Marklo Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) Ok I must be nuts but owing to the simple shapes I reckon I can pull this one off. Some artwork for the decals, need to be scaled, printed and varnished Wish me luck….. Edited December 27, 2022 by Marklo 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Go for it! Good luck - may the force be with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 It's about sometime someone did the lovely and talented Stipa! That's a downsized replica of the original, isn't it? About 75%, maybe? Less? At any rate, good luck on this insane brilliant endeavour! Best Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Looks like an egg plane swallowed a Tiger Moth! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Scratchbuilding in 24 hours? Hats off to the man! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Brilliant idea, So would the centre of a toilet roll be OK for the fuselage in say 1/48 scale ? Best of luck with this one Cheers Pat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 A full working motor for the prop too. This looks far too simple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 6 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: So would the centre of a toilet roll be OK for the fuselage in say 1/48 scale ? Wow it’s amazingly close. Now who says the universe is intrinsically random. Another vote for anti chaos theory I think… 3 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: A full working motor for the prop too. This looks far too simple Difficult crowd or what 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Would be fun if it had a jet engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, JeroenS said: Would be fun if it had a jet engine Well it was the basic research vehicle that led to the Caproni campini motor jet. So in a manner of speaking it had the very early makings of a jet engine. I reckon if you put a jet in it the wings would probably come off as soon as you put any kind of thrust into it. Or else with a straight wing it would suffer from compressibility at relatively low speeds and be uncontrollable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 23 minutes ago, Marklo said: I reckon if you put a jet in it the wings would probably come off as soon as you put any kind of thrust into it. Or else with a straight wing it would suffer from compressibility at relatively low speeds and be uncontrollable. Yeah like I said, would be fun 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Can you get those Estes model rocket motors over there? James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Marklo said: Wow it’s amazingly close. Now who says the universe is intrinsically random. Another vote for anti chaos theory I think… Can you confirm which brand and variety? I'd hate to see Pat run off and buy a pack of Andrex only to find he should have bought Charmin... James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 2 hours ago, 81-er said: Can you confirm which brand and variety? I'd hate to see Pat run off and buy a pack of Andrex only to find he should have bought Charmin... Hmm, it would have been whichever was best value( note not cheapest, if you’re interested google ‘Why poor people pay more for toilet paper’ it’s one of those economics truisms like using the Big Mac as an indicator of cost of living)in one of the five local supermarkets that they were bought in at the time, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Looks like @JOCKNEY will end up with the world's only "bog roll scale" build then 🤣 James 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Sheet pieces ready to roll. As I’m using 2mm sheet for the wings I need to se my scroll saw to cut it. All blanks cut to size. The main components sanded and shaped. Time to walk the dog then I’ll mold the cabin and start assembling. I still need to make the engine nacelles and the wheel spars. Might mold them too.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) A quick vac form of the cockpit Roughly trimmed. Current state of play as of 12:30. Started at 9:00am so that’s three and a half hours minus walking the dog and getting a cylinder of gas at the local shop so I’ll call that three hours so far. Edited December 24, 2022 by Marklo 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Tremendous stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Polymer clay parts nicely baked I made a little horse. The engin nacelle with 1mm brass rod struts main wheel and spats Assembly begins And a bit more Brass rod again for the undercarriage Crew cabin fitted First very rough coat of paint and a little filler. So that’s the state off lay as of 4:00 pm. I’ll call that five hours so far. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 And this is what I did between 4:00 and 5:00 I’m starting to get cramp from peeling or maybe sanding, no peeling because I’ve been using an electric detail sander for the build 15 minutes of painting, Tamiya Buff which I think I’ll use as the final colour and AK white on the rudder. Five hours and fifteen minutes. I probably won’t get it finished today but it’ll definitely be done within the GB time limit. Now I need to fabricate some seats and a prop next. A teeny bit of filler, I’ll use ppp from now in so no sanding needed. Then I need to mask the rudder and the blue areas. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 That looks like a 1:1 kitchen diorama to me? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 You're not hanging about! Nicely done too James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 You're not 'arf 'anging about then, are you! Pity you didn't use the bog roll. Still, in the time you've nearly finished building this, I would have been able to do a couple of seats, in 1/72nd scale. Probably without the seatbelts. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) Tail markings Blurry propeller. I’ll call that another thirty minutes. So five hours and forty five minutes. Not sure if I’ll get anymore done today. Edited December 25, 2022 by Marklo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Masking for the blue done, that’s another half an hour, so six hours and fifteen minutes in. I’ll paint the blue next. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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