How To Build a Balsa Airplane Fuselage | Balsa Basics Series

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This is a demonstration of how you go about making a balsa wood airplane kit (specifically the fuselage). We used a Magnificent Flying Machines Messerschmitt ME-109, but the principals are the same for most laser cut model aircraft kits.
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@johndublyoo2553 3 месяца назад

Oh the reief of laser cut parts, I'm 75 now and in my youth everything had to be cut from printed sheets of balsa and was part of the fun of the build. Of course if you were building from a plan only you had to trace out the components too, kept me out of mischief for hours on end.

@Ellesmere888 4 года назад

I am 60 years old and glad to see a young man keeping this craft alive. Built many of these as a young teenager and loved the process and experience. My first was a Hawker Hurricane. He is correct about the glue - use it sparingly and clean up the excess with a scrap piece of balsa. Pin the joints as much as you can while the glue sets, even on the stringers, to insure a good bond. In my day the pieces were dye-cut rather than laser cut. Have fun doing this and thanks !

@sebastianmarconi2855 4 года назад

Thanks for keeping this beautiful tradition alive! We need more young people (like me) involved with this hobby. I'm currently working on a rubber powered Stinson Voyager. Good regards to the USA!

@mariusberger3297 4 года назад

Building balsa airplanes is a magical experience, currently building the West Wings Hawker Hart

@kevinchamberlain7928 5 лет назад

Excellent video thanks! Some glue AFTER assembly whereas you glue as you go. Are there pros and cons, please?

@angelreading5098 5 лет назад

Very nicely presented James,and thank you for calling it an aeroplane,you are a credit to VMC.

@vivcross2158 4 года назад

lovely wee video, but no advice on what glue to use?

@w3vjp568 4 дня назад

As a kid, all the kits I built were die-cut. More accurately, they were die-crunched. Laser cutting has brought a level of precision we could only dream of back then. Fitment and precision are 50X better with today's kits, not to mention the ease of removing parts from the sheets. I just wish they could figure out how to cut without leaving char!

@noahstuddert-kennedy1281 5 лет назад

Looks awesome

@fpeco80 Год назад

Good job Great 👍

@richardbriggs5834 2 года назад

Skipping my stumbling block was disappointing. Securing the 1st half of the fusalge while putting the 2nd half of formers on place. Keeping it stable is what I'd like to know. Good stuff too though

@stevezvada313 4 года назад

Hello...Love your videos and products. Do you have a video that explains how to cover a traditional balsa fuselage using film instead of tissue?

@thomaszaccone3960 3 года назад

Like that SE5 a. Love WW1 warbirds. Hope you make some more like the Sopwith Camel, Dr 1 and the Fokker Eindecker

@elijahf111 5 лет назад

o yea i forgot you were doing this, i saw it on Instagram the other day but didn't know it was you

@johnmel2234 3 года назад

what is the best glue to use on balsawood model?

@dewexdewex 3 года назад

How have you hidden the burnt edges of the parts so that they don't show through the tissue for your show models? Do you spray them before assembly?

@airliners321 3 года назад

Do you offer the laser cutting plans separately?

@johngormley2192 4 года назад

Is there a video on covering? Mine never looks good.

@stevelizpeters4346 3 года назад

What are using to cover the plans?

@bobgreen3116 3 года назад

What kind of building board do I need?

@jack002tuber 4 года назад

what glue do you use?

@kill3rb0tt 3 года назад

what's the glue your using?

@JessicaSimonson1976 3 года назад

What glue do you recommend? The glue I bout was a modelers cement....after I broke the seal it wouldn't stop coming out of the tube. What a mess!....My fuselage stuck to it trying to remove it broke balsa in several spots......Yikes! I am going to try, and repair it tomorrow after I buy a liquid type Super Glue.

@greensocks4507 Год назад

Is that a cork foundation your building it on and, what do you have as a transparent covering please, over the plan. I'm a real life pilot who doesn't fly any more. Thanks in advance.

@OldManse09 Год назад

What about basics? Which adhesive? Pins? Building board? Thanks.

@nja3224 3 года назад

I’m building a Guillows 109 and having trouble with stringer placement. I made one mistake, same on both sides, so while wrong, it’s asymmetrical and is really undiscoverable so no big deal, no impact whatsoever to the looks or build. I did make another mistake, still no big deal but the diagram alone is not enough for me to know certain things. Forget written instructions, there aren’t really, but it did say “some of the L parts have to be positioned before gluing stringers, but it doesn’t say which L parts. I came to RU-vid hoping to find some guidance, still looking. I’m about to do my own thing. It’s not going to be flown, so I have no concerns. I just needed to vent. BTW, I like the idea of building the fuselage in half’s, stringers and all. My instructions said otherwise, and I followed it but in retrospect, I would have preferred the way you did yours.

