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Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name...
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 18 May 2001 18:49:15 GMT
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"Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message
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> I have to agree with everything Huw says - it's a really excellent set. • The
> radial engine is particularly nice. It's a shame the strings on the wings
> aren't taut but, like Huw says, a little tweakery may be possible here.
I adjusted the positions of the strings at their upper ends -- I moved them
both 2 studs along the 1x8 plate. That has done the job.
Huw
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| Assembled my Camel after grotesque seven hour Guinness session. Awoke this morning to find, to my suprise, it was recognisably an olde worlde biplane. 1. slack rigging is annoying 2. um, 7-8 bits left over?! 3. agree with Huw that it was *madness* (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name...
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| I just rotated the pieces at the end of the strings, until they were taut. I do like these sculptures. As long as they're not released too frequently, and the quality doesn't drop off, it's likely to be the only series in which I remain complete. I (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I have to agree with everything Huw says - it's a really excellent set. The radial engine is particularly nice. It's a shame the strings on the wings aren't taut but, like Huw says, a little tweakery may be possible here. Unless I'm mistaken this is (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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