Completed my first serious aircraft model. Creamer's Dream P-51D from Thai Paperwork available at ecardmodels.com.
It was enjoyable but there are quite a few mistakes by me in the finished product.
Necrosoping was used to bond the structural parts to some cereal box material. It did not work out, probably because I did not apply the correct heat for the correct amount of time. The cereal box material was also not really stiff enough. It got distorted with handling. Bristol board and cardstock will be used next time. The structural parts had "+" indicators so I figured that meant bond to 0.5mm material. Unfortunately the joining strips are included on the same sheet as the structural parts so some separation had to be done.
The outer parts were printed on some grey metallic 120gsm (81lb) paper. That is why the graphics are so dull. Non-industrial camo. ;)
I have some 176gsm/65lb white metallic(Crystal) cardstock that will be used on the next one.
I finally figured out that you use the lines on the fuselage to gauge where the parts are attached. Some had to be flared out a little. Did not do such a good job on those, though. I did not get the wing assembly matched up with the area on the fuselage and far enough back so the wing root part did not go on correctly. Next time I will try to get the wing assembly closer to the indicator lines on the fuselage and figure out a better way to attach that wing root. I see now why some people have trouble with those parts
You will notice in the pictures that the wings are a bit funky. I had to take one of them apart after the glue dried to fix a problem and made it worse. All of that manipulating kind of mess up the other wing too. The thin paper did not help with the final shape.
Surface gluing the main landing gear did not seem strong enough, or seemed too easy to knock loose so I made some small holes in the bottom of the fuselage and inserted them into those. I had to guess where the landing gear went. I also cut a small slit to insert the antenna. It kept getting knocked off.
You will notice one of the propeller blades is a bit crooked too. That is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to the orientation of the blade to the root. The propeller hub had indicators for the placement of the blades. It turned out to look like the blades are pitched in neutral. If the model is to be built without the landing gear down to make it look like it is in flight the angle of the blades will need to be changed or a clear disk attached to look like a spinning propeller.
So, next time use thicker paper, follow the clues on the fuselage for placement of parts, pay more attention to how the pieces are going together, use some different material. Still lots of fun, though.:)
It was enjoyable but there are quite a few mistakes by me in the finished product.
Necrosoping was used to bond the structural parts to some cereal box material. It did not work out, probably because I did not apply the correct heat for the correct amount of time. The cereal box material was also not really stiff enough. It got distorted with handling. Bristol board and cardstock will be used next time. The structural parts had "+" indicators so I figured that meant bond to 0.5mm material. Unfortunately the joining strips are included on the same sheet as the structural parts so some separation had to be done.
The outer parts were printed on some grey metallic 120gsm (81lb) paper. That is why the graphics are so dull. Non-industrial camo. ;)
I have some 176gsm/65lb white metallic(Crystal) cardstock that will be used on the next one.
I finally figured out that you use the lines on the fuselage to gauge where the parts are attached. Some had to be flared out a little. Did not do such a good job on those, though. I did not get the wing assembly matched up with the area on the fuselage and far enough back so the wing root part did not go on correctly. Next time I will try to get the wing assembly closer to the indicator lines on the fuselage and figure out a better way to attach that wing root. I see now why some people have trouble with those parts
You will notice in the pictures that the wings are a bit funky. I had to take one of them apart after the glue dried to fix a problem and made it worse. All of that manipulating kind of mess up the other wing too. The thin paper did not help with the final shape.
Surface gluing the main landing gear did not seem strong enough, or seemed too easy to knock loose so I made some small holes in the bottom of the fuselage and inserted them into those. I had to guess where the landing gear went. I also cut a small slit to insert the antenna. It kept getting knocked off.
You will notice one of the propeller blades is a bit crooked too. That is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to the orientation of the blade to the root. The propeller hub had indicators for the placement of the blades. It turned out to look like the blades are pitched in neutral. If the model is to be built without the landing gear down to make it look like it is in flight the angle of the blades will need to be changed or a clear disk attached to look like a spinning propeller.
So, next time use thicker paper, follow the clues on the fuselage for placement of parts, pay more attention to how the pieces are going together, use some different material. Still lots of fun, though.:)
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