Author Topic: BSC2018 Johnnytodd's BF-110 (Read 12548 times)

beefcake · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2018, 10:20:16 AM »

Wow. That is a great start. Great plane to do as well.

tomrommel1 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2018, 10:52:42 AM »

looks promising

Johnnytodd · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2018, 01:08:46 AM »

Today's progress was the base fuselage which amounted to roughly 3 hours of shaving off a few MM at a time, or:
FILE/SAND/FILE/SAND/FILE/SAND/MEASURE/REPEAT:
This just gives the basic contour. Once the wing and tail are contoured they will each be custom fit

Johnnytodd · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2018, 01:41:47 AM »

Today at my local thrift store I found a lathe-turned wooden bowl with the correct diameter (4") for 28mm scale WW2 parachute: Stay tuned for my attempt at carving a convincing canopy.

Andym · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2018, 04:41:44 AM »

Is it still going to have the ‘Mexico’ written on the parachute?

You must have the patience of a saint to whittle and sand down to these perfect shapes!

Vanvlak · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2018, 05:58:23 AM »

Interesting to compare this (removal of material) with Andym's Statue of Liberty (addition of material).
Both extremely skilled in opposite directions - sort of.

von Lucky · « **Reply #21 on:** January 16, 2018, 08:42:34 AM »

Lovely precision.

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2018, 08:55:39 AM »

Love to see the nitty-gritty of the shaping of these aereo-gems!
Lon

McMordain · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2018, 09:33:40 AM »

People's skills here never cease to amaze me.

ichwillauch · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2018, 05:46:20 PM »

This is looking very promising!

Constable Bertrand · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2018, 11:07:14 AM »

Amazing technique and approach, and I'm appreciating the traditional approach your taking too.

Looking forward to how this goes.

Cheers
Matt

Hammers · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2018, 12:09:07 PM »

Quote from: Andym on January 16, 2018, 04:41:44 AM

Is it still going to have the ‘Mexico’ written on the parachute?

You must have the patience of a saint to whittle and sand down to these perfect shapes!

As with all things prefixed with "mexican", a "mexican parachute" sounds like
a) drug slang
b) a weird sex toy

Juxt · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2018, 12:09:54 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on January 17, 2018, 12:09:07 PM

As with all things prefixed with "mexican", a "mexican parachute" sounds like
a) drug slang
b) a weird sex toy

Rich H · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2018, 12:17:10 PM »

As ever I'm in awe of your amazing hand skills!

LordOdo · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2018, 02:00:10 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on January 17, 2018, 12:09:07 PM

As with all things prefixed with "mexican", a "mexican parachute" sounds like
a) drug slang
b) a weird sex toy

My first thought would be a shot/cocktail involving Tequila.

Might just be my alcoholic brain though

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