Scratch built WW1 Biplane

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:23 pm

Cool touch!

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:58 pm

Constructed the engine propsand carved the 4 bladed props out of Mahogany.

Rufus T. Firefly · Postby **Rufus T. Firefly** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:45 pm

Don't suppose you could get a close up of those props? They look nice.

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:38 pm

Sure!

Rufus T. Firefly · Postby **Rufus T. Firefly** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:31 pm

Thanks!

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:09 am

Went with a dark grey Tamiya primer...had to add paint to the color cup 3 times!

Big Jim · Postby **Big Jim** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:05 pm

If you need a wingman, here is your guy! And, he is motorized!!

sleepmac · Postby **sleepmac** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:39 pm

Big Jim, LOL!

Dan Weinhold

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:48 pm

Had that as a kid!Dad had to put a penny so that the battery would have better contact!

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:56 pm

Went with a dark green...

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:17 pm

chuck · Postby **chuck** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:27 pm

Really looking good. Is it going to be a float plane?

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:09 pm

philo426 · Postby **philo426** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:06 pm

Painting the roundrels.

Rufus T. Firefly · Postby **Rufus T. Firefly** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:49 pm

Spray them on? Looks cleanly done.

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