Continuation of the P-40 Group Build

[lastvautour]

Thank you Jim. This gives excellence guidance to those wanting to do laminated models.

Lou

[Model Maker]

Jim - I agree with Lou. A splendid job in explaining the thought process for assembling the laminations along with some great examples. Once I get a couple of models off the workbench, I'll have to try a laminated model

Thanks for taking the time to run through the details.

-ken

[Jim]

The pleasure's all mine.

jim

[buccfan]

Thanks for the run through Jim, I take it you have to use a poly adhesive when gluing the hardwood sandwich? Regards Paul J .

[Model Maker]

I came across a couple of pages on the web related to laminating and veneering. Thought I'd add them to the thread as reference.

Veneering
http://www.doxaerie.com/studio.htm

Laminating
http://www.doxaerie.com/galleryii.htm

[lastvautour]

I have surfed there many times. A beautiful site but the talent required is beyond my skill level.

Lou

[Jim]

 I take it you have to use a poly adhesive when gluing the hardwood sandwich?

Nah, just plain old Elmer's Glue or Titebond wood glue.  Clamp it nice and tight all the way around. Sometimes I'll put it in a vise. Wings are a bit trickier, because if you don't get them clamped or weighted evenly, they can warp. I have a couple 1 x 3 x 5 heavy steel weights, like machinist's stock, that I use on the wing planks. But clamping the wing lams between two wooden planks or blocks, maybe with wax paper on top and bottom to keep it from sticking to the blocks, would probably work fine, too.

Laminating
http://www.doxaerie.com/galleryii.htm

Yes, the Typhoon model on this site is where I got the idea from. There's some really nice pictures of that there...

[buccfan]

Thanks Jim, regards Paul J.

[jimmyd]

This is the only picture I have [I have removed my grandson from the photo]

[lastvautour]

Love your Spitfire model. Looks big, what scale is it? What drawings did you use?

Lou

[jimmyd]

HI you talk about scale a lot and it seems you keep the airplanes small. I have a lot of wood so I enlarge the plans a bit.

[lastvautour]

The Spitfire look to be about 1/24 of bigger. If the model is made fit a particular space or kept within certain dimension due to storage requirement I call those box scale. I the early days of plastic models, the model was scaled to fit a particular size box. hence box scale. What is the wing span of your Spitfire. I float from scale to scale depending on the project.

Lou

[jimmyd]

The spitfire wing span is 16" in large from ww2 identification plans   The P-40 wing span is12". I am in the process  of sanding the P-40 now it looks like a toy not a model. I need better plans. I belonged to a carving club they frowned on airplanes so I moved on. jimmyd

[lastvautour]

The ID plans work out great at 1/72 scale or smaller but they were not known for their accuracy. I want to do a 1/32 scale RCAF P-40B shortly. There are many links on better drawings at http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=594.msg4066#msg4066

I will probably use the attached drawing for mine. I found this on the first link on the post under c for Curtis.



Lou

PS Your Spitfire works out to 1/27 scale

[Oceaneer99]

In particular, the shroud on the bottom of the fuselage of the P-40 ID model plans is nowhere near scale. I went to a local air museum and got as close as I could to one to try to estimate the shape of the scale one.