BSC2018 Johnnytodd's BF-110

[beefcake]

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

[tomrommel1]

looks promising

[Johnnytodd]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Lovely precision.

[marianas_gamer]

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

[McMordain]

People's skills here never cease to amaze me.

[ichwillauch]

This is looking very promising!

[Constable Bertrand]

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

Looking forward to how this goes.

Cheers
Matt

[Hammers]

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]

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

 

[Rich H]

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

[LordOdo]

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