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by oldgit
Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: Construction Projects
Topic: On the workbench right now...
Replies: 51
Views: 322552

Re: On the workbench right now...

My Christmas present from my son.
Guillows FW 190
weighed the kit wood, 20g and the 1/16 stringer wood was totally unusable, nicely cut with curves .
raided my own stocks and used the parts as templates. the kit wood was so hard it even blunted my sandpaper.
I could not bring myself to use the ...
by oldgit
Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:30 am
Forum: Construction Projects
Topic: Polikarpov PO-2
Replies: 21
Views: 62089

Re: Polikarpov PO-2

Monz,

Why not use 1/16th stringers?
That way you can use 4 times as many for a given volume or is it that you require the extra rigidity that 1/8th section would provide for your model?

Eagerly awaiting the next instalment of the build.

Roger