Tug's Rib Generation Thread - discuss & comment here pls

Obsessive Poster

Tug's Rib Thread

Good stuff Tug! Worked out by now where we met??!! That Oriental was a nice bit of workmanship!

HH Laughing

Bronze member

I've found several more pics of these ops and have spent some time tonight trying to block resize them to no avail. Sad

Seems like I now have images of bits of airframe all over the place Confused

I'll try to sort the files out tomorrow and try again.

Tug

Active member

Despite the lack of feedback, Tug, I'm sure I can't be the only one who is finding this series fascinating, please carry on.
Cheers,
Trickymicky

Site Admin

I have told Tug that this is the sort of thing that we need more of and he is going to do the second one as a separate topic.

Jim

Mega Poster

I came here this evening Tug to say this is brilliant stuff, and I see I am not alone. Superb, well done.

Mega Poster

It doesn't matter what discipline you follow, to see such great workmanship and presented so well is I'm sure an inspiration to everyone to raise their game.
Lovely work Tug, on all counts.
Cheers John

Mega Poster

Tug
Please dont take the lack of feedback as a negative thing. Personaly I didn't want to leave feedback because I thought it would interupt the flow of the tutorial.
I am in awe of your jigs and the simplistic approach. No wires brackets or anything, just balsa and pins and glue. I think its awesome.
PLEASE KEEP GOING.

Mark

Bronze member

Hi everyone, thanks for the responses and kind words. It's not praise I was looking for Embarassed

just to know if any one was actually looking at it so it's nice to know there are Very Happy

That was what all the pics were taken for a few years back but apart from a few used in the CLAPA newsletter they've sat dormant in the computer ever since. Just coming on the site by chance on a totally different matter I found myself quickly drawn in on the rib plotting bit and thought it was time to finally get this out where it is of interest and hopefully will help someone. Building has always been my passion with the flying a bonus with what's been made and is the one thing in stunt which I feel knowledgeable enough about to be able to share.

Having talked to Jim he has told me the posts have been too long - too many pics which makes for long opening times and apparently makes it difficult to open the reply box. I hope he is going to be able to improve whats been done for you but from now on I will keep the posts shorter and with fewer pics per post so forgive the number of posts to cover it.
I am also trying to get to grips with the sites image upload but having tried it tonight it is immensely slow or rather that might be my computer is making it so - bear with me on that. It has to be best for the forum, that way the pics will be preserved in case of total failure at this end

I'm still trying to sort out files of pics to get them in the best order - I found some much better pics tonight that will augment the next jig part but they all need resizing. As Jim suggests too it will come under a new thread - 'Wing building Jig for stunt models'

I'll get on to that tomorrow

Thanks again guy's - Tug

Committed poster

Tug,

This is beautiful stuff. I may never build a large st%&ter, but your tutorial WILL improve my building skills.

Thanks

Obsessive Poster

Found the article extremely interesting. Tug, you are without doubt a superb craftsman. And a very skilled photographer as well. I think the reason for the early lack of response was that forum viewers were simply gobsmacked by all the comprehensive building details in the posting! Very Happy

Thanks.

Moderator

'scuse me for thinning out the comments and putting them in here chaps for the same reason as was already stated... so as not to dilute Tug's Tutorial.

Obsessive Poster

A well put together step by step construction Tug. Sometimes it's a pity to cover up all the nice construction isn't it!

HH

Bronze member

Guy's as you may now have seen on the tutorial thread I have totally missed the point on the 'discussion board' I hadn't even realised it was there Embarassed

My computer awareness has to be seen - 'you just have' - to be believed but I think I'm getting here.

First off many thanks for the kind comments, they are appeciated but what is more important - to me - is that what is being shown is being appreciated by someone, that's why all the pics were taken originally - to share my building experiences with others. As already said building a new model has always been for me the 'best part', the flying of it is a bonus so I hope you will get some benefit from it. Having been out of the scene for so long this forum and discussing the subject has done more than enough to rekindle some dying flames.

I will post a bit more on the 'tute' a bit later today. In the meantime thanks again for your interest

Regards - Tug

Active member

What a fantastic job on both the tutorial and the model Smile

Having seen just how accurately a model can be built with a bit of care I am embarrased at my previous efforts with a steel rule and engineers square Embarassed

I now feel inspired to go and build something a bit more challenging than a Peacemaker Exclamation

Good effort Tug, and keep up the truly fantastic work
Clap

Bronze member

Hi Guy's, I hope the 'tute' hasn't gone on for too long and that it has been of some benefit other than entertainment value Wink

What's left to say is probably best done here on this thread.

The big advantage of this method, apart from the cutting of Conti board , is its total non reliance on anything outside of what's normally on the average bench.
Also, by cutting templates of everything you have a good record with a fair chance of repeatability and it's much less irritating to scrap a bit of card than a nice bit of timber. I went up the loft today and had a rummage in the 'ole stunt chest' and dragged out my box of bits ....