The tail wheel is the same. I made it turning. Here is the rear wheel plug along with the strut, although the original design is separate. But, this is a cardboard model and its complexity should be in balance with the simplicity of the cardboard technology genre as a whole. But, this is again a matter for discussion. How complex should be a cardboard model be?
Here is my “anvil,” which I have already mentioned. The fork was also annealed, flattened, drilled, wrapped in copper wire and soldered.
This is a tail wheel with a axis that has not yet been cut to size.
This can already be sent to the photographic contest …. 🙂
The tail wheel strut was wrapped glued with paper, then another tube was inserted into the corresponding diameter, which was glued into the fuselage. I made a rotary design.
In general, here are all the wheels:
The last pictures was taken by my boy. My son is growing, well done! I just little corrected the brightness-contrast. *)
That’s all for today. So far, there are a lot of other job and I can’t to get to the model. My son is waiting for the completion of the construction of the model, and I hope for a break in job will be. There is very little work left: two propellers and two wings …. And some more details need to be painted.
*) This article had been written in 2013.