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Let us watch your model in the
making, from when you open the kit to air-borne! Don't feel you have to
chronicle every step, unless you want to. Just send an occasional picture
or two and an explanatory note and we can catch up with your progress from
time to time on this new page. It will only appear when there's something
to report and we can keep as many projects going as you wish. I must
reserve the right to select pictures, though, otherwise the page will take
too long to download.
We are already watching STEVEN
BOLIN'S giant B-17 project. Here are two more in the making and
progress shots of one completed model.
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1. CHRIS HARDIE'S
BLOHM UND VOSS MB141B
 This
is the WWII Luftwaffe plane that Chris is building, drawing up his
own plans for a balsa and ply construction from a set of plans he
has for a foam version.
Progress reported so far (ModelFlight
#24) was the cutting of the formers for the crew pod which
sits out on the starboard wing. Chris has set that
aside now and is currently building the wing.
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 On
the left, the beginnings of the crew pod.
Below, the wing begins to
take shape. The main centre section goes right through the
fuselage and crew pod and then there are the two outer
sections that have a slight dihedral. |
chardie@lineone.net
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| 2.
GEOFF GRAHAM'S DH71 TIGER MOTH RACER
Here is a selection of recent
shots of Geoff's progress on his DH71 Tiger Moth Racer
from JB Aviation. This is a near-scale model of the DH71 which
has nothing to do with the famous bi-plane that pinched its
name; only two examples of the monoplane were built by De
Havilland in 1927. Click the images for a larger view.
Geoff is now covering and installing
servos, remote glow lead, fuel valve, etc. This is one of the
most interesting stages for him, as he revels in the detail.
The dials were made from scratch using Corel Draw and then printing
them on photo glossy to scale - they were black on the full-size,
but Geoff says he's well-pleased with them in yellow. Geoff
is using black and yellow Solartex rather than paint, cutting
to templates, except for the Tiger striping which is matt black
Flair Spectrum which he reckons to be a superb paint - imperative
to use a good masking tape, e.g., Tamiya. The wings have
been joined, with more work yet to do on them.
geoffers@ntlworld.com
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| 3. SABRE'S PHANTOM A4
Here are some great shots of Sabre's magnificent model during its build.
I wrote to congratulate Sabre on his success
in the RCezine cover photograph competition and told him I
would love to see and hear more about his fantastic model. He kindly
replied (which explains the Malta flag now appearing on the post pox
page!) as follows:
"Thanks for the compliments. The plane is an all-wood
construction, completely scratch-built with modifications done to
the Ziroli plan. It houses a full-size cockpit interior with
a fully-bodied pilot. It has sequencing doors and is turbine powered
by a Sophia J180 turbine.
"I did all the bypass egg (the turbine
housing) in carbon fibre
and there is a double-walled exhaust tube, the inner one being in
thin stainless steel and the outer one in aluminium [see the two
right-most pictures below].
"I am attaching some photos for your
perusal."
     
And here is another shot of the finished model
- what an absolute beauty!
All pictures here are thumbnails -
don't fail to click on any one of them; the detail on this model is
amazing!
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