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RCAF's 100th - 1/32 AVRO 504K

Started by lastvautour, April 03, 2024, 09:06:18 PM

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lastvautour

The fuselage is coming along.

Lou

Boomerang


 An interesting subject Lou.

 Gordon

lastvautour

I am struggling with the cowling. I have tried four time already. I just purchased a 15/16", 1" and 1 1/8" drill bits. I will try again.

Boomerang


lastvautour

The drill bits worked great.

Lou

lastvautour

Moving along. The AVRO 504 is the only active build on my bench.

Lou

Jim

In building, do you always run your interplane struts through the wings, Lou?
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lastvautour

I always run them through. These are just toothpicks for this picture. I will be using bamboo sticks as per my usual arrangement.

Lou

Dave T

So all the wings will eventually have ribs like the black wing? I still have not tried that technique.

Jim

I've been thinking of adopting that technique. I used it once before, on the SE-5a I made a few years back, and it went fairly well. Normally, I press a notch into the wood and glue the strut into the notch. But the struts often don't always want to stay put, and I wind up having to re-set and re-glue them a lot. Drilling through the wing ought to make for a neater gluing connection, too. I think I'll try your technique again next time.
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lastvautour

Dave: I use 1mm Tamiya tape for ribs.
Jim: I find it easier to align the wings.

Lou

lastvautour

#11
A bit more progress and currently waiting for 1mm Tamiya tape to arrive by mail to continue with the wings.

Lou

lastvautour

The masking tape for the wings finally arrived. The wings are painted and assembled. Mating of the fuselage will take place shortly.

lastvautour

I made a jig to align the wings. Popsicle sticks did the trick.

Lou

Jim

That is one sharp approach to making and using a wing alignment jig! I'm chagrined that I never thought of using popsickle sticks. I continue to learn new things from you, Lou. Many thanx!
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