Author Topic: Yet another aeronef build thread (build complete: 3/21/09) (Read 25509 times)

Mancha · « **Reply #45 on:** March 06, 2009, 07:44:28 AM »

Quote from: Paul Hicks on March 06, 2009, 07:18:43 AM

Amazing

THE Paul Hicks? Thanks.

Mancha · « **Reply #46 on:** March 06, 2009, 07:45:31 AM »

Quote from: Sinewgrab on March 06, 2009, 07:10:08 AM

Looking spectacular, Mancha.

Hope you're not too disappointed it's gonna fly Russian colors.

gamer Mac · « **Reply #47 on:** March 06, 2009, 08:17:29 AM »

Tail section looks great.
I was going to try and build the tail a different way but seeing yours has made me re-think. So that's another one of your ideas I am going to borrow.

Mancha · « **Reply #48 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:49:19 PM »

Quote from: gamer Mac on March 06, 2009, 08:17:29 AM

I was going to try and build the tail a different way but seeing yours has made me re-think. So that's another one of your ideas I am going to borrow.

Thanks for the positive feedback. Giving credit where it's due, I based my tail section almost entirely on Bullshot's Piaf:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=8833.30

Sinewgrab · « **Reply #49 on:** March 06, 2009, 04:05:42 PM »

Quote from: Mancha on March 06, 2009, 07:45:31 AM

Quote from: Sinewgrab on March 06, 2009, 07:10:08 AM
Looking spectacular, Mancha.

Hope you're not too disappointed it's gonna fly Russian colors.

Well, a bit...but that just means I will have to salute as you sink in the sky from the fire of our guns, instead of as you cruise by at altitude.

white knight · « **Reply #50 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:12:35 PM »

That's really coming together. Great project!

Mancha · « **Reply #51 on:** March 10, 2009, 03:27:00 PM »

Well, I’d been blowing off a lot of responsibilities last week, working on this model. These responsibilities finally caught up with me this weekend, and I’ve been unable to get any modelling done. Yesterday, however, I sat down again and contemplated my progress. After all the discussion of the Houston’s Weapons line being discontinued, it occurred to me that I might have some of those highly esteemed weapons. Searching through my thoroughly categorized (

) lead wall (my version of the lead mountain), sure enough, I had just one of their guns. But when I opened up the package—lead rot!

I’d heard about it, but never seen it in the flesh. Pretty repulsive, no? Well, there went my dreams of advanced armament. But when I took a closer look at the weapon it dawned on me that it was a pretty simple design; one I might be able to build myself. So I sat down with a box of plastic tubing and a box of doodads, and threw one together—which phrase makes it sound like it took only 15 minutes, when in reality, it took more like two days.

Still, I’m pretty pleased with it. It will be mounted at the back of the aeronef, on a small platform. Here’s a test fitting:

Now all I have to do is make another one. No problem.

gamer Mac · « **Reply #52 on:** March 10, 2009, 03:34:26 PM »

Very nice.
We will see the other one in two days then?

Mancha · « **Reply #53 on:** March 10, 2009, 03:42:34 PM »

Quote from: gamer Mac on March 10, 2009, 03:34:26 PM

We will see the other one in two days then?

Probably more like four days.

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #54 on:** March 10, 2009, 04:35:49 PM »

Excelent work. At some point I'm going to have to bite the bullet and try and make a Hotchkiss rotary cannon for my British. Not looking forward to it.

Ray Rivers · « **Reply #55 on:** March 10, 2009, 07:10:32 PM »

Nice "doodad"!

Came out better than the original... me thinks!

Mancha · « **Reply #56 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:11:20 AM »

Well, it's been a while and this project has taken over my house (see below); my kids are forced to make space at the kitchen counter among various tools, plastic, miniatures, bits, etc., just to eat, and most of it they're not even allowed to touch!

Here are some rather crummy shots of the aeronef. The build is done, and it now needs to be painted. I'm sure that will take another two months or so.