Group Build: Biplane - barnstormer to fighter

[Rockin' Rob]

Haha... Feeling smug as I get the cockpit to fit and the clam to shut.

Only,
the radio somehow stayed behind!

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There is a fuselage in there somewhere!

Clamps like those in the picture and Irwin clamps? Aren't they just the greatest thing?

 

[Edbert]

There is a fuselage in there somewhere!

We beleive you. Photographic evidence contradict what you say, but you're a good dude anyway.

 

[Ron2]

They cannot be overrated. Other companies make them and are as good. It is the technology or genre that is just incredible. I'd say laser-cut Tamiya tape is "up there" too as total game changers.

I'm still working up my courage to use the latter, the 3D decals are 10-year old proof, but I'm a 12-year old and skeered of painting stencils.

What is Tamiya laser cut tape?

 

[Ron2]

Haha... Feeling smug as I get the cockpit to fit and the clam to shut.

Only,
the radio somehow stayed behind!

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There is a fuselage in there somewhere!

Why do you guys use clamps? Am I missing something? Let me rephrase what am I missing? I usually use my super grip to hold them a 30-90 secs and call it good.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Why do you guys use clamps? Am I missing something? Let me rephrase what am I missing? I usually use my super grip to hold them a 30-90 secs and call it good.

If it's bent or warped a tiny bit? Usually if I dry fit and it's perfect I will glue it up and then just leave it alone for a minute or two. But sometimes you if you have just a little bit of stress on the piece? Clamps help. And then just let it dry because I've taken parts off the clamp and then an hour later looked at it and it's separated

 

[BarleyBop]

super grip

...new handle and Avatar suggestion for you:

Jed.

As in, Jed Clamp-it!

 

[Edbert]

What is Tamiya laser cut tape?

https://www.1manarmy.be/

 

[Edbert]

This is the point of no return. Well, maybe possible but not likely.

Okay, the above pictrures allow a retreat. Some masks cut, some big white circles painted. But the next step (below) is blue, and from that the recovery is dire!

 

[Edbert]

...and done...

(forcing myself to wait ~24h for the blue to fully dry or cure before putting the red dot in the middle)

 

[kevin]

Pretty cool, never seen those masks or tape before.

 

[Ron2]

...new handle and Avatar suggestion for you:

Jed.

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As in, Jed Clamp-it!

That made me LOL.

 

[Ron2]

https://www.1manarmy.be/

That is exactly where I have wanted to end up - I would love to ditch decals and paint everything.