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    Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name... —Huw Millington
    "Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message news:GDJ0t7.H1x@lugnet.com... (...) The (...) 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 (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name... —Mark James
     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* (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name... —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) The wings on real planes often do bow upward a bit. This makes them self correcting when inadvertantly banked. No idea (I haven't gotten my copy yet) if that is a designed in feature or just luck. (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name... —Jonathon Goldsworthy
   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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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