Just finished the control column. It's a mixture of brass tube and nickel steel rod, because that's what I had to hand. The spade grip was made by wrapping 0.33mm nickel steel rod around the shank of a drill bit to end up with a tiny helix, then cutting through a few of the turns at once and choosing the best of the resulting pieces. I seem to remember that's how they used to make the links for chain mail.
This is the result. I've got the control column pushed forward slightly relative to the aileron rockshaft, so that I can make the elevators droop a bit when I eventually get round to them:
And that's all the progress I've made this weekend. Not very impressive on the face of it, but it does represent something of a landmark, because the next stage is to do some painting.
But I'm not going to rush into that. First, I've got to decide what paint to use and then I've got to get the hang of using it with an airbrush. So I'm going to have to do a bit of experimentation before making any more progress.
Anyway, more in due course.
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