C-75 - Boeing 307 Stratoliner 1/48

[T Bolt]

Beautiful work Andy!

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Outstanding job!

 

[hawkeye2an]

finishing up the slots. still need a bit of putty and another sanding, but you get the idea.

 

[Airframes]

Looking good mate.

 

[Wayne Little]

That really is good work Andy, well done!

 

[hub]

slots look cleverly done
great job

 

[Crimea_River]

Agreed!

 

[hawkeye2an]

Pic 1 - basswood fuselage form turned by a friend on his lathe.

Pic 2 - carving patterns cut out in .060 styrene, used to get the proper profile at both ends.

Pic 3 - fuselage form primed and sanded, ready for vacuforming

Pic 4 5 - getting an idea of what it will look like. If you haven't guessed, this dude is going to be BIG !!

 

[hub]

This is going to be awesome when finished
Great work so far
Can't wait to see how the fac-form fuselage comes out

 

[T Bolt]

Looking great Andy! Are you going to do any of the interior?

 

[hawkeye2an]

Looking great Andy! Are you going to do any of the interior?

The port side windows will be painted over as they were when they installed the five long range fuel cells along that row of seats. I will add a small bit of interior to the cockpit, but not much can be seen through the small row of windows. I will do whatever looks right so that it's not completely "see through". Starboard side windows will be clear but probably nothing to see through them. I think I will leave most of the wood mold inside the plane for some stability, Not sure that the vac fuselage would stand up to the weight of the wings and tail.

 

[fam43]

Hi hawkeye2an,
I was absent for half a year so I missed the start of your outstanding scratchbuilding. I was highly electrified by your vac-machine and spontanly decided to build a replica for my own use. Thanks!

 

[hawkeye2an]

There are a lot of interesting things that can be done with one. Good luck with the project and post some pics of your progress.

 

[Wayne Little]

Like what you have done so far Andy....looking good....

 

[hawkeye2an]

rudder add-on

engines and cowlings

 

[Airframes]

Oh Ho, it's getting close to the really interesting bit ! Looking forward to seeing the moulding Andy.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Wow, this is so impressive!

 

[Wayne Little]

....like it !

 

[hawkeye2an]

Now that the P-51D is done it's time to move on with this one.

Frame for the vac mold, IT'S BIG !!!!