Tutorial Novice - DH-98 Mossie - WWII ID Model

[lastvautour]

Next turn the fuselage around and push with the left thumb to shape the top forward slope of the fuselage nose.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Thanks Lou!

I will get on it later this evening.

[lastvautour]

Next turn the fuselage upside down and remove the excess wood in front of the forward blister.  Using your hobby knife or sanding block clean up the fuselage of any wood outside the lines. post a picture once you have achieved this.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

[Balsabasher]

I see the chips are really flying Gorrit ! nice job on your Mossie.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Excellent job Jorrit. We will work on the wing later today.

Lou

I got ahead of myself on the next post. here is a photo series that should have preceded the next instructions.
Lou

[lastvautour]

The wing need to be tapered once you have shaped the outside edges.

Photo 1/2
Once squared off, mark the taper of the wing. The easiest is to make vertical cuts in the wood you wish to remove.

Photo 3/4
It makes it easier to chip it out. Next use your chisel to remove the majority of the wood from the bottom of the wing. Take care at the wing tips as I normally have a tendency to take to much away.

Photo 5/6
Sand the rough spots on the bottom of the wing as shown.

Show us your photos when you get here.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

The wing need to be tapered once you have shaped the outside edges.

Hi Lou,
I am not sure what you mean by this.
Can you please try to explain in other words?
Sorry, but this may be because English is not my native language.

Also I notice that the centre of the wing should be thicker than the tips?
What measurements should I follow?

Thanks in advance.

Jorrit

[lastvautour]

If you look at the upper center of the instruction sheets it shows that the center wing should be 9/32 or just a bit more than 1/4 inch. The tips are just 1/16 inches. Try this link http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/displayimage.php?pid=883 Once open, left on the image for a bigger view.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Jorrit, the bottom part will be our wing. The line is slightly more than 1/4 inch.

Lou

[lastvautour]

In this photo the top part will be our wing. The center is 9/32 or just slight more than 1/4 inch and the tip will be just a bit over 1/16.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Once all the wood has been removed you should be left with something like this.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Lou, it is perfectly clear to me now.
I will get to it tomorrow.
Thank you.

[lastvautour]

You are welcome. Take photos along the way for other to see.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Went to the final outlines of the wing yesterday evening:


An English colleague explained me what tapering is (adding a slope).
So this evening I will draw the line on the side and start removing the excess wood.

Never imagined this would be so much fun...