HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

The horiz stab is finally on including the control horns and brace fittings,the hinges,trailing edge tapes etc... Next will come the single brace struts from tail post to the stab.The pinkish hue on the rib's cap strips is caused by a poor quality stain that changed colours on me over time.I had this happen before on my Victory model but eventually it faded back to the original wood color.I have many different stains and as of yet I have not found the culprit.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

The turtle deck frames are on but not the stringers.The wood supplied for the stringers is just too warped and bent and very fragile.I thought of using some other material but in the end I just decided to leave them off.This is what is nice about doing an aircraft under construction as it is not necessary to show everything.
The turnbuckles may look a little over scale in the pics but I made this decision a long time ago.I used a little artistic license here for educational purposes ,which after all is the whole purpose of my doing these dioramas.At their proper size they are all but invisible at scale distance and I wanted to show this important aspect of the rigging.When the airplane is actually in the hangar they are hardly noticeable even at this scale.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

I took this pic under florescent lighting,the pink wood is really not that bad in reality but re-staining may be in order.
I really like the rudder outline of the Canuck compared to the JN4.
I am not sure if I will rig the control surfaces at this time ,as this would probably not have been done at this stage.The aircraft components are temporarily being put together, prior to breakdown and Fabric recovering.
The Canuck with the metal tail does not show any hard wire braces from the horns to the trailing edges of the control surfaces, including the ailerons.This being a wood tail assembly I left provision for them on the rudder and the elevator but not the ailerons due to the fact that this type of rigging is not required with dual aileron Jennys.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Bead and jewelery supply stores are a good source of small fittings that can be adapted for use on models.Example:The large packet would make nice turnbuckle bodies,just add a couple of eyelets at the ends.The small crimps tubes are great for holding steel rigging lines tight.Or you could put on a couple of them to make turnbuckle bodies for the small scales.Add a drop of super thin super glue to hold everything together.When I get a chance I will put a few together and show you what I mean.