Some of my airplane builds

[Swampfoxx]

Being new here I thought I'd post a sample of some of the card models I've built over the last 5+ years.... I hope I've figured out how to post images so lets see what happens.

These a posted roughly in historical order of when the aircraft was produced.

Pre-Wright_attempts.jpg
Pre-Wright designs

all-Wright-1.jpgWright Brothers 1901 Glider, 1903 Flyer One, 1911 Vin Fiz

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1911 Vin Fiz

MVR_Dr-11.jpg
One of Von Richtofen's Dr-1's

I want to see if this is going to work, more to come. Thanks for looking. These are all FiddlersGreen models. Most are 1:48, not all.

Swampfoxx

Wow, those are really nice! You can post pictures way bigger than that! A beautiful collection! I hope you store them well!

[Swampfoxx]

Originally Posted by Zathros

Wow, those are really nice! You can post pictures way bigger than that! A beautiful collection! I hope you store them well!

Thanks Zathros, I do keep them in a dust resistant glass case, so they are well protected.

I was planning on just continuing this thread with more picts.

This is a FG model of the Sikorsky S-38, twin engine flying yacht. It was a bit difficult to build but overall not all that bad.

Sikorsky S-38 by SFX.jpg
Again this is 1:48

Completed S-38 model.jpg
3/4 front view

Sikorsky S-38 composite.jpg
An example of the card that I do for each model I finish.

enjoy,
SFX

Having worked at Sikorsky Aircraft for almost 10 years, I have a soft spot for anything with Igor's name on it. Beautiful workmanship.

[Swampfoxx]

Originally Posted by Zathros

Having worked at Sikorsky Aircraft for almost 10 years, I have a soft spot for anything with Igor's name on it. Beautiful workmanship.

Thanks, What kind of work did you do for Sikorsky? and where? They do have some unique designs, I've always really been attracted to their aircraft.

SFX

[Swampfoxx]

Continuing with some more picts of my more recent builds.......

The S-39 single engine flying yacht....
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This S-39 and the S-38 are painted as the two ac owned by the Johnson & Johnson Corp. and were flown in world exploration flights in the 1930's I believe.

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A closeup of the front and engine

Sikorsky S-39_w_PT-17_in_field.jpg
A small diorama I set up in my front yard

Sikorsky S-39 composite.jpg
The finished model presentation sheet

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The two completed S-38 and S-39

S-38 & S-39 up for a flight.jpg
I work a lot in Photoshop and often place my finished models in flying scenes........

thanks for looking,
Swampfox

I designed fixtures for CNC machines, then made the fixtures, programmed 4 axis CNC machines, prototype work, which sometimes involved a day of programming 15 minutes of actual machining, then on to the next part. I wrote around so many programs there I stopped counting when I hit 500. I also trained people there how to run CNC machinery. I also had quite a few manual machines at my disposal. Sometimes it's just easier to machine something by hand than write a program for it. I was a mold maker, and was a Tool an Dye maker before that.





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[niebla de fuego]

Your planes look very nice. I've always thought those airplanes from the very early 20th century are the most difficult to model. You made them great.

[Swampfoxx]

Originally Posted by niebla de fuego

Your planes look very nice. I've always thought those airplanes from the very early 20th century are the most difficult to model. You made them great.

Thanks Ruben, I appreciate your comments.... The early models with rigging. wing support spars etc can be a real trick to pull off. Of course all you see it the finished model....and nobody really admits to having to build a model 4-5 times before it comes out right!! Which I have done several times..

The Sikorsky S-38 gave me a run for my money, I build it 5 times before it looked straight and even all around.

Thanks for looking,
Swampfox

[Swampfoxx]

This is a 1:48 of the Boeing Model 299............this is a John Dell design that I bought from FG about 7-8 years ago. It's a nicely designed kit, went together with little difficulty and really stand out in a crowd...

299-fm-10_30.jpg

299-fm-04_00.jpg

enjoy,
Swampfox

[arkon]

nice work youve done there!! i have the s-38 & 39 from FG but have not built them yet, hope mine come out as good as yours has! done the dr-1 from them also(its my tag photo). reall y nice work ,hope to see more!!!

[sjsquirrel]

Originally Posted by Swampfoxx

This is a 1:48 of the Boeing Model 299............this is a John Dell design that I bought from FG about 7-8 years ago. It's a nicely designed kit, went together with little difficulty and really stand out in a crowd...


enjoy,
Swampfox

Really excellent looking builds swampfoxx. I just added that B299 to my list of kits to build. The B24 was already on it

I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Steve

[Swampfoxx]

One of the things I like to do is photograph my models, take the image an place it in a "real world" environment using either Photoshop or Bryce, sometimes both.

Here is my FG J-3 with pontoons sitting on a table.
J-3 Cub from 2-360.jpg J-3 Cub fm 10 o clock-360.jpg
J-3 Cub fm 7 o clock.-360.jpg

And here it is 'sitting' in the water using Bryce software.
j-3 in water-480.jpg
J-3 Cub day's end-480.jpg

Thanks for looking,
sfx

[inky]

You do great work, can't wait to see more.

The B-17 is excellent. John Dell does excellent work. He is a designer that admire very much. I like his attention to detail. You did a great job on his model. I still wish your pictures were bigger!

XNView is a great program for making big pictures that have small sizes as far as kilobytes go. A 1024 x 768 picture shrunk down by XNView will fit and be under the forum's max picture size, most of the time, 800 x 600 size always work if passed through XNView. Your models are awesome Swampfox. Thanks for loading them up!