Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago"

Daniel Klink
It starts with a whole lotta cleaning and dryfitting with these..
And that thing is quite big for a singl-engine plane 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Watching!

Daniel Klink
Hi Lukasz, welcome and hope you are doing fine mate 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, I do, trying to find some time to complete my MiG and Hawk 😄

Daniel Klink
I'll be watching it mate 🙂

Daniel Klink
Then before starting the Mini GB He 177 with Jens, let us face and do this old Mule...

Lochsa River
Hello Daniel....sittin in...this one is in the stash

old mule izit? go for it....

bughunter
Daniel is doing a biplane 👍 With rigging?

Daniel Klink
Hi mates and welcome..
Yap i will try to rig it👍

Alec K
This I have to see 👍 🙂

Dave Flitton
Watching !!!!

Daniel Klink
Welcome Alec and Dave...👍
Well i hope i will get this to a good result.. Biplanes are not my best discipline...😢

First steps are done. Filling of course is needed, The fit is not that bad either.

Cuajete
Daniel, I can finally see building this kit in your hands. I'm glad. I almost missed it. I have to get one of these kits.

Following one more time!

Thomas Espe
Taking a seat!

Daniel Klink
Welcome Mates 👍

Boris B
I will follow this one too. I love Williams Brothers kits, however clumsy they are sometimes. But somehow it matches the Golden Age focus (golden age of models ?). I do like high-quality recent kits too, and I'm so happy about the ones coming out with Dora Wings, which seems to have picked up where Williams left.

Clifford Keesler
Following. Bet it will be a beauty.

bughunter
That is a shelf queen, last picture 3 month ago. Daniel is afraid of rigging😉

Clifford Keesler
Me too, that is why all of my bi-planes are still in their boxes, except for one. LOL.

bughunter
Me too, but I cannot prevent it, I only have old struts😉

Daniel Klink
Welcome Boris and yes those planes are very interesting. Dora wings made a nice program so far
@ not afraid but good thinggs need time🙂
First comes the color

Lochsa River
This is how modelers "trash talk", Daniel...just ignore him...but you ARE going to learn to rig someday, yes?

Daniel Klink
🙂 I hope soon 🙂

Daniel Klink
remembering doing some rigging not that long ago:🙂
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Lochsa River
this doesn't count...as wonderful as it was....

show us something with TWO wings....

nice try, though.....

Roland Sachsenhofer
I am rigged to a seat front row.... watching!

Lochsa River
As a recent learner of this "art", Daniel......some "wisdom" to impart...

...choose a method and just try it...

....there are basically two methods....either one of the variations on drilling holes for the rigging and then stringing/wiring it...or use eyelets for some kind of line

...either way, count on your first one or two efforts being a bit rough and count on getting better....

this Douglas Cruiser is a good test bed.....

one final bit of rigging "wisdom"....whatever scheme you choose...plan for it at the very top of the project and build in whatever steps are necessary, just like any other modeling task...

now...go rig that thing!

Spanjaard
i am in 🙂

Daniel Klink
Welcome mate 👍

bughunter
The difference between the yellow in pic 11 and 12 is huge😎
Paint and decals: So we will see a rigging session soon!

Daniel Klink
Hi Frank, yap it is getting closer..
Holes are all drilled and the turnbuckles are in preparation

Alec K
Looking forward to the turnbuckles and rigging 👍

James C
That's an unusual subject, but following👍

Cuajete
Looking very nice... I have to get one. Good progress!

Daniel Klink
Thank you and welcome Alec, James and Cuajete..
So the rigging stuff begins. first drilling the Wire out of 0,1mm Copper

Clifford Keesler
Go man Go, awesome, as always.

Daniel Klink
Thank you Clifford mate 👍 began to give the Prop a wooden look

Cuajete
Nice result so far, Daniel 👍

bughunter
Ha, finally we will see a rigging on your bird 👍 Looks nice so far.

Daniel Klink
Yap no way out Frank 🙂 This kit is really tricky btw.
I should have started rigging with an easier one 🙂
Thanks Mates 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Hmmm ..it strikes me that summer floods have prompted a flurry of floatplanes, or is it just a coincidence, 😉 Nice looking plane, is going to look fabulous for sure 👍

Daniel Klink
Interesting point Bruce 👍 🙂
Thank you and welcome mate 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Huge props for the project title, made my day. Very inspiring project btw, checked evilbay for that kit already 😄

Daniel Klink
Hi Lukasz mate, welcome and thanks for the warm words... Much appeciated.👍
I will check my stash! if i got one of them complete i will ive it to you! 👍

Casey Beckett
Nice - I have never seen one built!

Daniel Klink
Thanks Casey, still a way to go😉

Clifford Keesler
It sure is looking good.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work on this ancient kit, Daniel! Looks great!

Daniel Klink
Thank you for your motivating words Clifford and Robert..
Very much appreciated and the first ropes are rigged.

Lochsa River
Rigging!!

Daniel Klink
Kinda... at leat i will try my best 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
The show begins 😄 Thank you for your offer mate, you're way too kind 🙂

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful rigging - these cable things scare me. The wood effect on the prop looks awesome too!

James C
Looking good and a great start to that finicky looking rigging 👍

Clifford Keesler
Ah, the fun part of any biplane, the rigging. Yours is looking good.

Mark K
Yes, looking very good indeed!

Cuajete
Rigging looking so good, Daniel 👍
Have you used fine copper wire?

Robin (WhiteGlint)
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I can only reapeat what the others said already. Fine rigging. 👍
I think it looks right to scale.

Daniel Klink
Thank you so much gentlemen, very much appreciated. 👍

Skyhiker
Daniel, how did twisting copper wire compare to using elastic rigging? I find it a very interesting idea.

bughunter
Your rigging style will be interesting after mounting of the upper wing! I have mainly given up using the thinnest fishing line after repeated criticism of sagging ropes. And that already changed with different temperatures. Good luck!