Westland Whilwind
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Huge gap between wings and fuselage 🙁
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Huge gap between wings and fuselage 🙁
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Much better result after lot of sanding
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After all the paintjob being finished I noticed this nasty crack on the fuselage bottom ...
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After all the paintjob being finished I noticed this nasty crack on the fuselage bottom ...
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Luckily I managed to fix the crack without big damages
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And here the final result is revealed
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Kommentarer
23 15 October 2021, 15:51
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Good job so far.
What putty did you use to attach the wings to the fuselage?
15 October 2021, 19:34
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Hi guys, thank you for encouraging!
@Cuajete, I've used Mr. White putty by Gunze.
Since I had a serious doubt whether simple glueing the wings in the way designed by SH will provide enough construction strength, finally I left the toothstick inside (pic.9) - it goes wing to wing through openings I made in the fuselage and acts like a stringer. This solution helped me to set correct dihedral of the wings as well.
16 October 2021, 10:01
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Oooooh, I missed this one. Always liked the Whirlwind. Pitty it didn't have proper engines.
16 October 2021, 18:50
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Nice and careful build. Great! Didn't know much about this bird...
5 April 2022, 11:23