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08-15-2007, 11:33 PM
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Country:  | SABURO, Very nice Fw you did there, Very nice. Keep it up.
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08-16-2007, 10:09 PM
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Country: | Heinz: Got most of the fuselage done tonight. The nose-block is a
build-up of nine pieces and I didn't want to start it tonight. I will say,
I've built a lot of rubber powered and U-control, but I've never worked
with 1/16" sq. balsa before. This stuff is minute !!
All pic's have been moved to Modeling\Aeronca K Floatplane
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08-16-2007, 11:15 PM
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Country: | Those models are really fantastic! i love 'em! | |
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08-17-2007, 04:02 AM
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Country:  | wow!
loving your work Charles 
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08-17-2007, 06:44 AM
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Country: | Charles, looking good so far, keep the photo's coming.... | 
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08-17-2007, 08:16 AM
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#831 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | Thanks, guys...... this thing is a bugger. Once the fuselage is done, it
should be smooth sailing (famous last words !)
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08-17-2007, 08:21 AM
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Country: | Looking good. I started a balsa Spitfire about 2 years ago and haven't had time to get back to it. I got the fuselage and the wings built, but not sanded. It's a lot of work doing the balsa models, but the look great when finished.
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08-17-2007, 09:17 AM
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And that blue US thing rocks, too. | |
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08-17-2007, 08:33 PM
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Country: | Charles, I'm feeling proud. I think my Dad is smiling too! It looks great!!!!
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08-17-2007, 09:56 PM
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Country: | Heinz & Njaco.... Got a BIG problem. According to the plans, this thing sits
on floats attached to the fuselage by four 1/16" X 3/8" spars... NO WAY !
The spars are at an angle, to boot. Think I'm going to mother-fy this with
some steel wire to act as supports behind the spars. This may take some
doing. Think about it and I'll put up a shot of the plans. Bummer...
Charles
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08-17-2007, 10:31 PM
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Country: |  One reason why I didn't touch it! I have a hard enough time with bi-planes!!
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08-17-2007, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ccheese  Heinz & Njaco.... Got a BIG problem. According to the plans, this thing sits
on floats attached to the fuselage by four 1/16" X 3/8" spars... NO WAY !
The spars are at an angle, to boot. Think I'm going to mother-fy this with
some steel wire to act as supports behind the spars. This may take some
doing. Think about it and I'll put up a shot of the plans. Bummer...
Charles | Hey Charles, I see by the plans in the first photo of the fuselage that there are SIX support struts, the forward inverted "V" and the aft angled two. Do the pontoons have any struts that run between them? I couldn't see any in the picture. If not they should because on the real thing those struts add a lot of support and keep the floats parallel and in addition there are support wires usually running from lower aft to upper forward in a "X" configuration and a second set running from lower front to upper aft, again in a "X". Here's another thought... Make the supports out of Basswood vice Balsa. ???? What do you think?
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08-18-2007, 01:23 PM
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Country: | DougRD: Went to bed thinking about this, and I woke with solution in hand.
(Well !!) Anyhow, I've attached two views of the floatplane. You are
correct about there being six supports, shaped like an "N". Look at the
front view. It callls for cross braces of thread. THREAD !!
I went to a hobby shop this morning and bought some .039 music wire.
I am going to make the cross braces from the music wire, maybe shaped
like a long "Z". This should keep the floats from spreading or coming
together. It probably will not be "springy" at all, a good firm support.
Your thoughts ? (Or anyone else)
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08-18-2007, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ccheese Heinz: Got most of the fuselage done tonight. The nose-block is a
build-up of six pieces and I didn't want to start it tonight. I will say,
I've built a lot of rubber powered and U-control, but I've never worked
with 1/16" sq. balsa before. This stuff is minute !!
Charles | I'm not into models but that is an AWESOME photograph. Nice composition, depth of field and lighting
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08-18-2007, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by comiso90 I'm not into models but that is an AWESOME photograph. Nice composition, depth of field and lighting | comiso90: Thanks for the kind words. I am not a photographer. I'm
just a dummy with a very good camera (Nikon D70). There was no
flash used on that pic, it was taken on the kitchen table with just
a three-way bulb (on 100 watts) in it. Actually, it was something I
just threw together.
evangilder is one of the photographer's on the forum
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