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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 10-Sep-16 13:31 |  | | Views : 1197 | | All the louvers are glued in place along with the small "adjusting" rod and, if you look closely, can see a very fine wire wrapped around the wheel. Sorry about not having the louvers adjustable. It actually occurred to me to try making them adjustable, but reality hit me. I had to keep in mind, "This is only a small stick-n-tissue model." I'm currently having some problems with my ol' laptap. I've taken additional pictures, but can't seem to get them resized into my folder for future submission to this site. I'll keep trying. I sincerely thank everyone for their inputs. I've posted my response in my last post on the 6th. You guys are great. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:51 |  | | Views : 1252 | | However, when viewed from an angle, the louvers are very prominent. I could've arranged the louvers to cant downward to visually bring them out. Since this model will be given to my daughter, I have no idea where she'll be displaying it. So, decided a neutral position would be best. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:49 |  | | Views : 1203 | | Finished painting and glued in place the left side. I purposely took this picture straight-on to show how the louvers seemingly disappeared. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:48 |  | | Views : 1157 | | Not glued yet. Will paint first. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:47 |  | | Views : 1183 | | Each louver was placed evenly within the space provided by the previous ones. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:45 |  | | Views : 1092 | | In effort to maintain even distribution of the louvers, I simply filled in the spaces from the middle outwiard |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:44 |  | | Views : 1017 | |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:43 |  | | Views : 1052 | | The frame for the cooling louvers was made in one continuous loop, bent at right angles and joined at the upper right corner with just a dab of super glue. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 04-Sep-16 17:42 |  | | Views : 1059 | | Cutting up thin strips out of glossy paper for radiator louvers and framework |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 03-Sep-16 19:04 |  | | Views : 1025 | | Just to let everyone know: I live in Reno, Nevada. I'll be attending the air races. If anyone is interested, I'll take some pictures of the event as well as restored classic and antique aircraft on display in competition for the Smithsonian Award. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 01-Sep-16 22:48 |  | | Views : 971 | | If you can zoom up, you'll notice nice, clean, and crisp finish. I'll be gluing the back of the paper. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 01-Sep-16 22:47 |  | | Views : 993 | | I'm using thick glossy paper to cover the sides. I figured it would save me a lot of work filling in the wood grain, sanding, priming, sanding more and then comes masking and painting. With the screen, the masking will allow some of the paint to seep through. |
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