Mr. Mulligan ! (photo heavy) - Page 4

nikimcbee · 09-30-09, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Been a long time since I made a balsa wood plane. I could never get the covering on the wings and fuselage right. Good luck!

You stole my quote!
Last one I built was in high school, a loooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.

A Me-109.

SteamWake · 09-30-09, 01:32 PM

Just a quick update since this thread got bumped.

I am at the stage of sanding / shaping the parts now. Not much to show photographically really and its my least favorite part of construction. But I have worked on it some. I have a razor plane to help things along but it still is slow and tedious. Everything has to be in 'finished' condition before applying tissue because the flaws really jump out once its covered.

The fuse is mostly done however one of the first things you learn is to cover the wing first

It takes the largest pieces of tissue and the scraps can be used for small secions of the fuse. Usually for a flat bottomed wing you can cover the entire bottom with one piece. The top not so much. So you start with the bottom. Largest pieces first

So maybe in a week or so I can get to the actual covering of the thing. Ill post lots of pics for that.

3Dfr34k2009 · 03-07-10, 05:29 PM

I would like to see SHIII+GWX Gold game interface in the SHV game engine WITHOUT the draconian DRM. And when this will be is available, I am going buy SHV. Meanwhile for me Steamed SHIII plus GWX is enough .

Keep going modders, SHV is all yours.

Gute jagd!

rsslcs · 03-10-10, 04:11 PM

A certain something is in order:

And BTW, nice plane! I hope that it turned out alright.

nikimcbee · 03-16-10, 05:11 PM

Any new pix?

SteamWake · 03-20-10, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Any new pix?

No I'm sorry I need to change my sig to check the lack of progress

Have been busy with SH5 and my ham radio stuff (getting the antenna back up after winter storms)

Truckerich · 02-20-11, 11:48 AM

I havn't seen that type of glue for years, smeels good to. The name of that glue starts with a A doesn't it? It's beyond excellent work. 10 being best. +++++++++10 That's as high as I can go with 10 pluses. wow
AND SilkSpan!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

The wing is really starting to take shape now with the constant chord ribs in place.

I like the engineering of this model. Notice the lightning holes in the main spar and the 'hollow' ribs. Although I did find a mistake in the instructions, the main spar is part A6 not A7. and the center spar is A7 not A6. It was pretty easy to figure out.

09-30-09, 01:32 PM	#47
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just a quick update since this thread got bumped. I am at the stage of sanding / shaping the parts now. Not much to show photographically really and its my least favorite part of construction. But I have worked on it some. I have a razor plane to help things along but it still is slow and tedious. Everything has to be in 'finished' condition before applying tissue because the flaws really jump out once its covered. The fuse is mostly done however one of the first things you learn is to cover the wing first It takes the largest pieces of tissue and the scraps can be used for small secions of the fuse. Usually for a flat bottomed wing you can cover the entire bottom with one piece. The top not so much. So you start with the bottom. Largest pieces first So maybe in a week or so I can get to the actual covering of the thing. Ill post lots of pics for that. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

03-16-10, 05:11 PM	#50
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,924 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Any new pix? __________________

03-07-10, 05:29 PM	#48
3Dfr34k2009 Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 9 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	I would like to see SHIII+GWX Gold game interface in the SHV game engine WITHOUT the draconian DRM. And when this will be is available, I am going buy SHV. Meanwhile for me Steamed SHIII plus GWX is enough . Keep going modders, SHV is all yours. Gute jagd!

03-10-10, 04:11 PM	#49
rsslcs Bosun Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stoke Posts: 67 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	A certain something is in order: And BTW, nice plane! I hope that it turned out alright.