Topic: 1/3 Fokker D.VI...again...

Hi Mudders..

Hope you feel better soon, and hope the Old Man's ok too.

The appendix issue is stress related - Too long on the phone with Ken (Provostguard) will do that to anyone.....

Jez

Get well soon mate.......(& ya Dad)...........we need out Fokker Fix 

Phil

Bu99eration to the power of two mate

Hope you get yourselves sorted in double quick time, you've got things to do!!!

Ian.

Blimey!.............I just look in to see how your going with the build and find you shirking in hospital Hope your better soon Mud, and Dad

I'm Off to see Mat this morning.

I will see if he will give me the keys to his shed so I can finish it off for him  :laugh:

Jeff

Hope you're feeling better Mat , I've had a few friends go through what you are, and it doesn't seem a very nice thing to happen :(


Mark.

Mudders,

hope you both get well soon.   Perhaps Mr Sheep can recreate his banter posts in your lost thread to keep you amused.....?

Update:

Did not get to see Mat today still not very good at all.....

I am back up the hospital Friday morning so will try to get and see him then.

Jeff

Blimey  thanks guys, what a lovely response.

 I managed to get home last night  ::cc all on the mend slowly and surely  . Twas quite a bad one the surgoen said, but I could have told him that! I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Dads home now as well, all mended and the ole ticker ticking nicely.

Anyway, first thing I did this morning (bout 06:30) was check the shed is ok. All well and good and I'm looking forward to bodging carrying on with the build. In the meantime I can try and get the rest of the old piccys re loaded.

Thanks alot from me, and me dad 
Mud

 

Good to hear you and ya dad re home and mending.  Appendicitis is REALLY painful, they gave me morphine which was Lurrrrrrrvley  ::cc I was sitting up on the trolley singing thinking all was well in the world  stopped me spewing up to from the pain.  Anyway, don't push yourself to hard, you have to knit those tummy muscles back together but a good time to do the gentle detail stuff.

Welcome back buddy 

Good to see you back Mat, good news for you and your dad

Mark.

Good to see you back mate. Mist the posts.
Glad you are both well.

Simon

Glad you are both OK Mud and almost in action!   

Alan

Thanks guys, I tried to post a few times yesterday, but sitting for too long was too painful, so I gave up each time, things seem a bit better today  ::cc


The subwing sheeted and painted with WBC (brushed on). The struts have been painted and fitted, I made the outer rib removable for servicing in future. The wheels use the same greeen paint applied over the tex with a rag while turming the wheel.





(phew done one....!)

Mud

Thanks guys, I tried to post a few times yesterday, but sitting for too long was too painful, so I gave up each time, things seem a bit better today  ::cc

No darned commitment some folk!!

Good to have you back oh Flappy one

Ian.

Here she is in the bones.

Next onto the covering, starting with th eunderside of the fus, using GTM fabric and dope for the first time is pretty daunting....

Then the bottom wing. For this and the upper wing the panels of fabric must be cut and stitched together...

Great work

Ever thought of doing some dress making?? :laugh: :laugh:

Great work

Ever thought of doing some dress making?? :laugh: :laugh:

Cheers! What sort of dress would you like

Come on mudders, stop messing about, lets get to the present day with the work  ::cc

got much detail work done since your return from your "jolly " away ?

Those outside 'bare bones' shots look Bleedin' gorgeous Mudder's............I Must have missed them the first time around, you must be well proud of it mate

Topwing being covered, and were nearly upto date  ::cc

hey, either you lost a bit of weight in hospital, you are building a 2/3rd scale D6 or that's a mini-mudders in the shots above...

Boy blunder, fast becoming daddies little helper

Mud Senior

  strap those wings to his back and he's a dead ringer for the angel of the north. 

strap those wings to his back and he's a dead ringer for the angel of the north. 

  Angel of the Norf..olk

I just took a few picys of where I am now, all fabric has been applied and its final assembly and 'snagging' time.

COR! 

I forgot to add, here is a piccy of the full size I'm desperatly trying to replicate.

looks really really nice mudders, are you bringing it along to the NMAC Salute to the 445th Bomb Group bash ?

If I can get it finished for then, no worries. I have stripped my trailer as well, completly stripped it of paint and have had some steel angle and supports made up for the doors, this last winter was not kind to it. So I need to fund some new ply and get it painted and fitted in order to transport it there, I was planning to do that after work this week but obviously had a minor setback. Still I'm hopefull 

I hope you manage to get it all done but don't push yourself those tummy muscles need to knit back together.

One of the unavoidable tasks I face next is the writing on the side of the fus. Now amongst most other things this is not my 'bag'. I ponder how to transfer the writing. At the moment I'm leaning torward carbon paper under the plan and drawing through to give me a line to paint to, anyone got a better idea? I'm a bit worried about smudging ink all over the fus 
Mud

One of the unavoidable tasks I face next is the writing on the side of the fus. Now amongst most other things this is not my 'bag'. I ponder how to transfer the writing. At the moment I'm leaning torward carbon paper under the plan and drawing through to give me a line to paint to, anyone got a better idea? I'm a bit worried about smudging ink all over the fus 
Mud

Which writing Mud, if you mean the weight table that can be sorted with masks, as can anything else really. If not go with the carbon paper and free hand it.

Steve

Which writing Mud, if you mean the weight table that can be sorted with masks, as can anything else really. If not go with the carbon paper and free hand it.

Steve

people keep saying masks... what are they, where they from and how do they work... i use ffreehand which is poor at the best of times..

This is what I gotta do, now as it says at the bottom of each of my posts, there was a was on, and I don't think the writing would be as neatly done as on the plan. I just wondered if many people use the carbon paper method for this sorta thing much








PS. I'd like to know what people really think so far, not so good comments as well (constructive of course )

Looks like you need some CNC low tack vinyl paint masks...................

These are from a translucent low tack masking film with a carrier paper.......you peel off to reveal the 'sticky' side.....position the mask where required, rub down than remove the carrier paper. These are GREAT for smooth surfaces, but going over a textured fabric, you'll have to treat them slightly differently to get good results.

I'd suggest applying a coat of 2 of dope over the mask to seal the edges 1st.......if you don't do this and go straight on with the paint, chances are some will creep under the edge due to the weave of the fabric (this doesn't happen on a smooth surface as there is nowhere for it to creep) If you apply dope 1st, even if it does creep, as it dries clear, you'll not see it........a bit of experimentation may be needed.

Nigel @ Flightline Graphics (here on this forum) is currently doing a full set of custom masks for the 1/4 Spit for me........he sent me some samples last week and they are superb......he's well worth talking to as he knows his stuff and will custom cut whatever you want.

PS. I'd like to know what people really think so far, not so good comments as well (constructive of course )

The whole thing is a pile of poo Mudders, I have been kind upto now        

If you can get yourself a fine brush, with a steady hand it's possible to hand paint on the markings as they would have been hand painted originally if they look perfect they will look wrong  

The top wing is finished, ailerons painted up and a few scale fittings added below.



I had a go at the carbon paper method, it seems to have worked out ok, now just a bit of time and patience to go over it with paint.





Mud