@mathewclutterbuck1593 4 года назад

Plz tell people to put greaseproof paper on plans to stop gluing plane to plans

@garymurphy5133 5 лет назад

2hrs! Can I ask what glue you was using? I thought it was PVA. thanks

@vintagemodelco7936 5 лет назад

Yep! PVA. You can use cyano glues too, but PVA works just fine for most components.

@dumbass12342 Год назад

Thanks it really helped me build my spitfire

@MCsCreations 5 лет назад

That's really, really nice! 😃 But I have a doubt... You put a brushless motor on models like this? 😮

@angelreading5098 5 лет назад

Yes and why not ? I have several with brushless motors and micro radio gear that fly well on a 1S battery.

@MCsCreations 5 лет назад

@@angelreading5098 Fantastic! 😃

@karlhutson8821 5 лет назад

i have been building balsa wood models for years and have converted several into rc planes

@larrywhalen596 2 года назад

MC's Creations: One way I've managed to "shoehorn" an RC system into small models such as these is by buying one of the small, economical, mini helicopters or fixed wing planes for $12.00 to $35.00 and then using the RC gear and motor(s) from it to install in my project. The only problem I've had so far was when I used the motor from a 'micro-heli' that did not have enough power for the plane I had built - well it did 'fly' but could not gain any altitude to speak of; so to my way of thinking go with the 'larger' mini-size setup rather than the micro-size, unless you are flying something like an indoor Penny plane or something which weighs next to nothing. Also, there is a You Tube video which details how to do this which I came across about a week ago - so for anyone interested it's there for the viewing and was well done.

@MCsCreations 2 года назад

@@larrywhalen596 Nice! Thanks! 😃 Do you know about FliteTest? It's fantastic!!!

@JANDLWOODWORKING 5 лет назад

I so need to get one to build! are they sold in Canada?

@thercproject9309 5 лет назад

James Bussing yes of course just go to your local hobby shop and look for guillows kits

@JANDLWOODWORKING 5 лет назад

@@thercproject9309 thanks!!!

@vintagemodelco7936 5 лет назад

Hi James, we ship our VMC model kits around the world at great rates, and you can sometimes find them in local hobby shops. They are not, however, the same as Guillows kits. This is the model featured in this video. Hope that helps! :) www.vintagemodelcompany.com/messerschmitt-me-109.html

@oliverw782 5 лет назад

@@thercproject9309 they aren't guillows kits. Those are much heavier

@angelreading5098 5 лет назад

And Guillows kits you need to hand cut lots of tedious parts,VMC are modern laser cut and I have to say better quality balsa wood too.

@milesromanus7041 2 месяца назад

How can I get these drawings? I'm trying to make a Ki-109 which is a lesser known plane, and I think I have to do the drawings myself

@TailEndCharlie-fi9gd 2 месяца назад

yeah probably....share your progress!!

@milesromanus7041 2 месяца назад

@@TailEndCharlie-fi9gd I've since bought a kit for a Ju-87 Stuka and am working on it. Maybe I will post something once progress is made

@TailEndCharlie-fi9gd 2 месяца назад

@@milesromanus7041 nice mate!! Please do!

@michaelhager9889 2 года назад

A lot of sanding and filling the gaps with the old kits. The laser cut looks a lot cleaner.

@danhollatz5944 24 дня назад

Now try to cut out the templates, transfer them to balsa sheets, and cut them out, sorry im totally old school. I've been building models for over 50 years. Its the most amazing relaxing hobby ever.

@vipinchauhan7338 4 года назад

💖👈👍.. Great

@datgio4951 4 года назад

damn brother, I didn’t expect someone of almost the same age to be into plane like this. cool!

@OsceolaLongBeard 3 года назад

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the glue

@williamkoppos7039 4 года назад

Maybe you should tell beginners what kind of glue you're using...

@vivcross2158 4 года назад

My thoughts entirely . . . lovely wee video, but no advice on what glue to use?

@aeromodeller1 4 года назад

Wing build is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b8-mVQfe3Pw.html

@padualnickorafael4387 2 года назад

Hey. Can i have a copy of that buleprint. For Shool project purpose only

@ts0719 4 года назад

21century RC air plane is still Wood

@orbitalair2103 4 года назад

theres nothing like building old school balsa. you should try it. BTW all, outerzone.co.uk has thousands and thousands of plans you can download.

@ts0719 4 года назад

@@orbitalair2103 Someday, high-tech materials will be available.

@zefkosta 4 года назад

@@ts0719 balsa is high-tech, I've been using it as a core, besides Airex, for sandwich carbon fiber composites.

@zefkosta 4 года назад

@@ts0719 God's work is the most hight-tech you can find.

@billhennessy5118 Месяц назад

A bit disappointing I wanted to know form this video on how to keep the formers straight. It looks like by this video you do it by eye which never works for me. Seem to have much more trouble on the 2'nd half than the first.