Strutting Around

So I thought to get some advice one the best order for assembling the wings.  I posted the question to http://www.greatwaraviation.com/forum/index.php and got a lot of help.  On my first Nieuport 17 I glued in the struts and the cabane struts and as soon as the glue started to hold I smashed it all together and started sewing it up with rigging to hold it in place.  This time was a little different;


First the cabane struts were attached to the fuselage.  This is the back strut holding the windscreen.  The front struts took a little work to keep straight.


The wing struts I attached to the upper wing and let set.  Once everything was solidly held I turned the plane upside down and glued the wing onto the cabane struts and the wing struts onto the lower wing.  I obviously needed some weight to keep everything in place and together while the glue set.  After a couple hours I took off the weight and put the plane away for the night.




Here are some shots of the rigging on the wings.  You can see a couple scrapes that I need to touch up.  I could use a great deal more practice on this.



Here I am about half way through rigging up the the control wires for the tailplane.


Here is another engine shot... <grin> I am still proud of that.