1/72 Republic Seabee .................................. (Completed 11 Jun 2014)

[Balsabasher]

I  see that one of your staff is sleeping on the job flat out on the hangar floor,thats dedication for you he wants to get on with the carving process !
Barry.

[lastvautour]

He did a double shift. He should have gone to the locker room.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Wings have been given a rough contour carving and sanding. The main wing/fuselage/engine nacelle have been notched and test fitted together. An attempt to produce the corrugated main wing is proving out to be satisfactory using .020" Evergreen rods. Next is mating the tail feathers to the fuselage and then contour carving of the fuselage.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Starting the hull area.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

I like the chines,quite an art to carve these and it has to be done carefully.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Moving along. The undercarriage is round toothpicks and straight pins. Skis will be attached on one of the Seabees.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Those wheels really make it Lou,and the ski undercarriage sounds interesting.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Barry, just google CF-EVE for views on the model I want to replicate.

Lou

[lastvautour]

A little different colour scheme of white and blue with some parts olive drab.

Lou

Photo courtesy of Helene Lavigne at https://www.flickr.com/photos/boccet/12759803084/in/photostream/

[lastvautour]

And a look from the other side. Note entrance door is also olive drab.

Lou

Photo courtesy of Pierre Langlois at https://www.flickr.com/photos/96002349@N00/12442090495/in/photostream/

[Mark Braunlich]

Lou,
I would guess the olive drab is primer on replacement components.

[lastvautour]

CF-EVE has carried that colour scheme for at least 3 years. Maybe they were replacement parts from another Seabee?? Interesting regardless.

Lou

[Balsabasher]

Lovely practical scheme Lou,the green looks like Chrome etch primer used by aircraft manufacturers.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

Some progress on corrugating the flying surfaces. It is slow but hopefully will be worth the effort.

Lou

[lastvautour]

I finally gave up on placing individual strands of thread and went with one piece wrapped around the entire wing. Looks good from the top, but a bottom view will reveal a slight angle of the corrugation. It take just over 6.75 feet (2.M) of thread to do one side. A small cut in the trailing edge holds the thread at the start of the process. Once wrapped, a liberal application of acrylic paint seals it all in. The leading edge would normally be flat with no corrugation but in this case I am taking poetic license.(Won't be the first time)

Lou