Wing rigging
Now for the wing rigging and how to do it…
After a little thought I came up with a plan; I glued over-length Lycra thread into each of the rigging points on the upper wings with Superglue (cyano). Next I drilled holes right through the lower wings at each rigging point with a very fine drill and pin vice.
The instructions tell you to add the outer struts whilst still attached to the support sprues and once dry in place cut away these supports – this may not make a lot of sense right now but if you get one of these kits and have a look at the struts you`ll understand what I mean. Personally I decided to go down my own route. I attached to top wings using only the fuselage struts. Once dry I then added the outer struts; it’s best if you make some form of jig up where the wings can be pushed up against it and the lower wing/fuselage assembly can be moved so that the alignment is correct between these two i.e. the upper and lower wings are parallel to one another and 90 degrees to the fuselage centre line.
Once this is all dry the rigging Lyrca thread can be threaded through the appropriate lower wing hole and pulled tight. I then carefully added a small drop of super glue to the point at which the thread exited the lower wing and when dry cut away the excess. Obviously there may be a mark at each of these exit points so they can be carefully sanded and resprayed with the lower colour – hey presto, rigging done and its looks quite good.
Final leg
We`re on the final leg now. The undercarriage and cowlings can be added along with the tail wheel – you have a choice of a wheel or skid assembly here. There is some nice detail on the wheel hubs in the form of a De Havilland logo that can either be dry brushed or carefully painted, as I did, to bring out the detail. The final things to add are the cockpit window screens and that’s them done.
