1/32 DH-2 is started

[BLOWHARD]

Mike, keep pushing, it's the best way to improve! It's looking really good so far

[SCMc]

Hi Mike,

You are doing a long time favorite of mine, and I look forward to your finished model.

I have a couple of suggestions for you. Please accept them as constructive criticism.

The sag between ribs should be most noticeable where the curvature of the ribs is greatest (from the front to the about the high point) and should decrease toward the back to zero at the trailing edge (unless it is wire).

You have the cockade seen throught the lower surface lighter than the CDL. If you think about it, each color of the cockade will decrease the amount of light passing through the upper surface to the lower surface (white by reflection, and red and blue by both absorbtion and reflection). The cockade on the lower surface should be darker than the CDL, with the colors less saturated than on the upper surface and mixed with the color you are using for CDL.

Steve McCarty

[modelhound]

Hello again,

I have taken into consideration the comments by Steve McCarty. I have attempted to give the impression of the difference in fabric sag between the leading edge and the trailing. As for the tone of the roundel on the bottom of the wing, I am going to have to claim 'artistic license' here. I spent a lot of time trying to get a realistic look, but in the end, I just didn't like that at all. I am going to go with what is presented and call it good.

Here is the latest incarnation. I have given up on trying to call it finished, it just is what it is and will the drawing will be revised as new information and or skill arrives.



Thanks again for looking. Keep those (electronic) cards and letters coming in.

Mike

"No man is so hated as he who will drive the speed limit."

[modelhound]

Hello Folks,

I know it's a big yawn for you plastic modelers, but I will press on regardless .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Here is the tailplane group and the seat for your pleasure.







The leather padding around the back will be made separately.

I know I've not properly introduced myself, so very soon there will be a relatively honest account of my self in the new members forum. Stay tuned for the chills and spills from Bellinghham, WA 98226 USA

Fun, fun, fun, et. al.

Later, Mike (His most sublime groovyness) Franklin

[TeamStewart]

Looks good.

What are you doing for structure? Basswood?

Do you have the aerofoil sections?

[modelhound]

Well Team, if I may call you Team,

The matter of airfoils has caused me much thought and introspection.

A little background here. I am pretty sure the subject of just what the word 'models' means has been discussed to infinitum on this and every modeling forum in the civilised world. While I am in awe of the stunningly fantastic mechanical replicas I see here, and elsewhere, I mself am of another pursuasion. That is I see models as an artistically idealised representation of the subject at hand. Keeping that in mind, we come back to airfoils.

For this aeroplane I intend to simply fold the top to the bottom surface and glue them together, inner surface to inner surface, incorporating the airfoil curvature in the gluing process. Yes I know this is not 'technically correct', but I like the looks of it, and I build the models to please me, not somebody else. Besides, 99.99% of the people who will look at my models wouldn't know a correct airfoil if it bit them in the nargus. They see the curvature of the top of the wing, and the concave of the bottom of the wing and get the correct impression of the thinness and fragility of these kites. As a side note, that's how I buil 1/48 vacuform aeroplanes, with single surface wings and tail planes. The effect is quite good. With the early birds, 'too thin' is always much better than 'too thick'.

So to sum it up, for me the impression of the salient points is more important than accurate fidelity to every detail. That's a 'model' to me.

This DH-2 will be mostly paper, with bamboo tempura skewers for booms, O rings for tires, spares box (Roden SE-5a) for the machine gun and propeller, and hopefully a Vector Gnome, if they ever get around to doing their Gnome in 1/32. All in all, things and techniques are not set in concrete, so it will change, as it always does.

Mike

[TeamStewart]

You may indeed call me Team, although Rob is slightly more accurate.

I like your idea.

The thought of the ribs and spars is very daunting, and if you use thick enough card I'm sure it'll look great.

And those bamboo skewers are as big as boon to model making as Future.