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| scirocco14 | Scratch Built 1930's Racer | Build | 25-Jul-09 18:12 |  | | Views : 1383 | | Here's the designer |
| scirocco14 | Scratch Built 1930's Racer | Build | 25-Jul-09 18:11 |  | | Views : 1485 | | After 3 kits, I had the itch to try a scratch build since I had a box full of extra balsa. I scoured the internet for free plans and came across this design for a 1930s racer. Anyone familiar with it? |
| jgood | GWS Pico Tiger Moth | Build | 25-Jul-09 15:39 |  | | Views : 37024 | | Quick view showing the new doors (now painted), and the wind screens. Also, note the modification to the cabane struts. These are now held on with bamboo scewers, pushed right through the fuselage. This holds them much better than the stock plastic plate and screw. |
| jgood | GWS Pico Tiger Moth | Build | 25-Jul-09 14:12 |  | | Views : 36758 | | Cutting out some of the excess foam from around the rudder to make cockpit doors. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #2 Lavochkin La-5FN/La-7 | Build | 25-Jul-09 14:00 |  | | Views : 3759 | | The plans are printed on one side so they can be cut apart for ease of building. However I still made a copy to cut apart. Dies kits are designed to fly with oversized tail surfaces however the plans contained dotted lines showing the scale surfaces which I am building to. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #2 Lavochkin La-5FN/La-7 | Build | 25-Jul-09 13:55 |  | | Views : 3760 | | I obtained some references off of the web, I particularly like the three blues scheme. |
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| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #2 Lavochkin La-5FN/La-7 | Build | 25-Jul-09 13:52 |  | | Views : 1224 | | A sheet containing a number of reference photos of the LAs are printed on the back side of the rather detailed instructions. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #2 Lavochkin La-5FN/La-7 | Build | 25-Jul-09 13:49 |  | | Views : 1097 | | The kit has excellent plans containing instructions for building both the LA-5FN and the LA-7. The print wood must be cut out and is good quality, however the strip stock is much too light for me to work with so I substitued som Guillows strip wood. A vac canopy, rubber and plastic prop are provided. Decals seem to be well done. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #2 Lavochkin La-5FN/La-7 | Build | 25-Jul-09 13:43 |  | | Views : 1143 | | The Diels kit of the Lavochkin fighter can be built as either an LA-5FN or a later LA-7. I'm building an LA-5FN. |
| jgood | GWS Pico Tiger Moth | Build | 25-Jul-09 13:08 |  | | Views : 37446 | | This is a useful shot by our dear departed friend BasketCase, showing how to rig the flying wires on a GWS Tiger Moth. Basically, you can start at the 'Start' position, follow the numbers (drill tiny holes in the struts and pass the thread through). You'll need one length of thread per side. I used fishing line, but apparently dental floss also works well. This stiffens the wings up no-end. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:34 |  | | Views : 1310 | | Nose job. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:33 |  | | Views : 1267 | | Phew, they fit!...Alien Owl from beyond Space! |
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