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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    In these pictures you see the fuselage taking shape,the construction is very clever and is designed for a straight warp free fuselage,radio trial installation is underway and fitted with two micro servos abreast,attention is being paid to cooling of the ESC Speed controller mounted lower in the...
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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    The tail parts have been sanded to aerofoil shape and now the tissue covering on them commenced,tissue lends itself nicely to the lightweight construction and above all is traditional. A start has been made on the fuselage the instructions for which are very vague and it took a while to work out...
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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    Time to sand and carve the wing,the leading edge was done with a razor plane and finished with flourpaper,the wingtips were bugging me and would not have looked right when covered so some depron infills have been tacked into place,these will be carefully sanded when properly dry to the shape of...
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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    The second wing panel has been laid down onto the board and the spar has been held down to work on it,you will now be able to understand my logic in building in one piece rather than two separate panels and attempting to line them up properly,next the centre section was added and here I have...
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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    The wing spars were joined up yesterday evening and this morning I made a start on assembling the port wing panel,everything fitted beautifully into the slots and soon a set of wing ribs were glued into place,I am building the wing as one piece with the pre glued spar rather than make two single...
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    Build-Along-With Wonwing-The Westwings Beguine.

    We have a brand new model on the bench today,a vintage one as well the now obsolete Westwings Beguine ( you may still be able to find examples of this kit still around as Westwings are no longer in business ) this is an attractive high wing monoplane looking very similar to the Aeronca Champ...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    The Sukhoi SU-11 is complete and has been test glided successfully down the garden,some decoration has been added with real vintage HMG model aeroplane dope.
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    After a good sand down the nose intake and tail cone were looking good,the kit supplies two myralite ply pieces to wrap around and finish off the respective pipe/intake assembly with required overhang,well anyone who has wrapped anything around a tube with a compound curve will know it is not...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    Also includes 'On the bench restorations' today as very little could be done to the Sukhoi as I am waiting for the adhesive to cure around the nose intake and tail jet pipe then it will be sanded and a thin ply wrap around added to form the lips of the intake and jet pipe. Dug out a couple of...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    On the bench with the Sukhoi Su.11 are two other models that are receiving work at present,first a Auster AOP.9 which had an accident this morning when Ollie my hangar cat crushed the tail and snapped off a wing,not sure what happened as he is normally very careful but I heard a crunch and...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    Stringering is now well underway with one side already done of the fuselage,various bits have been done on the Sukhoi Su.11 as seen below. Side keels added before the stringers go into the slots from nose to tail. One set at a time gently easing the stringers into place and making any...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    Some further work on the build of the Sukhoi SU-II,I have added a wing spar made from a wooden dowel as the balsa spar seemed very weak and would be prone to warping,the original balsa spar has been added around the dowel for shape then sanded. Although I do not know if any Rapier rockets are...
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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    All of the parts have been carefully cut out from the sheets,the reglueing of the paper templates onto the wood paid off and after a days work with the balsa knife I had a full set of formers and ribs to work with,the paper can stay on as it is well and truly bonded now unlike the original self...
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    Maiden flights of the C-130 Hercules & North American Harvard.

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    Model Build-A-Long from start to finish with Wonwing-Sukhoi SU-11 Russian jet fighter

    This will be the basis for my next Build-A-Long something a bit different to the norm a Russian Jet fighter aircraft the Sukhoi SU-11 that was kitted by Aerographics,a glance at the contents showed that no wood is provided for the tail surfaces for some odd reason ? this is no real problem it...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    First successful flight this evening of the Puss Moth. Away she goes ! Atmospheric picture of the Puss Moth in flight.
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Major components have been assembled on the Puss Moth,I think this tiny model flying model brings out the beauty of this delightful vintage aeroplane ,the model presented many challenges along the way,to fix the wings I used cocktail sticks embedded into the wing roots which made the tricky...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Most of the covering has now been completed and assembly is taking place slowly making sure everything is carefully set up and in line,the silver finish has still not been doped up as tests on the slave wing proved un-satisfactory so for the time being the finish is simply watershrunk,one...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Lots of progress with the Puss Moth and taking advantage of the good weather today to do some painting with real vintage model aeroplane colour dope,a rare thing these days. The wing struts and tail surfaces under construction,the struts were made from balsa soaked in cyno to give them...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Well the wings have now been completed after lots of essential structural modifications,the plans were vague in places but this did not matter because if I had built them as shown they would have snapped off on the first flight ! yes virtually nothing holding them at the centre section and very...

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