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27 September 2008, 07:15 AM
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Before scorching and weathering the skeletonized wing assembly I fitted the ribs to the fore and aft spars. Then when they were all bunched together I sanded the noses of all the ribs flat to later accept the leading edge.(there actually was very little to remove) The trailing edge will be worked on after the wing is assembled.
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27 September 2008, 02:51 PM
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27 September 2008, 03:16 PM
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After a few further experiments I decided to go with a woodburning tool set at medium heat.Most other methods did not allow for enough control over the rate of scorching and some were too hard on the glue joints.When the wing is built I can further refine it a bit with pastels. 
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28 September 2008, 08:54 AM
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1 October 2008, 08:20 AM
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2 October 2008, 01:37 PM
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2 October 2008, 01:42 PM
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Upper wing ribs and spars finally glued together using a drop of super thin, super glue at each joint.
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3 October 2008, 07:15 PM
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4 October 2008, 08:08 AM
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Trailing edge and aileron spars and the leading edge have been temporarily installed.The aileron spars where the leading edge of the ailerons are attached must be shaped into a U type curve.
I had forgotten just how time consuming the the building of the Albatros wings can be,much more so than either the Camel or the Nieuport or maybe it is because I have a short memory! 
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5 October 2008, 12:36 PM
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116th scale, air shows, aircraft dioramas, albatros, barnstormers, building wood hangars, camel, canuck, classic scratch building, curtiss flier, curtiss jenny, dioramas, flying the mail, golden era, jenny, john reid, nieuport, scratchbuilding, wood and wire  |
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