The metal brackets when soldered form 2 of these - they locate into grooved blocks built into the fus - they are simply short pieces of undercarriage mounting blocks.
You cant build the entire wing as it relies on a fully sheeted construction and doing so would prevent you placing the captive nuts required for the wing attachment. You have to build the wing to a certain point to enable you to ensure that everything is straight and that all the angles are correct. The front end struts are a set of three that are silver soldered together. The kit again includes pre-bent piano wire for this. The beauty of this build is NO RIGGING!! - Yay - the wing fitting is taken care of with 4 bolts through a set of struts. Next up balsa cladding was added to the sides of the fus to give the Fokker its lovely bulges. I need to watch the weight back here though as these D8's are really short nosed and the cockpit is way aft of the C of G. The coaming was made using a strip of faux leather wrapped around a piece of thin foam tubing from Mick Reeves' site. I think there is always scope to go a bit further so I added a bit of stain and cut down the original panel from the 1/3 scale pup. The instructions provide description for a simple hole with a base about 1" lower down onto which you sit a pilot bust - similar I guess to how most people do magnatillas and hannibals. I'm not going mega scale on this one - I just want to get it flying, however I think some bits are absolutely vital to keep it looking too cartoony - One of these bits is a cockpit. The tailplane is similar - you have a choice as the builder to have a single piece elevator or split to give more scale like appearance. The wood choice so far has been spot-on - These bits are really hard! The rest is made up from 3/8th x 1/4 strip wood. The tail end is again really conventional - a simple built up affair utilising pre-cut trailing edges that are a set of 3 laminated balsa pieces. The undercarriage is a made from a pre bent set of wires that are silver soldered together with an additional metal protrusion that supports the lower sub wing - This itself is again a simple affair - a constant chord mini wing with front and rear spars and strengthened with spar webs - The little end caps outside of the the u/c legs are removable to allow fitting and removal. In a couple of nights the fus was born - Its the usual pair of side frames built directly over the plans that are then stuck together with formers in the middle and a few strips of balsa to provide strength.Ī simple ply decking covers the forward area of the fus and a balsa sheets forms the rear decking
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The kit comes with the usual roll of full size plans and a decent - no make that very comprehensive build manual that explains everything you need and gives tips on laminating parts, cutting scarf joints and other bits that people might struggle with. I started about 2 1/2 weeks ago - I love building and I can nearly always get between 1 and 2 hours a night in the man cave. Its a down and dirty, cut to the bone build log. So here it is - I'm not going in to masses of info on this cos most of the build is the same as just about any other WW1 build on here.
When I saw a very cheap BUSA 1/4 scale Dviii (from now on to appear as D8 cos its too much effort to keep typing it out) I thought "Ah go on - go on go on - go on" in true Father Ted style. I have got an Arizona Models 1/3rd scale Fokker Dv111 that has caused me more headaches than I care to put into words - The short description would be "Its utter rubbish" its just a scaled up 6th scale kit that included ply ribs 1/3rd of an inch thick.I would have used them as templates for balsa ones but half of them were the wrong size - That build is therefore shelved long term which is a shame as its a lot of money. My club strip sadly doesn't really lend itself to big warbirds with retracts etc so I needed to stick with something useable. In reflection I have only ever built biplanes or artfs so I thought it was time for a change. Well after 11 months building a 1/3rd scale Pup that is now residing in the rafters of a WW1 exhibition I now want to do something a bit quicker to build and something that at the end of it I will be able to drag to a field and fly!
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