1/72 F-14 Tomcat flaps |
the next step; the hanging elements |
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Gallery Article by Marcin Witkowski |
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After cutting each flap into three sections, the last parts to do were
the hanging elements. These elements are different in each section. In the
first, outer section, the element is small, next one is bigger, etc. In the
inner section these handing elements are almost completely different. It was a
huge problem to make all these portions because of the size in this scale and
complicated shape. Before I made one good element I tried out about seven or
eight other ways. I finally used
tree copper plates for each element.
This is the way to do it.
First of all I prepared two square copper plates which a little (0,02 mm
diameter) hole and one plate in strip shape. This one I put in between the
square plates and a steel wire (0,02 mm diameter) into two holes. The steel wire
doesn’t sol, so it is very important to save two specific little loops. Then I
soldered it together. After wearing I took out the wire, filed the correct shape
and removed some tin from the space between the loops. I put the finished
element in the hollowed out spaces in
the flap sections.
Other
problem which I encountered was how to glue a copper element with an aluminium
flap section. But that’s an other story.
Marcin Witkowski
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