OBP Sikorsky S-56 Mojave, Beta Build - Page 2

**murphyaa** · #11 08-17-2013, 11:50 PM

That would be the one.

Funny when I originally designed and built the model, it was to the scale that papermate built this one.

I had to cut the fuselage in half to get it to a respectable size.

**Wyvern** · #12 08-18-2013, 06:04 PM

A unique helicopter design, glad to see a paper kit of it!

Internal formers on this one?

Wyvern

**richkat** · #13 08-18-2013, 06:17 PM

Has to be on the top 10 all time ugly aircraft list.......COOL......Rich

**murphyaa** · #14 08-18-2013, 06:59 PM

No formers. I found that if you break 1 complicated part into several parts, they support themselves (hopefully).

Papermate, is there anyway you can determine the scale of the full size model?

**papermate** · #15 08-18-2013, 10:47 PM

Aaron, there isn't any indication of scale in your files. Anyway, I'll try to work it out and
will post here soon.

Papermate

**papermate** · #16 08-18-2013, 11:35 PM

Okay, now got it. The length according to Aaron's instruction sheet is 64 ft 3 in. (1958 cm).
The model that I have built so far measures some 28 cm in length, that is about 1/70 of the
real thing. As I have shrunk the template to 70% of the original, that means if
the Mojave is built in 100% full scale, the full length will be around 40 cm, i.e. 15.74 inches.
And the scale should be about 1/49. I hope my maths work right.

Papermate

**papermate** · #17 08-24-2013, 10:00 PM

The Mojave is now finished and up for viewing. Again there's a lot of bends and curves
to overcome when building this helo. It's a very good challenge for the serious modellers.
The final touch up on the fuselage insignia is in the last photo, hope you'll enjoy them.

Papermate

**richkat** · #18 08-24-2013, 10:08 PM

Great build PM......dang ugly copter.....great model Aaron, as always.......Rich

**willygoat** · #19 08-24-2013, 10:16 PM

The Mojave looks awesome! Glad to see that Murph finally got to get this one done. Your build is great, especially with the working rotors.

**murphyaa** · #20 08-24-2013, 10:49 PM

That's your 70% size?

The full size is gonna be huge

One thing I did notice, and that I'll have to clarify in the instructions is that the pylons for the fuel tanks actually have a serious dihedral(?) to them. Kinda like this 0\(__)/0.

OBP Sikorsky S-56 Mojave, Beta Build-1637.jpg

It keeps the fuel tanks off the ground.

Gotta add some details to the LG too