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| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:31 |  | | Views : 484 | | 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 : 407 | | Back to the camera. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 19:27 |  | | Views : 367 | | 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 : 407 | | 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 : 414 | | ...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 : 462 | | 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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| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 14-Jun-14 15:38 |  | | Views : 419 | | 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 : 437 | | 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 : 432 | | 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 : 410 | | Closer to final shape. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 13-Jun-14 17:54 |  | | Views : 525 | | 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. |
| Creosotewind | Scratch Built Solid Models | Parked | 13-Jun-14 17:52 |  | | Views : 447 | | The kit had molded copies of the ADF "footballs", but they lacked definition and were too big. I decided to carve some new ones. |
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