almost done 90% of the sanding work and 60% of the all job

more work done on the wing

Awesome Ric !

Yes I'm familiar with that type of paper , watching my uncles build flying models when I was young . sure brings back the memories ...........................................

still working on the second wing, but at night i cant use machines because i live in a building with neighbors so i built some other things that only need a knife and plastic

another one done

Very nice Ric ! You did a great job on the scallops . My first attempt didn't turn out like that at all , ended up having to start over . Took me twice to get it close to being right .

main struct being done (lets hope it can stand the weight of the wings)















jack can you help me on this one

i've read that the fuselage of thsi plane was made of plywood so does this means that the cockpit surroundings are of plywood too and not of fabric?

do you have some good cockpit shots on this one.

if its made of wood would it be a dark or clear one?

Yes Ricardo, the upper decking was timber as well.

I would be making the interior a dark varnished timber.

Great work so far. You have inspired me to embark on a scratch project of my own...

Cheers,

Hugh

go ahed merlin expecting to see you embarking in something like this, dont like to be alone in crazyness...

one more thing would it be made in a unique wood board or a large number of small boards to form one?

can anyone help me on the board question?

Hi Ric ! The top decking was made out of one sheet of wood . No panel lines at all .

Nice shape on the fuselage so far . Will you be doing the frame work inside ?

going to built the cockpit outside and then apply it in place...think its the best approach because the plane its too narrow

well i think it looks ok (tried a new material to make a look alike wood) worked just the floor and going to do the same on the sides (thank you terri)

redone because the observers back windows needed more work so i start from the begining

built what comes described has a little fuel tank that lies under the pilot chair (well by the photos i looked up it almost looked like a lugage so i did one) and the chair to that still has to be painted.

well who cares if its 100% correct, after the plane closed the plane is so narrow that you will see nothing...but it looks ok to me.

ricardo you are a scratchbuiling dynamo!

I secord that , Wow love your work !

thank you terri and stephen...

i just have a major problem i take ages to finish just one small detail

well here is another datail that tooked me ages to accomplish(well 2 hours more or less, the string in the steering wheel was hard to put around the steering)

hope you enjoy it.

changed the steering wheel chain...





in the photo you can only see the left side of the chain...

Cool , great job done on the control column . How did you end up doing the chain ? It does look like a PE part off a motor bike set .

achieved it with 2 slim copper wire and made a braid with them...it looks ok to me, and much better than cotton string

some more work done (still needing more work on the engine shelter but its whats done for now)

Great work on the Interior Ricardo.

I love the steering wheel.

Cheers,

Hugh

this one its going to take ages, i'm putting melted sprue to give more strenght to the different parts of the plane...so it takes 3 days to dry and harden every time i do that