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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 17-Dec-16 13:05 |  | | Views : 360 | | HEADLINES: RUSSIAN MIG 17 CAPTURED by giant Cyborg Super Soldiers, "Mandrake" ande "Bloodroot", in a top secret covert operation, code-named "Rewrite History", for the domination of the New World Order. "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" sneak up on their target. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | AerodromeRC Pfalz DIIIa | Parked | 16-Dec-16 10:15 |  | | Views : 712 | | This is a 16" walnut scale kit - not the big 41" Aerdromerc kit that John O so beautifully detailed up. James, would you please update your list of "Availabel Aircraft" to include "DPCM #104 Pfalz D3" ? Thanks. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 12-Dec-16 12:20 |  | | Views : 1150 | | eleven inch (11") snowfall yesterday Sunday December 11, 2016 Jackson Park, Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 12-Dec-16 09:20 |  | | Views : 1122 | | COWLING: This kit comes with a beautiful 0.015" thick sturdy Vac-formed Plastic Cowling with well marked cutouts of the engine air cooling holes. I securely thumbtacked the back flashing of the cowling to my workboard, put on a fresh new #11 Exacto blade, and carefully and slowly cut out all the holes with no major mistakes, thank goodness. I then finished them all of with some more thin slices with the blade, and sandpaper sticks and metal files as best I could, and sprayed it inside and out with Metallic Silver which actually turned out to match the fuselage Metallic Silver tissue. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 10-Dec-16 10:47 |  | | Views : 1068 | | Rear view of exposed cylinders. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 10-Dec-16 10:45 |  | | Views : 1095 | | The mirror reflection of the engine adds to the glimmer and shinnyness of the engine compartment behind the cowl. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 10-Dec-16 10:43 |  | | Views : 1093 | | I brought the engine to life by gluing that chrome "backplate" , cut to the shape of the front of the former sitting directly behind the engine, with the chrome side facing forward towards the engine |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 10-Dec-16 10:39 |  | | Views : 1136 | | Please pardon me for my over-indulgence overkill of pictures in my build threads - it's that darned "new camera syndrome" exuberance!! Please indulge me a few more .... This kit has a neat little detailed engine of built-up balsa and laser cut card stock for the cylinders. To enhance the blue-gray color of the engine, I made a chrome color "backplate" out of adhesive-backed (peel 'n stick) Trim Sheets from Top Flite, which are made of Monokote, which come in many different designs and colors, including 5 checkerboard schemes and neon colors as well. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 09-Dec-16 11:42 |  | | Views : 1088 | | These props are not really that hard to carve. Just give it a practise try on a soft single piece block of balsa. This was my 7th out of 8 props - 2 of which were practise. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 09-Dec-16 11:39 |  | | Views : 1100 | | It came out as 3 distinct wood grain colors repeating in the prop. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 09-Dec-16 11:38 |  | | Views : 1106 | | I then hand carved and sanded the Axial prop, stained the whole prop with "Golden Oak" color, and then clear coated with Krylon Clear Gloss. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 09-Dec-16 11:35 |  | | Views : 1234 | | I let the 13 painted rectangle plank sheets dry completely, then I white glued them all stacked together and clamped them up in one big prop carving block of 13 layers and let it dry for one week. |
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