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Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:23 am
by Stuart
VanceCrozier wrote:I'll just leave these here for further conversation. The daughter looked at it, closely, for a good 5 minutes. Proclaimed "well that sucks", and went to bed.
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Yeah - that be daughters for you - but hey, look on the bright side - at least you got a comment
Yeah I can see a bit of a fit
issue
with those struts...
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:05 am
by VanceCrozier
The main struts/supports seem to set the wing in a good spot, but, the inner fuselage-to-wing supports are too long; wing to main strut braces far too short. Brass rod to the rescue I suppose.
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:21 am
by Stuart
this is why this hobby is so much
F U N
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:25 am
by VanceCrozier
lol, it's more fun when stuff (mostly) fits on its own though!!!
I dunno, I went back and just looked at it, moved things around, twists & bends, I just don't see anything that I could've done to cause it to be so far off. It's almost like there is supposed to be some anhedral built into the wings, that isn't there?
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:29 am
by Stuart
It sounds remarkably like the Revell SE5a I built a while ago - I'm sure the strusts were for a different kit...
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:30 am
by VanceCrozier
If I didn't snip them off the sprue myself, I'd be wondering the same thing!
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:43 am
by Manny1943
VanceCrozier wrote:I'll just leave these here for further conversation. The daughter looked at it, closely, for a good 5 minutes. Proclaimed "well that sucks", and went to bed.
The two large main struts slot into the fuselage nice & solid after I sanded the corners a touch. Maybe a touch low on the trailing edge of the wing, but not bad. The other struts... well, I think the technical term is "caddywhompus". Not even close. Thinking I now need to rebuild those "N" shapes with... stretched sprue (inconsistent but easily attached) or brass rod.
Yeah, that DOES suck...but the idea of replacing them outright is a good one and easily done since they are straight rods...DO IT and stop CRYING!!!
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:23 am
by VanceCrozier
Yep, that main strut woulda been a massive pain to replace, but in this scale, I think I can get away with individual lengths of brass rod.
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:07 am
by Manny1943
VanceCrozier wrote:Yep, that main strut woulda been a massive pain to replace, but in this scale, I think I can get away with individual lengths of brass rod.
DO IT!!! And then ship that last batch o smileys!!!
Re: Henschel 126
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:09 am
by VanceCrozier
Jawohl, mein herr!