Mason's Parawing Gliders. (BSC 2017) Last picture of castings before painting...

[Elk101]

Looking good. The wing set has an almost VSF vibe to it. I like it.

[pocoloco]

You have been busy! Looks great!

[beefcake]

That's a great build there.
As for attaching him, I think a harness would suffice along with perhaps a couple of joystick thingies projecting out the front for his hands to use. Or maybe something like winch handles to help guide the flight?
Looking forward to seeing castings.

[AKULA]

Love it. A great start indeed!

 

[Vanvlak]

Looks good - curious to see how it will look with the pilot. 

[Mason]

Looking good. The wing set has an almost VSF vibe to it. I like it.

Thanks, mate.
I am trying to keep it as generic as possible, so that is good to hear.
 

You have been busy! Looks great!

Love it. A great start indeed!

 

Thanks, chaps!
Not busy enough, Antti, as I was hoping for more time before now to do this, but I shall have some time tomorrow, which is nice as I now know where I am going with it.
 

Looks good - curious to see how it will look with the pilot. 

So am I.
I hope my idea works......
 

That's a great build there.
As for attaching him, I think a harness would suffice along with perhaps a couple of joystick thingies projecting out the front for his hands to use. Or maybe something like winch handles to help guide the flight?
Looking forward to seeing castings.

I am going for pretty much what you stated, the issue is how I am going to make it work both for casting and assembly.
There are too many multi-part metal kits that are a pain to put together and I dont want this to be one of those.
If all works out well it will be a simple matter of 'plugging' the parts together without any pinning or fiddly little parts.


It is the technical aspect of this that I am finding most pleasing as I have not tried this before but I am very much enjoying the challenge.
 

[Andym]

Good start!  Does your Ewok have trainers? Are you not keeping it tight for time?

[Mason]

Good start!  Does your Ewok have trainers? Are you not keeping it tight for time?

Cheers.
 

That is not the Ewok!
 

They are the start of a big pair of 'Jump boots'.
 

Yes, but I am stuck with that side of things so will stick with the plan anyway.
 

 

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[Mason]

very nice indeed

Thank you, sir.
 

The main parawing construction is almost done, just a little tidying to do.

Time to work on the pilot and then figure out the connectng gubbins between the two.

Piccies later....

[Andym]

Cheers.
 

That is not the Ewok!
 

They are the start of a big pair of 'Jump boots'.
 

Yes, but I am stuck with that side of things so will stick with the plan anyway.
 

 

That's a pity! You could have made the trainers Nike 'Air'! Surely that's worth double points for the 'flight' theme?

[Mason]

That's a pity! You could have made the trainers Nike 'Air'! Surely that's worth double points for the 'flight' theme?

 

I could try a couple of 'Swooshes' on the sides of the boots....
 

[Mason]

Update time....

I have finished the Parawing itself apart from minor tidying and made decent progress on the pilot.





The topside of the craft was kept fairly simple to keep a feeling of maybe being able to actually fly.
 








Whilst the underside was given a little more detailing, 'repulsor' panels and 'thruster'  type gubbins....






...whilst decent headway was made with the pilot......






I hope to get everything finished tomorrow.
Fingers crossed.......

[von Lucky]

Looking good. Just need to sculpt fur on his face and arms?

[Vanvlak]

This would go well with a certain tribe of hooded sci fi desert-dwelling 'gentlemen'....