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Title: Great way to build round type fuse:Sea Fury
Post by: Walter Hicks on June 16, 2012, 07:50:44 PM

Al Rabe has a great method of building round type fuselages:(http://i49.tinypic.com/2qcijo7.jpg)
Note Jig pockets. I am building this one now. Makes me want to revisit the Sukhoi, Yak 54,55 that I really like.

Title: Re: Great way to build round type fuse:Sea Fury
Post by: jim gilmore on June 17, 2012, 10:57:43 AM

Thats exactly the way real aircraft are built. The formers are mounted into tooled locations and then the longerons are added connecting it all together.

Title: Re: Great way to build round type fuse:Sea Fury
Post by: Douglas Ames on June 17, 2012, 07:53:55 PM

Just like building model ship.

Title: Re: Great way to build round type fuse:Sea Fury
Post by: dennis lipsett on June 17, 2012, 08:19:49 PM

I built rubber jobs with that method many years ago and carried that type of construction to building giant scale R/C particularly Zirolis models.

Dennis

Title: Re: Great way to build round type fuse:Sea Fury
Post by: john e. holliday on June 18, 2012, 09:42:07 AM

If you go to Stuka Stunt you will see most of his planes are built in similar fashion.   His wing jigs are one use jigs also.   I have his CD's on the plane builds.  What is fun is the molds he makes for forming the balsa skins.    H^^