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Wingnut Wings Sopwith Triplane

I had one line on my 1/48th Albatros that was a little loose once I had all the lines applied. I used a small soldering iron. Thing is I have used that iron for over 30 years and have a lot of respect for what heat it puts out. I held it over an inch below the line I needed to draw up and waved it a bit. I saw the line draw up and was done. Familiarity with the heat envelope made it easy, but had to really have my head glued to what I was doing or it could have gone FUBAR quite easily. An incense stick or a fireworks punk could work well. I could have also used another device I have with the soldering iron to turn down the voltage and decrease the heat. I think even the Dremel speed control I have would work fine for that as it reduces voltage and maybe amps to the output and the soldering iron would run cooler as well.
 
The unfortunate thing for Bob was i got his mistake on Camera...:)

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I agree Paul i have a variable heat soldering iron which you can turn right down but even the small amount of heat needed will instantly melt the line if you get too close or touch it. so it still comes down to a steady hand. the problem being you need to heat along the line, not just in one place for it to tension nicely
 
Thanks Paddy, it's not show worthy by any means, I really hosed up the rigging on the underside but if a judge looked at it, they wouldn't know correct rigging anyway.
 
Colour was worth persevering with, looks pretty good to me, a bit of a flat coat will really give it that doped linen look
 
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I was playing with several different methods fo the prop. years ago I used those pencils but didn't find my grove on them this time. The prop on the right was from the Sopwith Pup years ago. The left one is what I did today. Several umbers and ochres then seal coated.

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only got a couple of more lines to do and then flat coat and some weathering. Or weathering and a flat coat...I'm going to try and not over do it like I did the Eindecker years ago.

Oh the prop? It turns fine backwards...: :bash:
 
Got another gloss clear to lock in that first wash.
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Going to do some black pinwash down the rib tape...maybe. or just flat coat and call it done?
 
The castor oil isn't from the valve train, Chris. It is slung out of the exhaust ports on the cylinders. That's why you never see a rotary without a cowling, it's the only thing redirecting the mess downward.
 
Someplace (I have, I think) a photo of a Sopwith camel or Eindecker that is from the period that showed the discoloration and dirt accumulation from the castor oil. It was all over the front, but mostly the underside and going out partway on the underside of the wing. It also went most of the way back to the tail and looked fairly nasty. I will try and dig it up tomorrow or this weekend.
 
I imagine they would get really dirty. Our Cobra's got really dirty Underneath just from hydraulic fluid. Your tripe is looking great!! Gary S.
 
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