Spanish models,anyone?
Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:22 pm
Here's one by Pepe Martin:
Brand:Smer
Scale:1/48
Avro 504-K,Aeronautica Naval 1933-1936:
Brand:Smer
Scale:1/48
Avro 504-K,Aeronautica Naval 1933-1936:
Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:35 pm
the rigging must have been a major pain in the buttocks!! great work!! rigging cables have always scared me away from bipes!! i've got no guts in that department.
Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:54 am
Beautiful work! 
Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:31 pm
Nice!
Tom, I recommend using Aeroclub's elasticated rigging thread and super glue - one reel will probably last the average modeller through a lifetime's collection of externally braced aircraft, not to mention aerials and external control cables.
I recently rigged an AMT Staggerwing - I won't call the resulting model outstanding as it was my first effort, but with a bit of encouragement from a mate it was relatively easy, even with my inherent clumsiness, fat fingers and unsteady hands.
I'm hoping that by the time I rig my next biplane (an Aeroclub Gipsy Moth) I will be better prepared - I hope so, I've got quite a few biplanes and triplanes in the stash including the Blue Max Avro 504 - quite the scariest of the lot... Or is it the Lindberg Jenny? Got two of those as well... The other Staggerwing (I've always been a sucker for the type!) should be a doddle though!
Tom, I recommend using Aeroclub's elasticated rigging thread and super glue - one reel will probably last the average modeller through a lifetime's collection of externally braced aircraft, not to mention aerials and external control cables.
I recently rigged an AMT Staggerwing - I won't call the resulting model outstanding as it was my first effort, but with a bit of encouragement from a mate it was relatively easy, even with my inherent clumsiness, fat fingers and unsteady hands.
I'm hoping that by the time I rig my next biplane (an Aeroclub Gipsy Moth) I will be better prepared - I hope so, I've got quite a few biplanes and triplanes in the stash including the Blue Max Avro 504 - quite the scariest of the lot... Or is it the Lindberg Jenny? Got two of those as well... The other Staggerwing (I've always been a sucker for the type!) should be a doddle though!