The Little World

Or ” Jigging On The Spot “.

The prospect of attaching eight interplane struts and four cabanes on the Westland Wallace called forth the engineer in me. Also the foam board fanatic. The basic requirement was that the struts sit straight but canted forward from the lower to the upper wing and that they allow both themselves and the cabanes to hit that wing at the same time and into the moulded holes. To their credit, the FROG designers did make the holes precise and even and the struts were moulded well.

However, juggling 12 things at the same time is a stage act, not a model airplane build. So I constructed four foam board arches that could go over the wings and hold the struts down onto the lower holes with precision. It required a diagram from MAP to find out where the upper wing sat in relation to the lower ( as the Russians were not giving anything away ). A fine time getting eight components to act in harmony, but when it was ready a simple application of cement and then superglue meant that there was a regular forest of stumps.

Then some careful fettling to make them seat on the upper wing and away we went. The cabanes could be slotted in later.