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Sounds like a plan Blap. Finishing is my weak area.

Send Kit#2 to NX-17000, and he can have it for June/July/August, and I'll take it for August/September/October. By then we'll know if I send it to Timescape or Mottom. But I think having you have it for finishing is the best plan for now.

Kylwell wrote:There's nothing quite like the joy of getting a perfect pull only to find it's locked the buck into the plastic.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention: NO UNDERCUTS. EVER. Or truely vertical sides.

Plans: There are more plans available on the net alone than there are people who have built vac-forms. So, you can pick and choose the features you want/need/can afford. Just google search "vacuum former plans". Bucks: Female bucks (molds) are always better. But are harder to use. And in ...

For those of us who can make 2015, should. Those that can't, shoot for 2016. (along with those models from "Traveling Model III") :D Since we have two in the works why not finish one and send the other around again? I can get get the one with the big wing done but the second will be a cha...

For those of us who can make 2015, should. Those that can't, shoot for 2016. (along with those models from "Traveling Model III")

Just curious what other scratch-builders are thinking. As you said, in many cases, the tool becomes the hobby. So... Unless you plan on a high volume for a particle tool, it's my opinion, you should simply out-source. There are many money saving reasons for this. Sure, you can make the parts cheape...

Cool.

I would like to lay claim to the Octaginta Novem, if I could.

I could easily build another one, of course. And I am in the process of scratching a 1/32 version (the current one is 1/72). I may send the 1/32 to Blap as well to paint. I never seem to get to the painting.

With the end nearing of this little adventure... It crossed my mind as to what will happen to the models after we are done, and WonderFest is all wrapped up. I don't remember what happened with those from the first round.

So??

Blappy wrote:I'm just semi-panicking early to be sure I can get it done.

The panicking or the model??

kalhen wrote:anyone mind if i put a coat of primer on it????

Well.... It's kinda against the rules.

But what are we going to do, give you a fine??

Anyone ever have any trouble with keeping the pylons and nacelles at the proper angle? Just curious. Nope. I just leave them unattached and in the box. Never had any sagging or alignment issues. :P What Ziz said. :) In some cases with nacelles, you may need to add some weight to the front/back to h...

Scotaidh wrote:Work in progress . . .

Uh... Should you be posting pictures of your Bong??

OK, this it where it get's a little complicated.

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Gundamhead wrote:C'mon, Ignatz is a pretty level guy. Something happened, we just don't know what.

Oh, I'm sure he is. But we don't know what the aliens that abducted him will make him do. So... Just sayin' isall.

Blappy wrote:At least it wasn't set on fire and the video posted to youtube!

Well.... Not that we know of yet, anyways.

Sorry to hear how things are going (hope everyone is OK too). Hopefully it will all pull together in time.

It's here, it's here. YAY!!! \:D/ Yes the sound you heard was the fin breaking off. Good thing you threw in spares. Dang! Oh well. Shipping built (or partially built) kits, that's the hazard. Hopefully the old one will pop back on. But yeah, there are extras. Do you happen to have a piece of metal ...

I have a partially built Tornado I could send along if required; but it only has one fin... I tossed in a bunch of casting of the tail fin. I just used the kits forward fuselage, just aft of the dual cockpit separation wall. Maybe the ship is an atmospheric skimmer and the 747 wing is its "kee...

Does that ever look Sharp! Thanks. I like the design so much, I will build another for myself. And, I have begun the process to build one in 1/32 (the current one works out to 1/72). I said that earlier in the thread. I need a 1/32 Tornado, they make those, yay!! I need a 3/64 P-38. They make a 1/1...

OK, got it sent off to Mottom today. So very sorry for the delay. Although, I am sure something broke as I was closing up the box. :( It was wrapped all nice and safe, but... I distinctly heard that horrible sound of a joint letting go. Oh well, that's what glue is for. :D The wing (fin?) tip looks ...

um they're launching from those rigs. :oops: they do land on the aircraft carrier part though. Ah, yes. I meant to post an image of the trapeze system they used for the X-85 and some F-84s. Talk about hooking up!! :shock: Or it's the obvious one way trip. Trips are never one way, it's just that you...

Blappy wrote:On a giant Zeppelin carrier with custom made docking apparatus of course! Geesh...

Really?? Thought it would have been obvious. Oh well.

Air Landing One -- Air Landing Two

Thanks Blap. :D I never considered all metal. Nice!! OK, here she is with the 747 wing attached, and now on a display stand (no choice now). Image 11 -- Image 12 -- Image 13 -- Image 14 -- Image 15 -- Image 16 -- Image 17 Really sorry about the blurry images. This camera I think is on it's last legs...

So, I didn't get the 747 wing attached. :( But, I did get the new cockpit set, and fared in pretty well to the old cockpit. The tip-tanks are installed, pins on the 747 wing in place, as well as the belly of the beast drilled, filled with apoxie, and the pins pushed in (and removed) to make the moun...

raser13 wrote:dang johnny, just a few molds in the back groud of that last pic?!

I have hundreds and hundreds (or more, never counted) 'round here. Those are just the ones I made Thursday.

Oh I have colour ideas. For me modeling is ALL about the painting these days. And for me it been all about the design ascetics of the shape and details. I haven't been getting to the painting part lately. I need to work on that. Metal pins and the like so I don't have to fix stuff that starts flyin...

I haven't got as much done as I want yet. Again. You can see bits of a Airfix 1/72 Tornado being chopped (you can see where I will cut the upper fuselage) up to make a new cockpit. It will sit atop the main extended fuselage, blending into the glass of the P-38. The bottom half turned upside down, a...

raser13 wrote:just out of curiosity, what's the nose extension for? gonna build up a motor in there or something?

It's just to make the hull bigger. That area will be completely filled in, and smoothed to match the rest of the hull. That was just as far as I got before the pics where take.