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    My scratch built Hanger Tent is a collection of 27 craft picks individually glued together covered with muslin. The muslin was cut folded and glued to the pick structure in two pieces for the bottom structure and top structure. Prior to gluing in the top structure muslin, I hung two battery operated LED chips from the top structure cross brace. The base of the Dio. is a Styrofoam square on which is applied via spray adhesive, a "summer grass" mat. On the mat the Tent is glued down along with some foliage and play sand. DR.1, maintenance rack and figures are placed and removable. Now I am done - Whew!
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    Last edited by Willi; 01-17-2017 at 20:05. Reason: Final diorama photos and building of the Hanger Tent.

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    Lovely : ) I'm trying to build a bi plane in 1/144 scale for the first time. Finding trying to place the struts a bit difficult. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers
    Mike

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    Mike. The only 144 kit I have built is a Nieuport 17 by Valom. I have an album on my profile with pictures. In general I find that just as with the DR.1 I glue the outer struts to the top wing first, then glue the interior struts to the fuselage, then put top wing down onto the bottom wing and maneuver the cabane struts to the underside of the top wing. Of course my Nieuport is a V strut, so I could glue the two point connection to the upper wing first. My brother Bob built a D.VII and won the December paint contest. His build also describes the strut attachment. He also built a metal Pfalz and has that build in the hobby room. Bob is BB401.

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    Spectacular, Willi.

    Those Spandaus alone are to die for.

    Rep on the way

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    Very nice William, great thread.



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