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Tip for tanks: make the treads first - you might have heard tires on vehicles and landing gear on planes gets boring.... wiat til you make tank treads 
Chris
Chris
what are you making
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cgutzmer
Tip for tanks: make the treads first - you might have heard tires on vehicles and landing gear on planes gets boring.... wiat til you make tank treads
Chris
Chris
Still needing to finish my re-colored C172 from the Slovenian(?) site... NOT looking forward to doing the gear/wheels...
What's next? Hopefully Gearz' Galactica!
If not, then probably Jaybats' Viper... Who knows! Too many interests, not enough time!
...That Airwolf sure looks tempting!
What's next? Hopefully Gearz' Galactica!
If not, then probably Jaybats' Viper... Who knows! Too many interests, not enough time!
...That Airwolf sure looks tempting!
Still needing to finish my re-colored C172 from the Slovenian(?) site... NOT looking forward to doing the gear/wheels...
What's next? Hopefully Gearz' Galactica!
If not, then probably Jaybats' Viper... Who knows! Too many interests, not enough time!
...That Airwolf sure looks tempting!
What's next? Hopefully Gearz' Galactica!
If not, then probably Jaybats' Viper... Who knows! Too many interests, not enough time!
...That Airwolf sure looks tempting!
I build them all in my head, magnificent they all are, too. No glue smudges, no wrinkles, no white edges, just perfect.
Then I wake up.
I start quite a few, but then real life gets in the way and my butterflyitis flares up again, and I'm off on a different tangent. What I REALLY need is a win on the lottery, so I can stay at home instead of being a wage slave. But then, I'd be off learning to fly, motorcycle racing, restoring WWII tanks, and I'd STILL not finish anything.
Pathetic, isn't it.......
Tim P (wunwinglow)
Then I wake up.
I start quite a few, but then real life gets in the way and my butterflyitis flares up again, and I'm off on a different tangent. What I REALLY need is a win on the lottery, so I can stay at home instead of being a wage slave. But then, I'd be off learning to fly, motorcycle racing, restoring WWII tanks, and I'd STILL not finish anything.
Pathetic, isn't it.......
Tim P (wunwinglow)
I build them all in my head, magnificent they all are, too. No glue smudges, no wrinkles, no white edges, just perfect.
Then I wake up.
I start quite a few, but then real life gets in the way and my butterflyitis flares up again, and I'm off on a different tangent. What I REALLY need is a win on the lottery, so I can stay at home instead of being a wage slave. But then, I'd be off learning to fly, motorcycle racing, restoring WWII tanks, and I'd STILL not finish anything.
Pathetic, isn't it.......
Tim P (wunwinglow)
Then I wake up.
I start quite a few, but then real life gets in the way and my butterflyitis flares up again, and I'm off on a different tangent. What I REALLY need is a win on the lottery, so I can stay at home instead of being a wage slave. But then, I'd be off learning to fly, motorcycle racing, restoring WWII tanks, and I'd STILL not finish anything.
Pathetic, isn't it.......
Tim P (wunwinglow)
I build amphibious aircraft (ekranoplans) and boats. Internationally ekranoplans are classified as marine craft, so I count as exclusively water.
Whoops, I have a partly finished zoomorphic robot. But it resembles a crab. Guess that still counts as water.
--Lizzie
Whoops, I have a partly finished zoomorphic robot. But it resembles a crab. Guess that still counts as water.
--Lizzie
I build amphibious aircraft (ekranoplans) and boats. Internationally ekranoplans are classified as marine craft, so I count as exclusively water.
Whoops, I have a partly finished zoomorphic robot. But it resembles a crab. Guess that still counts as water.
--Lizzie
Whoops, I have a partly finished zoomorphic robot. But it resembles a crab. Guess that still counts as water.
--Lizzie
cgutzmer said:Tip for tanks: make the treads first - you might have heard tires on vehicles and landing gear on planes gets boring.... wiat til you make tank treads
Chris
just started em on Y's RSO model, thanks for the tip.
cgutzmer said:Tip for tanks: make the treads first - you might have heard tires on vehicles and landing gear on planes gets boring.... wiat til you make tank treads
Chris
just started em on Y's RSO model, thanks for the tip.
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I am currently struggling with the FG Curtiss P-40 (in Flying Tiger colors, of course). That was my favorite plane when I was a kid in WW II and is still one of my top three all time favorites!
I think the last time I dropped it in the trash dumpster was the 4th or 5th try on the fuselage and it still wouldn't fit to the wings. The 1/72 Hasegawa plastic one was a hell of a lot easier to build, even if I did have to paint it!
Anyone have any specific tips on this model?
Bob
I think the last time I dropped it in the trash dumpster was the 4th or 5th try on the fuselage and it still wouldn't fit to the wings. The 1/72 Hasegawa plastic one was a hell of a lot easier to build, even if I did have to paint it!
Anyone have any specific tips on this model?
Bob
I'm having the same problem with the FG P-40. Even the example photos on the FG page look pretty bad. I think they should have added a full fairing for the wings. I'm going to sacrifice another printout of the fuselage and try to cut out a fairing to replace the one that is part of the fuselage. It's really a shame, because I think the design of the fuselage was pretty good, but they tried to scrimp on the design and include the fairing as part of the fuselage. I did a good job assembling both the fuselage and the wings, but was tearing my hair out trying to get them to mate up.