[mldixon]

Originally Posted by calinous

Make it an "observation/bombing" plane with a greenhouse nose (but this opens a whole new can of worms, detailed interior)

Not going down that road....Yet.

Originally Posted by cdavenport

BClemens is working on his Fokker DVIII on a separate thread. He came up with a novel solution to obtaining the curved cowl, one of incrementally sized rings stacked upon one another. He filled the space between the rings with acrylic spackle, sanded to shape and painted the cowl!

It's an idea if nothing else. Personally, I'll create a mold and cast the nose out of paper mache.

I've looked at all these techniques, these are ok for advanced modelers but a little overwhelming for people who just want to cut and glue. i guess I like the paper casting method the best.

Originally Posted by Zathros

Not really, you could smoke the class, or do petals conical on top with petals on the bottom. A Hybrid. Petals are distracting if there's a lot of them. Conical half sections and petal bottoms will allow you to play with the shape.

hadn't thought about a hybrid before...hmmm....not for this model it's a PV2