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    Building a scratchbuilt de HAVILLAND HERON AIRLINER from start to finish.

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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Todays work on the Puss Moth firstly entailed a good overhaul sanding of the fuselage blending in the stringers,longerons and formers,in doing so I fitted some embellishments where the covering would need to be attached to,I have a thing about this in plans and kits where things are unsupported...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Last bits for today,the cockpit area framing was added plus a few other supporting parts that had to be made as they were missing,there was a slight hiccup where the top of the rear canopy line did not line up with the aft longerons,a workaround was to add some stripwood that can be blended...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    The fuselage takes shape slowly with upper and lower rear formers added,this is a demanding little model that has to be done in careful stages. The longerons are cracked and strengthened at the point where the nose pulls in just aft of the cockpit framework,care has to be taken to ensure...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    The two sides were completed today and are now joined together with a single former,a tiny gusset was added for some extra gluing strength at the corners,the pieces are still very flimsy and need careful handling. Next job when fully dry is to crack the joint at the former and pull in the tail...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Once side one has been built the pins are removed and a piece of cellophane slid over side one to stop the sides from sticking together,pins are then driven either side of side 1 and side 2 is built directly over the top,once dry the sides are removed and given a light sanding,then two stringers...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    A dedicated session in cutting out the various parts from the sheets with them all neatly displayed in flat card trays for easy identification,now the build can start by laying down the first fuselage side,bring out the pins and adhesive and lets get started ! Small pieces of scrap balsa hold...
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    Model Build-A-Long with Wonwing from start to finish-de HAVILLAND PUSS MOTH

    Follow me during the construction of a new model,the basis for the construction is the Westwings de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth kit,no longer available unless you can find some old stock,Westwings are no longer in business having ceased production some years ago. Lets take a look at what is in...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    A bit of lightly applied artists watercolour paint brings the Hawker Tempest V alive,I broke the exhausts off while handling so will make some more stronger ones,the repaired overwing panels were left in primer to see how they settle down.
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The cockpit canopy has been added,some areas of the model have been lightly painted,I say lightly because paint is heavy to a flying model and needs to be applied sparingly,some areas will be left grey tissue colour,the white/black identification bands are done with artists gesso chosen because...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Time to do some covering,so in small sections tissue is carefully applied a piece at a time,the model will then be water shrunk to tighten everything up in readiness for its first coat of Ezydope.
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Concentrating on the undercarriage assemblies today and made good headway as can be seen here,materials and construction details under each photograph. You can see the wheel well infills here in this view,much better than seeing voids into the wing. Sitting on her undercarriage for the...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Today I have concentrated on working on the wheel wells,they looked wrong with no inner finishing off so I have inserted material around where the position is for the main wheels,also other work as can be seen in the photographs below with a brief description. Where the wheel wells are I have...
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    We test fly the rebuilt MITSUBISHI ZERO

    After its untimely crash the Zero was rebuilt for the 8th time,the model is 20 years old and done lots of flying,here you see a trimming flight done today.
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    Building a vintage BREWSTER BUFFALO

    This little gem was a scratch built vintage build,all I needed was a wartime Aeromodeller magazine and a plan within that magazine to build a Brewster Buffalo,this is another nostalgia build,a replica of a model that I first built over 60 years ago from scraps of balsa and tissue from the...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Smaller tasks to do today on the Tempest,first the remaining underside stringers were added I wondered what the four holes were for in the former just in front of the wing ? they were for the front ends of the formers to fit into then drawn back towards the rear. The tailplane and fin were...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    With a tiny amount of trimming the wing slid straight onto the fuselage formers and after a light sanding on the aft former slipped cleanly into place,not bad when you consider paper plan shrinkage on any drawing,after a bit of adhesive it was left to set and then the two wing fillet pieces were...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    At last a break in the weather and it has stopped raining long enough to do some messy sanding outside,the wings were lifted from the building board and the leading edges carefully planed and sanded to taper,the tailplane was laid down this morning also and then the wing cranked with its...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    We can leave the nose assembly for completion later,I have some better ideas than the items supplied with the kit for the spinner assembly. Meanwhile we can move onto the wings which despite being fairly straightforward the instructions if followed is not the best way to do them,they leave the...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The laminated nose block has been glued into place and the nose given an initial sanding,now I have devised a important and practical modification and that is to replace the plastic nose button with a squared block that has a vintage brass motor shaft screwed into place,once I sort out some cup...

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