NEW BUSA 1/3rd Scale Fokker Triplane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
02-22-2016, 09:05 PM
#526
I thought sheeting the center was pretty straight forward.. But don't forget that if you want your guns down low on the hood you might have to make some mods where the receivers sit. I didn't have to modify it much other than making my gun post and magnet setup. Remember they (the guns) cross right over the rear wire hold down block.
02-29-2016, 02:58 PM
#527
So the time has come to add all the guts. Fuel tank, servos, batteries, wires, etc. etc. etc. But I am finding that the area for the fuel tanks ( gas and smoke) is very small due to the set back of the fire wall. Toss in the batteries and nose weight, its going to be tight. Any thoughts on a nice clean way to shoehorn everything in?
03-07-2016, 03:24 PM
#531
And next to the new cowl is my project after the Tripe is done. Its a 1/6 scale pfalz DIII. I am still looking for information about the U.K. kit. Should be fun to build.
03-07-2016, 03:46 PM
#532
I wish I had looked at this web page http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...Air-Force.aspx before I had started painting. I think a PINK tri plane from Canada would be PERFECT! LMAO.
03-16-2016, 05:24 PM
#536
The build goes on and on. Motor is mounted and tank/ fuel/ batteries all plumbed. Pull pull wires cut to length and servo rails ready for installing. Just waiting on covering and wheels. I must be getting near the end, as my interest is turning away from this build and starting to set up build table for the Pfalz.
03-23-2016, 02:36 PM
#538
Yeah, I am still in a holding pattern waiting for the weather to turn favorable for covering out in the garage. I should be messing with small details like the pilot.. but haven't been in the right mood for that lately 
03-23-2016, 05:23 PM
#539
Yep. Its funny how the build goes along some days. I seem to build in spurts of about 2 - 3 weeks, then back off for about the same amount of time. Unless there is an event that I am getting ready for. I just put the paint to the rear view mirror I built for the Tripe. Now to find a way to attach it to the strut. Oh well. something will come to me or I will drift off into another project and forget about it. I just looked out the window and we are up to about a foot of new snow. sigh.....
03-29-2016, 10:38 AM
#541
OK, time for me to ask your opinion. ( I know that everybody has one!
) I painted the spreader box that covers the axel. It came out looking like it needs another coat of paint. But another flyer said it looks like it has been flown and has some wear to it. I think that would be OK too. So... another coat of paint or fly it as is?
) I painted the spreader box that covers the axel. It came out looking like it needs another coat of paint. But another flyer said it looks like it has been flown and has some wear to it. I think that would be OK too. So... another coat of paint or fly it as is?
03-30-2016, 11:24 AM
#543
LOL. I think you are right. And its not going to win any scale contest anyway. Not that I enter them. I was a little bit worried about the new muffler and where the pipes point. Straight down at the gear, but it is far enough away to keep it from burning up and some black gook/smoot/soot could be a nice touch. We have to get them together Foodstick. What did you decide on for warpaint? Jasta 11 was where 144/17 was last assigned. Although I have read different reports about the red on 144/17. One artist painting shows it with red others show it without. And the black and white pictures are, well, black and white. But I like the contrast of the red front and dark tail, and most (?) Jasta 11 aircraft were red highlights, so that's how it goes for me.
04-06-2016, 01:12 PM
#544
SO next question. Is there a good guide to the strut markings on the DRI? I have the works number, but I have found a lot of different pictures about how the struts are marked. Interplane struts, is it U-L upper wing, O-L lower wing? Or is that backwards? Or is it WK 6887? I have found pictures of reproductions and they are all marked different. And the pictures from WWI are hard to find the perfect one that shows what I am looking for.
04-12-2016, 04:41 PM
#546
Next thing to work out. How to attach the wire cross bracing on the landing gear. I need to figure out how to make it stand up to the landings and flexing that the gear will be put through without tearing up the balsa additions. I could strip It down and weld an anchor point. But that would be a big step backwards in the build. Any thoughts or comments about how you fixed this issue?
05-13-2016, 01:08 PM
#547
OK, so all the parts are in the workshop to finish the project, except the nomenclature on the aircraft. The pilot weight, aircraft number 144/17, that sort of thing. I was all set to use Getstenciles.com but they are no longer doing anything for RC. Any suggestion? I could never hand paint it well enough to make me happy. I am welcome to any help?