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109 Down!

Now shaking a little, I went on to the candle work. As I stated earlier I left the prop unpainted to this point. We'll get to that later but first to the under fuselage. I heated the fuselage and crushed the chin intake and part of the engine compartment (now it's ruined beyond repair). So, on to the prop, now that the fuselage crush had determined the impact angle, I repeatedly heated and bent the blades to match the potential damage, again consulting reference photos and using some imagination. Once I got what I thought was a "good prop" I applied paint and damage shading.

About the Author

About Chuck Shanley (CRS)
FROM: CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

I've been building kits since about the mid 1950's. I've built all kinds of subjects, but for the past 20 years or so I've seemed to focus mainly on 1/72 Aircraft and Armor. Why 1/72, mainly for space conservation I build alot. I build primarily for my own enjoyment, and Armorama has helped to en...


Comments

wow he did a nice job on that plane.....
AUG 12, 2003 - 11:22 AM
I like the dio, I've been thinking of doing one of maybe the Apaches that went down in Iraq, but I'm afraid i may overdue the damage, and I haven't seen any pictures of their crash sites
AUG 12, 2003 - 12:44 PM
:-) Great Job, Chuck That pilot looks like he is running for his life.
AUG 12, 2003 - 07:31 PM
Looks fantastic! Stephen
AUG 13, 2003 - 08:13 AM
i saw the article. very cool dio. i like it, i thought to make a crashed bf 110
AUG 13, 2003 - 08:18 AM
Beautiful plane, even better crash. Good job.
AUG 27, 2003 - 06:11 PM