Geoff M Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I have accumulated a few pre war aircraft but had not built any due to the biplane configuration and rigging. I had tried to build the Classic Airframes F4B-4 a few years ago and it didn't go well because I had not considered the difficulty of doing the rigging in advance. I just followed the instructions (what are those). Fast forward a few years and I have figured out that you have to plan the rigging in advance. I have purchased many of Yellow Wing decals to get a lot of different markings options and a lot of yellow paint. I tried not to duplicate any color scheme and that is where the Yellow Wing decals came in handy. I started out with an easy kit, the Accurate Miniatures F3F-2. Attack Squadron F2F Very nice resin kit of an overlooked airplane. Same quality as the Accurate Miniatures kit. Had to try it again. Classic Airframes F4B-4. Something some of you may notice is the lower wing is painted gray and it should be aluminum dope. I missed it until it was too late : ( Classic Airframes P-6E Thanks for looking. Hope you like them. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Geoff M said: Something some of you may notice is the lower wing is painted gray and it should be aluminum dope. I missed it until it was too late : ( No, no, no, it's not a mistake, it's a little known experiment undertaken by one squadron commander as a trial to reduce glare from the lower wing while maneuvering, right? 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Oh yeah that's right ; ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Nice! Those Classic Airframes kits are said to be difficult to build - you did very well with them. Love dem yellow wings! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Fabulous work on all of them! The F3F and F2F are especially fine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peterpools Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Geoff Outstanding classics. beautiful work on the builds and rigging Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Geoff, Each aircraft is just simply exceptional. All 3 builds are extremely well done, expertly well painted, and your decaling is just 1st rate. I'd say you've also got the rigging down to a science. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Hi Geoff, Fantastic results on all 3. I really like the rigging. Very neat work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stryker1 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 What do you use for rigging? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 I have a spool of 2lb test fly fishing leader. You can put it in place and then heat shrink it to get it tighter. I have heard of another product I think is called ez rigging or something that sounds interesting but I have not tried it yet. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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