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Cleveland Airlines Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket by jerry campbell. Viewed 932 times.
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| jerry campbell | 18-Mar-14 20:54 | | I'm finding the Cleveland plans difficult to work with, and my detrorating vision is not helping. I wish david a lot of luck doing the Cleveland Fw 190, of which I have had a love affair since childhood.. |
| David Duckett | 18-Mar-14 23:10 | | Well, first that's a lot of modeling in a small space. At 1/24 scale the wingspan on this is only 21"! I find the Cleveland plans fine but I don't agree with some of the construction so I basically just ignore the plans once the framework is done. Business as usual. Having cataract surgery on both eyes has dramatically improved my vision. There are many procedures available relative to eyes and vision and as one ages so does vision. Most of the folks I saw during all my visits to the eye doctor were old folks. I know you like this scale but if I were building it I would build it at 1/16 as that way I have a better chance of seeing the pieces. The plans I got from Luke today for the Lockheed Electra are 1/24 and ditto the previous remark. The FW-190 is a fairly simple build, compared to what's going on now, and I'll give it my best shot. |
| jerry campbell | 19-Mar-14 00:58 | | I've had cataract surgery and it worked extremely well. Unfortunately last year I developed a macular pucker which had to be scraped, causing me to lose much of the useful vision in my left eye. The eyes are unlike any other organs in the body and work closely together. subsequently the left began to interfere with the right eye causing me to often close my left eye in order to see detail with my right eye. |
| jerry campbell | 19-Mar-14 01:05 | | Then in November I was in Paris (two hours from out London apartment) when I had an accident on the street and cut a gash in the eye brow of my right eye. Now the tears don't drain properly and I now often look through the bottom of a water glass with tears running down my cheek. The surgeon says it is not bad enough for surgery which could make it worse. I may have to give up modeling which has been both my life's love, work and hobby. |
| lukebozek1 | 19-Mar-14 05:33 | | The Cleveland plan sheets are difficult and I found that I needed to make three sets, one to cut up, one to keep and one to read with a high powered lighted magnifier. Hang in there, go see another eye doctor. And don't wait, we did and my wifes eye surgery gave her back twenty years worth of vision. Besides, you can't quit! |
| David Duckett | 19-Mar-14 06:35 | | I had the macular pucker in the left eye first, then the cataract surgeries, and my left eye is still not as good as the right. I, too, have closed the left eye many times in building and still do when doing really close work. The vision in the left eye by itself is quite distorted, sorta like a fisheye lens, and purely vertical objects like utility poles have a curve in the middle. The right eye sees straight. As Jerry said, the eyes work with each other so I don't notice the distortion so much but I'm definitely aware it's there. As long as the creative desire is there and I'm not dangerous with the xacto, I'll make something.:-) |
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