Sopwith Dolphin - More work on wings

Right, I've made a start on the wing ribs, and here's how I'm doing it:

Curved Wings

It Happened Today*

Unfortunately, this isn't news of a collaboration between Paul McCartney and Sonja Kristina (with involvement by Francis Monkman now looking rather doubtful). No, just another tedious setback in my ongoing project to make a small thing that calls to mind a rather larger thing from some time ago.

Sanding Fixture

It's my new sanding fixture. The bed holding the piece to be sanded is hinged, and I've taped a piece of plastic under it to give the right angle. I've used it on the wing roots and it worked pretty well.

Progress of a kind, though not very exciting.

Sopwith Dolphin - Further Progress on Wings

Put 'em together and what have you got?

Right, I've nearly got the wings finished, and the tail as well for good measure. And I'm quite pleased about it. I have to admit, I wasn't sure what sort of results I would be able to achieve with my ad-hoc techniques. But I think it's all turned out OK so far.

Sopwith Dolphin - Some progress on wings

Wings in various stages of completion

At last, I've made some more progress on the wings. Since I'd already made one of them, the task I faced when I finally got down to work again was simply to repeat the procedure three times (see previous post). Easy! But for some reason I felt daunted enough to take a break for a couple of months before starting this stage of the project.