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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (15 in total) :  <<   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 14-Jun-14 19:22 Views : 442 The model didn't come with a tail cone. I tried to find something off the shelf, but no luck. I asked Freeway Flyer (Ted) if he could make one on his lathe (what modeler on this site has he not assisted?) In the interim, I tried something new for me, that I found on a paper modeler's site. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 14-Jun-14 15:38 Views : 394 The platforms with the missile rails. The one on top is attached to the hardpoiint stand, and has two blank rods for missiles. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 14-Jun-14 15:37 Views : 415 Start of the missle platform. One rough and the other starting the shaping. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 17:58 Views : 408 Final pieces. The paper pattern and the kit supplied piece. You can see it doesn't follow the shape of the real pieces. I made two sets. The first set turned out to be too big. This set was just right. Oh, that stain on the longer "football?", my blood. Careful around sharp objects, kids. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 17:55 Views : 388 Closer to final shape. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 17:54 Views : 503 The rough outline cut was with a jig-saw. Now it was roughed out with an Xacto knife. If I remember correctly, it was three pieces of basswood laminated together. Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 17:52 Views : 425 The kit had molded copies of the ADF "footballs", but they lacked definition and were too big. I decided to carve some new ones. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 15:12 Views : 400 The kit also needed covers for the aileron linkage. Again, basswood carved and sanded. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 15:11 Views : 404 Proud mom and kids. Eventually she took all but one of the ducklings with her. The leftover was adopted by one of the guys here. His family raised it and it eventually flew off. They called the duck "Cobblepot." Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 15:09 Views : 436 We had a population boom at my work. The office is next to a canal that the ducks enjoy. Plenty of room for a nest. One day these little guys showed up. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 15:06 Views : 448 The kit did not have any hard points for missiles and bombs. I had to make them. Sizing was a "guesstimate" based on photos. From back to front you can see how the pieces evolved. Basswood and a hobby knife. I matched the curve of the wing by taping sand paper to the wing and running the piece side by side along it. Creosotewind Scratch Built Solid Models Parked 13-Jun-14 15:02 Views : 408 Cut it apart because I needed the round pipe. I didn't want to buy an 8 foot section of pipe. Page (15 in total) :  <<   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]