Fiddlers Green

This my attempt at the C-47.....looks fairly simple...but sometimes looks are deceiving...if you dont believe me you have never seen Lep....lol


the first two pieces formed faily well...i am using 110# cardstock

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Laterz
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Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

Thanks Buddy. Don't give away my secrets too bad. I can't help that I look like a nice gentle grandfatherly type... Have you never heard of protective coloration?
That's a good start on the Skytrain. I'm loading it on my harddrive as I type. I think, maybe, AC-47.
Interested in seeing how yours goes.
Lep

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Currently working on: FG Wippet 1/72
Recently Completed: FG FT-17 Dio 1/38

the third piece needs to be formed a little more.....there are not any score lines or instructions telling you to do this but I lightly creased along the edges of the gray area....and it should look something like this....



this is how it is fitted to the fuselage....

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Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

the next small ring fits here...i know the instruction say to build the last 3 parts of the nose together...but i found that this ring was easier to fit and glue by itself

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i for got to take any pics while building the cockpit so i will just have to try and describe how i built it.....the most important detail is to be sure and make a fold on the lines just above the cockpit windows...these will fold down and then i believe everything will come together nicely

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Laterz
Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

Bud, I really like that workstand you've made yourself there. I'm going to have to make one of those. Made from the back of a legal pad?
Lep

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"TANSTAAFL !" "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!" Lazarus Long AKA Robert A. Heinlein

Currently working on: FG Wippet 1/72
Recently Completed: FG FT-17 Dio 1/38

So far so good!

gluing the cockpit on was a little tricky....i glued it on the top first and then worked on the left and right side.....the cockpit did not exactly fit the gray area...it is a little larger.....matter of fact it stuck out past the second ring of the front......also by leaving off the last 2 nose joints...this made it much easier to glue up the cockpit




sorry for the blurry pics....my camera doesnt do closeup real well

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Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

the next step was to glue and form the last 2 pieces of the nose






making the cockpit fit right was just little hard to do......but take your time and it will work out

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Laterz
Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

Looking good so far Possm. Look out when you do the tail piece. THe all-in-one thing is a bit strange. That was the main reason the C-47 got redrawn when Rob did his version. Just be really patient on the tail (if that's possible)

once again i forgot to take a pic....the rear fusalage went together pretty easy....just make sure that the slits in the sides are done before forming and gluing the bottom tabs....


THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT






but once you have this section built i found that the easiest way to get the two parts to fit togehter easily is to slightly bend the tabs inward on the main fuselage...of course this works on most section where tabs are used....




i got a very nice fit...

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Laterz
Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

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Just finished:FG's Large Hawker Typhoon

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Spoke wheel Tutorial
http://flybirdman.4t.com/box_widget.html

We havin fun yet?[b][/b]

oh yeah lep....yes that was made from a legal pad back.....kinda.....i got several of these but they came in the boxes that our mandated test are shipped in.....i have a large supply of them....

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Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

Ready supply of former material, too! good for you! (Only two months left!?)
Could anyone tell me what scale the BW Skytrain is?
Lep

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"TANSTAAFL !" "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!" Lazarus Long AKA Robert A. Heinlein

Currently working on: FG Wippet 1/72
Recently Completed: FG FT-17 Dio 1/38

i dont scale em...i just catch em...lol

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Possm_23
Never say anything you wouldnt think out loud!
Take your time leavin.....but hurry back!!!!
Every tub has to sit on its own bottom!!!!

Don't talk like that. My fishing fever is getting so bad, I'm breaking out in scales!

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"TANSTAAFL !" "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!" Lazarus Long AKA Robert A. Heinlein

Currently working on: FG Wippet 1/72
Recently Completed: FG FT-17 Dio 1/38