Very nice work.
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HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Yes, great job. Any chance one day you will do a Mitsubishi G4M Betty? It is largely a forgotten aircraft of WW2 as far as modelling goes. At least here it is...
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gerar
Airman
Thank you........I do have good plans of the "Betty", Yamamoto´s coffin....That should be an easy one with the "round" fuselage.
Heinz
Captain
they are great!!
I'm very much tempted myself to give it a whirl.8)
I'm very much tempted myself to give it a whirl.8)
Vince57
Airman 1st Class
I really love your SM85 Gerar. That bird had a very modern design for its time.
And thanks for the tips. Definitely scratch building is the way to learn the best modelling techniques.
And thanks for the tips. Definitely scratch building is the way to learn the best modelling techniques.
Bullo Loris
Senior Airman
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- Oct 14, 2006
vow...excellent work!, your next project?
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Bullo Loris
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HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Great work. Looking forward to seeing more expert craftsmanship in this space in the future.
Gerar I am brand new here...first post in fact and I am totally impressed. Can you possibly tell me where you get the great plans? Especially ones you can trace formers from. I use to build both balsa and hardwood solid static models when i was a kid in the late 40s into the 50s. The nostalgic feelings I get looking at your models is mind bending.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Yes, please post some of your sources as I am curious and collect the plans of the aircraft when I can get them. Very good job. Soon you might have a whole world of aircraft displayed.
Saberstrike
Airman
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- Mar 12, 2007
Dude... I wonder if anyone's gonna make a Sopwith Camel... or maybe a P-38J Lightning?
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Perhaps a captured Lightning in German Colours would be cool.
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gerar
Airman
Hi Guys.....
Very happy many of you have liked my wood models....."like models used to be"...
Ok plans sources..........check this site, it gives a bunch of links to 3 view plans from all over the world 3-View and Aircraft Resources
Finished the Cant- 501 a few days ago and continued with the Bolo and SM-71......Have fun everyone........ PS: Note the "paper" decals..
Very happy many of you have liked my wood models....."like models used to be"...
Ok plans sources..........check this site, it gives a bunch of links to 3 view plans from all over the world 3-View and Aircraft Resources
Finished the Cant- 501 a few days ago and continued with the Bolo and SM-71......Have fun everyone........ PS: Note the "paper" decals..
Heinz
Captain
I'd reckon that turret position above the engine would be mighty uncompfortable.
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gerar
Airman
Hi Wurger>..........What you see on the wings..the stripes..are not paint, they are pieces of shinny paper!!!!..just an old technique...
Heinz.......You bet, the top observer " rattled" to the vibration of the engine
during all the flight, not a nice pleace to fly in!!!!!
Heinz.......You bet, the top observer " rattled" to the vibration of the engine
during all the flight, not a nice pleace to fly in!!!!!
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Very nice seaplane. Do you enter these in modelling competitions? There seems to be a lot of talent involved in creating these.
Looking at the pic I was convinced the stripes had been painted with the red enamel.I'm a bit surprised.You have real talent Gerar.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Yes, real talent. I am sure that you would be in with a real chance if you entered some of your models in a competition.
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gerar
Airman
Hi Wurger and HealzDevo.......Thank you gentlemen for your kind words.
Back in the 30´s 40´s and early 50´s when "solid" model Kits were sold all over the "decals" were just printed in regular paper.....I thought it would be nice to remember that in this model so I just cut up some shinny paper and pasted it to the wings........)
You know Healz, you hardly see any "scratchbuilders" contest today....99.9999% of them are only for plastic models. I entered the SM-81 in a contest in Milan, Italy in Dicember 2006, only to have the "scratchbuilt" category not mentioned at all for I was the only contestant!!!!!!!!!....Incredible, I din´t get even a picture of the contest.....just sending the model to Italy via FedEx cost me US$ 129.00!!!!!!!!...............Never again in Italy!!!!!! --------------
I am now making to strange birds.....an SM-71, the first Italian Civil aircraft to carry mail from Rome to Argentina in 1934.....and a CA-134, which lost the competion to the RO-37 also around 1934............will post photos later on...
Back in the 30´s 40´s and early 50´s when "solid" model Kits were sold all over the "decals" were just printed in regular paper.....I thought it would be nice to remember that in this model so I just cut up some shinny paper and pasted it to the wings........)
You know Healz, you hardly see any "scratchbuilders" contest today....99.9999% of them are only for plastic models. I entered the SM-81 in a contest in Milan, Italy in Dicember 2006, only to have the "scratchbuilt" category not mentioned at all for I was the only contestant!!!!!!!!!....Incredible, I din´t get even a picture of the contest.....just sending the model to Italy via FedEx cost me US$ 129.00!!!!!!!!...............Never again in Italy!!!!!!
--------------I am now making to strange birds.....an SM-71, the first Italian Civil aircraft to carry mail from Rome to Argentina in 1934.....and a CA-134, which lost the competion to the RO-37 also around 1934............will post photos later on...
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Okay sounds good.
