Winter build project: Wolfgang Matt’s ATLAS

It looks fine...and it is underneath where no one can see it!

PhilF51 wrote: I think you probably started on the right bit first as a trial

The reality is that it is the wrong bit, but necessary. Apart from the fin/fuselage/elevator intersection, the under-wing fairing is the most difficult bit to do. But if you do the little fiddly bits first you can then really make progress without ruining the easy bits.

Two things.

Firstly, my young man, if one were speaking correctly, one would surely have said "....we could surely do..." not "...sure do...". Yorkshire was never a colony of England. T'other way round in fact.

Secondly, a tip when covering. You would not be the first to forget to remove the backing film, and wonder why it does not stick!

The Bleriot comes first, after the Partenair takes to the air. Then the Atlas. The Appolo and the SuperCub will have to wait.

Chris - When covering using film I cut paper patterns first to the exact size & lay them over
the roll of film of film so you can minimise wastage. I normally cut the film about 1 in oversize
all round to grip when stretching it.
This works particularly well when working on curved fuselage surfaces.

Colin. A

Thanks for all the tips, keep them coming. I hit my stride after lunch yesterday, partly because I stepped back and rethought my process. Then I got to the wingtips, and I was torn between the desire to get them done, and opening a bottle and leaving them until the morning... the bottle won.

Anyway, my first covering job... the bottom of the wing, hopefully the top will go a little quicker as I'm getting a better feel for what I'm doing.



Wing tips are such fun Don't look closely at them, as I have done a good job of mapping Norway's fjords onto them :pinch:

looking good Chris