WWI Spad

[nickelbeer]

Here's my sad story. Last winter when I couldn't play golf in Michigan I built a Guillows Mustang, my first since I was a teenager.
This year I decided to build another one - A Spad, as I did so many years ago. I couldn't find a Guillows Spad so I looked elsewhere. I sent for a Roden kit from England and received it from the Ukraine! I was surprised that it was just a bunch of plastic. I did want to build a display model but not out of plastic. Then a found a Spad from Cleveland. However it is just the plans, not a kit. I'm going to try to build it from scratch. Can anyone give a good method for getting the patterns for fuselage and wing forms from the paper to the balsa wood? I realize this is a Guillows message board but I need some tips on this problem and don't know who else to ask.

[scigs30]

DPC models sells the old Guillows Spad with laser cut parts and quality wood, much better than transferring the parts.
http://www.aerowerkes.com/SRKS.html

[Wildpig]

The method I use to transfer print to balsa is to take a piece of tissue. Any kind of craft tissue. Tack it to a piece of printer paper with some stick glue. Put it in the copier feed and print the plans pattern onto the tissue/printer paper. (Sometimes this does get stuck in the printer.)
Then separate the tissue from the printer paper. Attach the tissue pattern to the balsa with stick glue and cut out the part.
Not the only method and probably not the best but, it works.

[Mitch]

I like the idea of the DPC model kit. It will be laser cut. But it is a short kit. That means it is ONLY the sheet parts. You need to provide the strip stock, tissue paper, wheels etc. I have built DPC models and he also has his own designs. I have not built his reproduced Guillow kits. If you go that route you also need the plans.

These kits are long time OOP. Plans are available on hip pocket for plans that the copyright expired.

I have most of the 100 series kits. If you you need I could copy the plans and send them to you if you need help.

My plans are not for sale and are part of my inventory.

Mitch... Helping people keep building and having fun!

PS You can check out my build thread on the 100 series SE5a. I built that model in 2 weeks. I hope that helps!

UPDATE: You will also need to make your own markings. If you build the model let us know, and we can help you with that also.

[nickelbeer]

What a fantastic message board. I ask for help on New years Day and I get three helpful responses on the same day. You modelers are the best. Happy New year!

[davidchoate]

If you can't get the kit,or just wanna kill time and enjoy cutting your own stuff. I just tape tracing paper over the planprinted piece I need, trace it (useing straight edge and a french curve when possible for accuracy, glue stick it to a piece of thin cardboard, then use that to make as many as I want. If its a thing I may need alot of, I cut the template from a piece of thin Styrene white plastic.I'm a bit old fasioned. I dropped out of engineering drawing class in 1985 when they changed over to CAD. It just lost the Art part of it then, and was'nt any fun.