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January 13th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
while waiting for the wood glue to dry, scribbled notes and suggestions on each activity on paper, very messy, cause that’s the way it should be.
organised the notes proper in a book
finally drew up a chart. summarising each activity. drew the chart in the order which I think the plane should be assembled.
the plane cannot fly because the propeller hits the float, so it cannot turn 360deg. it is a subtle detail I did not consider simply because it was not suggested that assembly be done before fleshing out the body and sticking everything together. did the propeller last as advised so this is what happens. did not want to break the float or wing so I left it that way. well, would have loved to see my plane fly~
feedback. ahhhhhhh
an idea which is off brief. this brief is somehow very practical and has certain boundaries. can’t quite be art-fart or take off with it. it’s still about instructions, information and how to communicate them best. have to introduce ideas in which it ultimately is still instructions.
noting the connection points, really crucial, unless you want to tear your plane apart or break it countless times and redo all the fleshing out. zzzzzzz
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Preparing for war III – wear the skin color & fight!
January 13th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
this is the part of the process I enjoyed most – spray painting & adding effects :D
had to stop myself from doing too much aha
added decals, propeller and canopy
moth.
It is happy.
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Preparing for war II – the flesh
January 13th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
‘skin the plane’ with tissue paper. it is very tiring, at least for me, partly because I lack common sense
cellulose dope shortens your life. to seal tissue paper to frame
BREAKING POINT: tore off all the tissue paper because I realised I fleshed out all the connection points(sealed them) >.<
took one day off the project. did not want to think about it.
cleared desk which helps to clear my mind
back.
MUST: install the rubber motor before fleshing out (this stage was advised to do LAST can you believe it). doing it before makes it much easier as you have to drop the long rubber band through the length of the body from the opening at the nose(image below) and hold that end inside with short stringers which you have to glue onto the frame. so tell me how can you ever flesh the body out first???
fleshing it out for the second time. no joke job.
had to flesh out section by section because of a small connection point I cannot seal. I do wonder if this is me failing to work smart and doing it the long way
the flesh looks better the second time round
hi :D
fleshing out by section on the wing
spraying H2O on the tissue covered frames to shrink the tissue. I did not think I did this step quite right although it sounds simple as there were still wrinkles and uneven patches all over. zzzzzz (as I mentioned above…)
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Preparing for war I – the bones & skeleton
January 13th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The Nakajima seaplane, aka, RUFE as named by the Allies, was a defensive weapon which served in the north and south Pacific from the Aleutian Islands to the Solomons during 1942 and onwards. Its production ceased in 1943 after a total of 320 models were built.
Parts of plane:
1. fuselage (main body)
2. float (below body)
3. stabiliser & rudder (attached to rear end of main body)
4. wing
5. plastic sponsons (below wing)
6. rubber motor
7. plastic nose cowl
8. propeller
9. canopy
Tamiya rawks. plus, it’s Japanese. ahahaha
contents(excludes glue)
die-cut balsa wood. gotta press all the part out one by one
sanding
making one side of the fuselage
use pins to hold down the stringers(long piece of thin wood) while glue dries
fuselage
wing frame
dihedral. what’s that??
hired a dihedral & it’s made of wood too
lost a small part, had to improvise by making a similar one out of spare wood
enjoy the acupuncture. really effective though!
