Amazing scratch building, my friend @sandbagger!

Looks really good, Mike @sandbagger

Great start on the rigging, Mike @sandbagger

Hi all,
The rudder, ailerons and upper wing have now been fitted.
All pre-rigging was also put in place.

However, previously when test fitting the upper wing, I found that the kit supplied 3D printed cabane side support struts were too short.
When located, they were approximately 1.0 mm clear of the fuselage.
So I modified the fuselage cabane strut assembly to lower the upper wing slightly to allow the struts to locate fully.
Now, with the upper wing fitted, I found that the struts were still too short.
Therefore, I decide to discard the kit supplied struts and create replacement struts.
These were made from 1.2 mm diameter Brass tube, formed into an airfoil profile and with internal 0.3 mm diameter Brass locating rods.

Onward upward,

Mike

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Another fantastic job scratch building those struts, my friend @sandbagger!
Excellent progress!

Wow! Simply amazing, my friend @sandbagger! Looking forward to the final pics!

Hi all,
The Hanriot HD.1 of the Belgian pilot Willy Coppens of the 9th Escadrille, Belgium, 1918.

Thanks for your support and comment during this build.

As usual a fully detailed build log (PDF) can be downloaded from my web site.

Mikes WW1 Aircraft Models

Mike

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