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Thanks Thanks guys. I'm very pleased with how they turned out. After finally getting around to doing this post I felt motivated to print out a couple more (the patterns print the parts for two pins per page) and I'll build them and paint them to see how they look. I'll post a pic when it's...

Hi everyone. A while back I saw The Hunger Games and got poking around on the net for pictures. I ran across images of the mocking jay pin the main character wore and whipped up a couple versions. This is version 2. Both are available on my website (see my signature) along with a little more...

Small update So, I finally started building the wing section. In keeping with my usual practice of working in front of the TV and making huge blunders, I assembled the inner structure of wing spars, then wrapped the skin around it, found some fit problems, trimmed things up and got it all...

Pretty sweet. My son (11) mad a simple cube (a Minecraft cube), but other than that his interest in the hobby so far is still only - hey dad, would you make me a .... It's great to see kids playing with paper. Steve

Well, I continue to lack focus these days and bounce around from project to project, and yada yada yada, you've heard it all before, but... I started my second test build of the lower hull, found that the pages were printed with "fit to page" on so they didn't fit the hull (too small). I had...

When you say large format, what size paper do you mean? If you print all pages at the same scale the stand will still fit the model. I see your issue though; there's a few pages that have parts cut off at the bottom if the A4 size pattern is printed on letter without scaling. @...

Impressive! Pretty impressive Scott. I look forward to seeing where this goes. One of my nieces is a huge Stargate fan. She and and my sister went to the annual convention in London, England last year. A stargate model with a working iris would make a cool gift for her. Steve

Fascinating A fascinating subject Scott. I'd never heard of this plane, or the designer. It's amazing to me what you accomplish in so short a time. It takes me months to get anywhere on a development, and you've already got textures too. I'll be watching this one. Steve

Great so far It's looking great so far Zasek. I use the same technique of laminating up my own reinforcements of card or thin cardboard with a glue stick. It helps a lot. I also have that strong inner critic that sees every little flaw, and is painfully aware of every little mistake while I'm...

Thanks That's a great collection there Zathros. I hadnt seen it before so thanks for posting it. You may recall that I work at the local airport part-time. A few weeks ago there was a meeting of the Cessna 172 club -North America wide I think - here in town. For most of the week there were...

Fantastic work, and fantastic shots RF. I especially love the ones with the helicopter. What camera do you have that lets you do all this? I want to buy a new camera one of these days. Steve

Thanks It was being taken over by the people who commissioned the build and they planned on carrying it on the plane with them. We got a box big enough for it and just packed it with lightly bunched up plastic grocery bags. It worked perfectly. If it was being shipped I would have done...

Congratulations Bane. It looks great. All your hard work has really paid off. I look forward to seeing what you do next, and to seeing the luanch pad and other items you mention join this proton in the future. Steve

I've had great success with http://polish.typeit.org/. It does take a while, but it's worth it. Feels like forever but you get used to the keyboard shortcuts and you get faster with practice. The site handles quite a few languages. I've used it mainly for Russian. Steve

sign1 That's what they're for friend! There's another build of this model over at papermodelers.com you could check out for reference also. The kit can also be done in a gear down version. I would kind of like to do that one as well someday. Enjoy Steve

I know the feeling. Below is a picture I did for my MO-65 ship build. The tiny cone for the end of the gun barrel was about the same size you're dealing with. I had printed it on 100 lb card. To make the cone I rubbed the back of the paper with my fingernail to delaminate the paper and thin it...

Thanks Thanks guys. The Concorde is such a beautiful plane even a bad model of it would look good, and this kit is an excellent one. I got to see the Concorde once as well, back in the eighties I think. I was still living in Windsor, Ont. at the time and one came in on a special charter of...

Excellent! Hi Bane, Both your build and build thread are coming along superbly. I'm partuclarly impressed with how smoothly you managed to close the cones at the top of the fuel tanks. Those always give me trouble. I'll also be buying some of those little clamps to try out on my next...

Work has resumed. Well, I'm happy to say that I completed that Concorde build on time (thread and pictures) and have already resumed work on the Normandy. At present I'm finishing off the second test build of the main hull, and have started building version 2 of the lower hull. The unfold of...

And a Stand Since I can't have the recipient holding the plane all the time, I whipped up a custom stand. And finally, I had to see what she would look like in the air, so a quick bit of fiddling with Gimp and... Off she goes. After assembly here in Canada the...