Paul, good start. Also remember making a balsawood speedboat. Did all the sanding sealer coats, bought a model outboard motor and took it to the lake. started the outboard, set it to a wide circle, watched it zoom along until the 4th circle when it promptly sank. Could not understand why until Dad recovered some pieces.
Wonder if you guessed why? I used Elmer's white glue. Heck it SAID for wood.
The more the merrier! I am enjoying myself immensely!
The detailing begins. I left the rear cockpit former whole, no need for a rubber band on this one.
I carved out the center former in the 'pit after it was all dry. The pilots seat goes there.
I will be carving the wheel pants out of layered balsa a'la Charles' stuka build, so I only need one of the kit "pants" for reference. They have kind of a backwards rake to them, so I am using one for basic size. That leaves some pretty big chunks of balsa sheet that I can use to make other stuff, that is the floor sitting there.
I am also splitting the rudder and the stabilizers.
No worries there, Charles, I am a long way from wheels; I still have a whole cockpit to go!
The rudder assembly was not wide enough to my eye, so I extended it a bit. Making the rudder separately helped also.
My wife has dibbs on my time today, so maybe I'll get to some more tonite.
Paul, continues to look good, excellent work. The motor looked just like an Evenrude outboard, to scale, matching the boat. It was electric and used, 2 or 3 D-cell batteries as I recall. The bats were laid along the keel and gave ballast to the very light boat. Lesson Learned: Experience is directly proportional to equipment ruined.
Paul, continues to look good, excellent work. The motor looked just like an Evenrude outboard, to scale, matching the boat. It was electric and used, 2 or 3 D-cell batteries as I recall. The bats were laid along the keel and gave ballast to the very light boat. Lesson Learned: Experience is directly proportional to equipment ruined.
Reminds me of working with Marines, give a group of them a rock and within a half hour they will have,
A) figured out a way to play with it,
B) break it, and
C) loose it.
There are lots of things she doesn't know, like the bag of Oreos in my desk drawer,...
Package arrived today, Thanks!
I'm off to build for a while, picts soon!
Reminds me of working with Marines, give a group of them a rock and within a half hour they will have,
A) figured out a way to play with it,
B) break it, and
C) loose it.