Tutorial Novice - DH-98 Mossie - WWII ID Model

[lastvautour]

Jorrit, mdf or plywood are not good sources for solid models. Keep looking.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Jorritt just a thought ? do you have any second hand furniture stores around you,quite often they yield good souces of timber,or failing that whitewood furniture from those large household stores,stick to proper wood Lou is right.
Barry.

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Just scored a nice block of wood this morning on my way to the dentist.
From a container of a construction store I picked this piece:





I am not a specialist, but it looks like whitewood (Vurenhout in Dutch) to me.
It is kind of soft, if you stab it with a screwdriver it will leave a scar.

Will this be suitable for solid model making?

Edit corrected the size of the photo's since they were stretched

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Jorritt just a thought ? do you have any second hand furniture stores around you,quite often they yield good souces of timber,or failing that whitewood furniture from those large household stores,stick to proper wood Lou is right.
Barry.

Hey Barry, thanks for the suggestion.
I guess I will just have to be very resourceful, and keep my eyes open.
From now on, I am afraid my wife is going to see me bringing home chunks of wood more often than she would like to see.

[lastvautour]

Congratulations Jorrit. That looks like spruce to me but as long as the section required is knot free, we are under way. I have attached an example of a spruce model I made some time ago.
Same model, different colour schemes.

I will secure a piece of spruce from the garage as I have some. Spruce is a little harder to work with and there are some dangers to avoid while cutting, but we will sort that out as we go along. Just lay the wing and side fuselage paper patterns on the wood to see where you will need to cut. The other pieces are quite a bit smaller and will come out of just about any knot free area you have left.  The block appears to be approx. 3.5 X 1.5 inches. Please confirm this and send a photo of the patterns in place.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Jorrit there looks to be some useable areas there between the knots,you can usually place your templates onto the wood and work things out,well done you have the right idea,keep looking for timber its all over the place,good luck and enjoy your build you are in very good hands with Lous terrific tutorials.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

I found a piece of wood not all that dissimilar to yours Jorrit. It has some small cracks running through it but hopefully they will not be a hindrance to the project. I initially place the wing (black outline)at the wrong end when I realized the thickness of the fuselage would not fit at the other end. The screw hole would have been hidden by the fuselage. The red outline made for a better choice.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Separation of the fuselage from the wing was done using the coping saw as that is  the cutting tool you currently have. In future, you should consider a good short blade hand saw.

Photo 1/2
It took me the better part of three hours to get this far. I had forgotten what I did before power tools. Good memories regardless of the stiff hand and shoulder.

Photo 3/4 You may recall my mentioning problems with spruce if that is what you have. You will note that I was cutting out a  wedge to get a better angle at removing the fuselage. The broken piece just fell out as the wood fibers are not fused to the remaining piece of wood. This can be advantageous and also a disaster depending on where the spit occurs. In my case it worked out perfect.

Photo 5
Fuselage is separated.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

I feel like I am lagging behind a bit.
Work is busy, and social life is seriously interfering with my scarce hobby time.

Went out for my lunchbreak today to buy a set of chisels, a hobby knife and some extra sanding paper.

This evening I will withdraw in the shed and make some progress.
Pictures coming soon.
Keep you guys posted.

BTW Love the spruce models you made earlier, Lou.
P-80/T-33 If I am not mistaken.
Very nice!

[Peter]

Don't worry about real life getting in the way of hobby stuff. Lou and everyone else on SSM are very patient.

Peter

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

OK, here we go
Added the outlines to the wood.


Picked up the handsaw to get through the thick wood (7x7cm)




Now how can I make this chunk thinner?


Thanks in advance.

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Don't worry about real life getting in the way of hobby stuff. Lou and everyone else on SSM are very patient.

Peter

Thanks Peter, I have noticed how friendly everybody is here.
If only everybody on the internet was this nice and patient.. 

[lastvautour]

My next series of pictures will show you how to thin it down. I used the coping/fretsaw to remove the wing from the block. You can use your hand saw to cut down the thickness of the block Remember to always leave a few mm just in case the saw wanders. I would provide picture, but I am typing from my workshop computer and the pictures are upstairs. We are off to supper now so no more until later tonight.

In the old days before power tools I would sit and clasp the hand saw between my legs with the handle against my chest and run the piece back and forth. When I return from supper I will show you what I mean by cuting out my fuselage.

I have been married for 38 years. Patience is not my middle name it is my only name. All kidding aside, life with the misses is pretty good.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Great work Gorritt,it really is a thrill to see you making a real solid model Mosquito,wait until you get to the stage whereby the first parts are fitted,its a real buzz,just keep nipping into the shed doing a bit at a time,this is an hobby so there is no rush and t will give Lou a breather as well !
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Back from supper. It was fantastic, good food and good friends.

Back to modeling. I cut the wood lengthwise to remove the wing. There was enough room to place the vertical and horizon planes also. Once I had cut approx. 1/3 of the way I inserted a small wedge to reduce the stick of the saw blade and the wood just popped apart. It surprised the heck out of me but fortunately it spit fairly straight.

Photo 1  Fuselage removed from block
Photo 2  Note the blue line where I plan on removing all that is to the right of it. A chisel will probably be my tool of choice. Photos will follow.
Photo 3  The outline of all major parts are drawn and now the task of cutting them out and removing the excess wood. I will use the coping saw to cut out the outline  of the parts but being careful in not getting to close to the lines.

Lou

P.S. More tomorrow. Jorrit, the progress is as fast or slow as you want it. While I have been tutoring you, I also tutor Peter and also making a 1/72 Piper Apache, a 1/48 scale Vampire, and 2 CF-5s. So do not think you are lagging behind. Rushing cause you to miss out on all that daydreaming one does while building and planning. Take you own good time until you are ready for more.