102 inch Focke Wulf 190

[chris willis]

All day testerday and this morning trying to sort the wheel fairing and belly area, had sleepless nights trying to get this right, finally found the right underside pics that i needed to see the right angles, the one in the foreground is now right whereas the other shows not quite right, a challenge but i had to get it right, the other 1/4 scale FW190s i have seen have had a flat bottom wings with no positive attack on the wing therefore not having this problem.

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[chris willis]

Here you can see that the wheels rake forward nicely, this is because getting the scale wing shape and the 3 degrees positive sets the legs forward, ones i have seen on youtube appear to be straight down.
Chris

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[chris willis]

Didn't get much done at the weekend, was sorting the Tiffy saturday and went to Baldock on Sunday, but i have squeezed some spare time where i can.
Ailerons are both built and hinged, this is the bottom of one with the first skin going on, only 3 left to do, also fitted the wing spar in, this weekend coming i hope to get the flaps made up and finish the ailerons on saturday, as out to Old Warden Sunday, then Flying the Tiffy in the afternoon

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[chris willis]

Ailerons finished, except cant remember where i put the solartex flaps done, all hinged and boxed in.

boxed in.

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[chris willis]

Not much happening as the flying season is here, but hope to get bits done over the next few weeks, Found the solartex and covered the ailerons so that's another job out of the way. You can see the structure through the tex, glad i did it looks nice.
Chris

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[Mike Booth]

Oh no look Chris stop, you keep ranting on , upsetting everyone with your comments and attitude like its the first thing thats ever been built...LOL

Beautiful old son, as scale as scale could be.
Bet you can't wait to paint it eh.

[chris willis]

Yeah Mike, really looking forward to the paint job on this one, will post up my scheme prior to the paint being mixed.

[stewart clifford]

Makes sure you scheme matches your exact variant you are building otherwise Herr Mauritz Anoraken Northcott will shoot you at dawn

[chris willis]

Lined the wells and boxed in around the retract one side, 1 more day on the wing and it will be ready to glass, trouble is now time for a few weeks, next week Kirkby, and following week Rougham, so no building time for a while

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[Ken Bones]

I made a start on mine this weekend. I got the fuz framed up(after I hunted allover for the fuse formers). It should go together pretty quick, but as the Willis says, Show Time!

Bonzey

[stewart clifford]

I made a start on mine this weekend. I got the fuz framed up(after I hunted allover for the fuse formers). It should go together pretty quick, but as the Willis says, Show Time!

Bonzey

Lame excuses you two, you could take them with you and build them in your awnings in the evenings.

[chris willis]

Focke Wulf ! more like Silver Foxes

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[Ken Bones]

Speak for ya self Willis! and is that the only T shirt you have?
Due to it being WINDY again today I got my Fuz all sheeted.
I left my tailplane at yours didnt I!

Bonzey

[Mike Booth]

The middle one seems to have got a much shorter undercarriage than the Baldock-Marrow version.
Mind you our Ken always was full scale.

[stewart clifford]

I think the middle one has borrowed his under carriage from the jack russell

[chris willis]

Oi Chockeys Apprentice, i is wearing me trousers like a teenager innit.

[Mike Booth]

There is a very large LiPo fire in the making at the top of the page.
Never in the field of aero modelling has so much balsa been wasted by so few.

[chris willis]

Now at the Laborious stage of the cowling there is a left and right half, next stage is sheet what you see and make a balsa ring to the front, this is the making of the plug for the fibreglass cowl, i will explain as i go along. Could be here for a while

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[stewart clifford]

[robert ellis]

LOL . amen to that stew.