Tutorial Novice - DH-98 Mossie - WWII ID Model

[Balsabasher]

Gorrit I fly small electric powered models literally from my garden that backs onto a very large field,they are quiet and fun,my lovely neighbours love watching them,here is my cache of small rubber models,I had to scrap this amount again when I moved in here.
I do not want to spoil this thread Lou so if you want to delete these thats fine,no problem.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Any and all comments are appreciated and encouraged. I wish other would follow suit. Hint. Hint.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

Yesterday I finally found some time again to work on my Mossie.

The stabs and fin are reduced to 5mm, just taking some time to sand the last mm.
Also cut out the nacelles. and starting to reduce thickness.

[lastvautour]

Looking great Jorrit. You seem to have the knack.

Lou

[lastvautour]

My intent was for you to reduce the stab to 4mm for further sanding down to 3mm later. Sorry for the confusion Jorrit.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Great progress Gorrit,following this project with interest.
Barry.

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

My intent was for you to reduce the stab to 4mm for further sanding down to 3mm later. Sorry for the confusion Jorrit.

No harm done, Lou.
Just before I resumed I saw your message.
Both stab and fin are at 4mm now.
Cut out to the lines (left a bit of a margin still).
And closing in on the outlines of the nacelles.

It would be great if you could give me some pointers on where I should focus on now.

Great progress Gorrit,following this project with interest.
Barry.

Thanks, Barry.
I'm having a blast making my first solid model.
I still cannot imagine how this will look one day like the finished model that Lou posted at the beginning of this thread.
But I will continue to follow his lead, and trust that everything will be OK.
 

[lastvautour]

I see a tea pot outline. You have been holding out on us. We will now start doing some contour carving to get the shape of the parts. So we are both roughly at this stage.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Now cut and sand the outline of the horizontal stab. Now place a line in the center of the outer edge. This will guide you to avoid cutting in to much.

Lou

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

ha! You noticed the teapot..
The wife asked me friendly if I could make something useful for a change. 

She does not see the added value of the wonderful aircraft models..

[lastvautour]

Now drawing a line 5 to 6 mm from the edge on top of the stab.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Ah yes, the sideline projects like mitten storage box, flower boxes etc, you must keep them happy.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Place the trailing edge line 7 to 8 mm from the rear of the stab.
Do this to both top and bottom as the airfoil is symmetrical

Lou

[lastvautour]

Now you may choose to shape the airfoil using your knife chisel or sanding paper. I prefer the sanding paper at this stage as it saves me having to make another stab.

Photo 1
I place lines on the part using a felt marker

Photo 2
Then tilt the part slightly and sand it down to airfoil shape

Photo 3
Check frequently on your progress as it is easy to get carried away. Once both sides are sanded down just use light pressure on the sandpaper to round off the edges.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Repeat the process for the vertical fin.

Lou