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| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:39 |  | | Views : 414 | | Hanging at the museum. Maybe I should change the category from "Parked" to "Flying". |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:38 |  | | Views : 509 | | The museum was getting anxious so I got it prepped to hang without some of the hardware. Ted was helping me by turning some bombs on his lathe. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:36 |  | | Views : 439 | | I apologize for hogging the site, but I'm cleaning files and getting ready for a new build. James, could you add an ARF F-16 to the list? Thanks. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:35 |  | | Views : 400 | | No room on the couch (davenport) to sit down. You can bet I did not walk through the house with it assembled. I could barely handle the 3' wingspan of the Piper Cub without hitting something. Good thing I'm not a pilot. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:33 |  | | Views : 532 | | The parts of the plane under several layers of Bondo, primer and final paint. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:32 |  | | Views : 466 | | Great stuff for adhering clear parts. I think it is the same stuff that watchmakers use to attach crystals. I bought it at a hobby store. |
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| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:31 |  | | Views : 480 | | The basic structure is from the model. I cut out the small windows and filled them with clear plastic, probably from some of those packages that are impossible to open without a nuclear device. I made the reflector from mirror paper from the art store. It took a while to figure out the shape, but it seems to look ok. The base is from that PVC box I cut apart. The slots slide over the wooden frame in the fuselage. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:27 |  | | Views : 402 | | Back to the camera. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:27 |  | | Views : 362 | | Paint for the rocket rails. Access panels are card stock (again). I tried using aluminum tape, but it was too thin and didn't show well under the paint. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:25 |  | | Views : 403 | | For a first effort it was ok, a noble try. But compared to Ted's work, it paled in comparison. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:24 |  | | Views : 410 | | ...and filled the voids with florist's foam. Cut and sanded to get the shape I wanted. Then I filled with light spackle, sealed with primer and then painted. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:22 |  | | Views : 458 | | 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. |
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