BAT FK23 and DH71 put in long term fiddle with when the mood is right box.

 "Mystery Model" proceeding along at slightly faster than snails pace.

 Battle - revised approach and proceeding.

 Cheers

 Gordon

 I guess slightly smaller would work. My plug was oversize (slightly) . I think I know why.
 Didn't look right on the model.
 Objective was achieved making a vac form box and working out the how to's with heat gun etc..,

 Moving on. Just have to knock up some exhausts and decals.

 Have something in mind to push the boundaries a bit further but later on down the track.

 Cheers

 Gordon

 Mystery for a short while.

 I've had it cut out for a while.

 I tried using a fuselage template faced with balsa from the scrap box .

 Seemed to work for me.

 The model has been done before on the site.

 Bit of quality control and print some decals.

 Gordon

A quiet bench for May 1st.

1/32 AVRO 504K awaits masking tape before progressing.
Box Scale Pirate Ship Deborah has the hull cut out. I am debating whether to continue.

Lou

The forum saw action never seen before reaching 273,642 views. It was a roller coaster month with a low of 441 on the 11th and a high of 59.671 on the 29th. The strangest thing is that most of the visitors were from Columbus, Ohio.

The gallery did not reap any benefits from the tremendous forum viewership with only 9492 views for a total of  4,495,110.

Our membership model submission continues to be low. I was the sole contributor this month.

1/35 Kitty-Rena Lobster boat



Box Scale Christine Pirate ship



Lou

Thank you Gordon.

Lou

Thanks. I am pretty sure Lou will want me to finish something before the end of the year.

The woodcarving part of the solid model process in enjoyable, but the thought of molding plastic canopies and then adding interior details ruins the experience for me. Not sure if anyone has even tried vacuforming here on SMM before, so kudos for that.

So, does the canopy blank have to be carved slightly smaller to allow for the thickness of the plastic?

Mystery bird!

Lou

It is always good to have a standby project. My Avro 504 is starting to feel the same.

Lou