A brilliant job on the middle wing Mark. Looking forward to seeing the refurbished triplane fly. One question: Are you confident the dope will not make the wings warp? I assume you'll thin it down?
Yes the dope will be thinned to a ratio of about 60/40 thinners to dope , thinking three coats will be required. I will pin /weight down the wings after dope is applied. The wings are in fact fairly ridged.
Actually, they did not have pinking shears until late 1920s, early 1930s, so no planes in WWi had the pinked edges, Instead they used to unravel abot 2 to 3 cm and lay the threads along the edge of the fabric.
Mark fantastic covering. Master class. Jeff in LA USA
Too kind😊
Another great how-to video. Thanks Mark.
Very welcome
Excellent tutorial Mark 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
top notch work!
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Hi Mark, looks fantastic! Real craftsmanship! 🙂
Many thanks!
How does that doped dress liner sand down? I suspect dressing up the trailing edges is satisfying too😊. It does look a bunch bigger covered 😮. ⚡ ⚡!
After about three coats it's spot on. Yep it fills the dining table now.😊.
A brilliant job on the middle wing Mark. Looking forward to seeing the refurbished triplane fly. One question: Are you confident the dope will not make the wings warp? I assume you'll thin it down?
Yes the dope will be thinned to a ratio of about 60/40 thinners to dope , thinking three coats will be required.
I will pin /weight down the wings after dope is applied. The wings are in fact fairly ridged.
Actually, they did not have pinking shears until late 1920s, early 1930s, so no planes in WWi had the pinked edges, Instead they used to unravel abot 2 to 3 cm and lay the threads along the edge of the fabric.
Very interesting, the shears are simply used to make for a neat edge once doped you can't see it anyway.