HEAVY-DUTY SCALE FLAPS
Jan 05, 2021
4 minutes
TEXT & PHOTOS BY JOHN GLEZELLIS
Building scale model aircraft takes a great amount of creativity, patience, and skill. With features like retractable landing gear, flaps and navigation lights, the detail possibilities are just about endless! My latest project is a CARF-Models Supermarine Spitfire, and to improve its overall scale appearance, I decided to re-hinge the flaps making them scale while adding detail to the interior surfaces. There’s nothing like the sight of an aircraft with its flaps down, exposing the added details. Let’s take a look at what’s involved.
HINGING BASICS
As a starting point, first examine the hinging used on the full-scale aircraft. Control surfaces are either center,
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