discussion revell Spad VIII

[Guest]

Hi All,has anyone built this kit and could they tell what they thought of it, as I just bought one from modelzone in thier sale for£6.99.

thanks

colin

 

[stona]

Sorry,biplanes scare the bejasus out of me.All that rigging.

Steve

 

[Guest]

steve couldn't resist it, I've already done revell's victory and the rigging on that is a nightmare so this can't be that bad,I hope.

colin

 

[Guest]

I keep looking at a couple of biplanes but like Steve, they scare me a bit. Maybe you could share your build on here and show us how easy it is lol. Would be interested in following it though, good luck.

 

[stona]

steve couldn't resist it, I've already done revell's victory and the rigging on that is a nightmare so this can't be that bad,I hope.colin

I remember reading somewhere that there was over 3Km of rigging on a 18th/19th century man 'o war,probably more on HMS Victory. A biplane should be like falling of a log for you lol. Keep us posted.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

Wow, a Bi-plane. Building my Mossie requires me to use my daughter's pampas on a regular basis. I would love to see the build Colin.

Cheers

Paul

 

[Guest]

Can anyone tell me how they get the rigging to stick. I mean i've tried glue but the lines go slack before the glue sets. Or am i doing this completely wrong. I have a very nice sopwith camel that only needs the rigging to be finished.

 

[Guest]

Depends what you use but if you use stretched sprue and glue it fairly taught, you can hold a gentle heat source near it when the glue as set and it will pull tight. I suggest you set up a little test jig and try it out before you commit it to the real thing. I have heard that a small soldering iron moved up and down the length of the piece of sprue but I am not sure, as it depends on temperature of heat source and thickness of stretched sprue. Might be an option.

There is also an 'elastic' wire like material that I have seen used for arial wire on aircraft which is stretched and glued and keeps itself taught. Also has the advantage of stretching if you accidentally knock it and springing back to shape. Not sure what it is called or if it is available in the right sort of thickness you would need.

 

[Guest]

"but if you use stretched sprue and glue it fairly taught". Sorry do you mean heat up the sprue untill it turns soft and then stretch it out into a long thread. That sounds like it could work. Cheers.

 

[Guest]

Yep, hold a piece of sprue over a candle flame until it starts to melt then remove from heat source and gently pull the ends apart. You can make amazingly fine plastic thread like this. Cut a piece off to the length you want and glue it in. Then very gently, not with a naked flame, reheat and it appears to shrink again. Stretched sprue is a very useful material for making aerials and other fine items.

Another useless tip with stretched sprue is that if you place a heat source at the very end of the stretched sprue, it will melt back into a dome shape. In very large scale you can cut these off to make rivet heads. On smaller scales, they can be used to create a domed 'lens' for a headlight/sidelight

 

[Guest]

I agree with Graham but watch your fingers as it really does give you one if the melting sprue gets on them.

Colin

 

[Guest]

paul, some of the comments I've read are making me nervous about building it lol, and being quite new to this not sure about posting photos, only just getting to terms with posting replies and threads.

Colin

 

[Guest]

hi I'm not sure if I can upload any photos of this build but they are in my gallery. Sorry if the quality is not to good as I took them with my phone. Would like to know what you feel about it so far and any tips. Cheers Colin

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[Guest]

Looks like it is coming on nicely Colin. Love the happy pilot.

 

[Guest]

Graham have now got most of the build done and paintwork have just applied first clear coat. To be honest revell supplied a cotton type thread for rigging and it was quite easy to do, not sure if you can see it in photos though. The hardest part was fixing the top wing a right pain in the! Will try and load some photos later.

Colin

 

[stona]

That's coming along nicely. The stretchable line is called E-Z Line. It comes in various colours and at .003 and .006 inch thicknesses. It was originally used by the model railway fraternity for telegraph wires and the like but is now more widely used. Never tried it myself but I gather it stretches to 700% of its original length....Boing!

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

build update

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here are photos of the build I hope. looks like it sort of worked, I've applied the first coat of Klear sorry for the repeated photos from previous post though, might get it right one day. please give your comments and suggestions as I'm still fairly young to this hobby thanks.

Colin

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[yak face]

coming along nicely colin, well done. The rigging looks great too. I notice from your pics that youve got a bottle of the new formula klear, and you say youve given the model a coat. How did you find using the new stuff? ,it looks like its given a good shine , and plenty of people will be interested to see if its anything like the old stuff. cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Tony I don't know what the original klear was like, but I am very pleased with this one, it seams to do what you all said the old formula did. What i like about it there is hardly any wastage, I keep a plastic container that the chinese came in with the lid just for this job then pour back excess into the kear bottle. One of the best tips I've got from you chaps. Also thanks for the cellulose tip as well.

Colin

 

[Guest]

There is also an 'elastic' wire like material that I have seen used for arial wire on aircraft which is stretched and glued and keeps itself taught. Also has the advantage of stretching if you accidentally knock it and springing back to shape. Not sure what it is called or if it is available in the right sort of thickness you would need.

Hope this helps?

This is the stuff you need . I've used it and its great, just use CA to glue it in place.

You can get it off his E-bay site, NB the really thin stuff is more in scale with 1/32 or 1/48.

BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE-EZ Line

Cheers BB.