November 29 (edited) There are many different interpretations of the camouflage patterns on the Spanish Hawker Furies in Republican service, further complicated by one of them that was captured by the Nationalists and repainted in their scheme. These pictures taken from the FB Spanish Civil War modellers group are just an indication, there are other references that I also have. There is no way of being certain about scale accuracy, it will be a case of choosing one and going for it. While thinking about that, the remaining jobs are the dummy reproduction of the elevator linkage and the curved fairings at the bottom of the Dowty undercarriage legs. I wasn't going to bother about the latter, but in for a penny - - - as they say. Edited November 29 by Colin Leighfield 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 29 Author Share Posted November 29 This is how it looks now with rib tapes completed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 really a credit to you Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 16 hours ago, Colin Leighfield said: This is how it looks now with rib tapes completed. Looks really super.Bas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted November 30 Author Share Posted November 30 Thank you Martian and Bas! Today I have sorted out the dummy "scale" elevator linkage. I was puzzling how to create the tiny dummy pulley wheel for the elevator cables, only about 4mm diameter. I used some plastic tube and filled it with 5 minute epoxy. When it was set, I cut a length off and hey presto! The colour is unfortunate, but easily corrected! Then onto the bottom fairings for the undercarriage legs. I thought that would be tricky, but using soft 10mm. balsa, it wasn't. Just some sanding and then covering with tissue and dope to finish off. When that is done, the painting can start. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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