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| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 28-Sep-21 19:12 |  | | Views : 729 | | Picked this up on eBay a couple of weeks ago at a really good (I think) price. Complete kit. Plans and tissue are new, so someone was thinking of building this at one point recently. I know it came from an estate sale, so you can image this was one of many that someone had plans to build. All wood is in pretty good shape. I’ve never built a kit of this vintage, but have wanted to for a long time. Plus, I just recently learned about the Westland Whirlwind and knew I wanted to build one, so this kit fits two desires. This will probably be the next build after the Bugatti. |
| edtherenderman | Scratch Built Bugatti 100P | Build | 20-Sep-21 08:49 |  | | Views : 733 | | View from top |
| edtherenderman | Scratch Built Bugatti 100P | Build | 20-Sep-21 08:48 |  | | Views : 781 | | Port side view of fuse progress from Saturday and Sunday. Framing 90% complete. So far my plans have worked really well, if a little overbuilt. I did have a little interference issues with some of the parts, but nothing that wasn’t easily worked out with a little cutting. I’m pretty happy with the plans and build so far! |
| edtherenderman | Scratch Built Bugatti 100P | Build | 20-Sep-21 08:45 |  | | Views : 751 | | Work begins in earnest on the Bugatti! Went through the five step workflow of converting my plans to something my 2D laser etcher could use (1. In Photoshop, cut and paste parts to a drawing the size of the balsa, 2. Fill parts in black and save as TIFF, 3. Open file in InkScape, convert to vector graphics and save as DXF file, 4. Open file in LibraCAD, scale drawing and save as version of DXF that the next tool can use, 5. Open file in BenCutLaser, assign cutting tools and send drawing to Laser etcher to cut the parts). This is the first part being cut by the laser. Took about 4 hours to cut all the fuse and wing parts. |
| edtherenderman | Guillows Series 200 - Rumpler C5 | Build | 15-Sep-21 19:13 |  | | Views : 3188 | |
| edtherenderman | Guillows Series 200 - Rumpler C5 | Build | 15-Sep-21 19:12 |  | | Views : 3262 | |
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