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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 15:12
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cut it apart because I needed the round pipe. I didn't want to buy an 8 foot section of pipe.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 13:42
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The cut out pieces.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 13:41
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I wanted to have a better detailed camera, so I had to cut out the wood brace and part of the molded in fuselage.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 13:40
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Intake scoop epoxied to the fuselage. Several pieces of scrap wood filled the gaps.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 13:38
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I needed to cut out another intake on the top of the scoop. I boxed it in with heavy card stock (an old business card.) Again, much use of the Dremel.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 13:36
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The air intake needed to be cleaned out, opened up and a splitter added. The Dremel came in real handy on this project.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 10:04
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The basic fuselage and wings on my desk.
Creosotewind	Scratch Built Solid Models	Parked	13-Jun-14 09:58
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This would be an in-flight exhibit. First order was to patch a lot of holes and missing parts of the fuselage. I used some large pieces of basswood and epoxy to fill the gaps. This is also the cleanest my desk has been in a long time.

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