Bruno's Planes

[gotham]

Great Shakleton, used to be based up here at RAF Lossiemouth. Great engine sound!

[cafe]

Impressive build once agaib! You really are a master of this scale.

[papermate]

Thanks again, guys, for your supportive comments. I'll be doing some more...............

Papermate

[papermate]

Next in the line of WW2 British bombers is the Short Sterling in 1/200. Just going strong to halfway when the yellow mossie came in. Will be coming back after chasing up the mosquitoes for a while. Here are some pics to show how far I have gone with this 4-engined bomber. The large bombs for the belly bomb bays were killing me for a few evenings and will have to find another six shorter bombs for the wing bays. Will then have to figure out how to install the landing gears with donut wheels.

Papermate

[Texman]

At 1/200, that is some very impressive work at detailing the Stirling. Very nice
to see another small scale builder doing fine detail work.

One question, would you consider putting your landing gear details for the kits you
do in the download section?

I would like to build these in 1/144, but lack the skill to design landing gear and wheels,
as do others, who I am sure would appreciate them as well.

Always enjoy checking your latest updates!

[papermate]

Thanks, Ray, I don't know how to design the landing gears but just make reference to other kits that have landing gear and 3-view diagrams from the internet. One good reference is Gary's Sterling kit. Then I "borrow" these landing struts and scale them down to see if they fit. If necessary, trim and adjust them. As regards wheels, I intend to make discs of various sizes, from big to small and stack and glue them up to the approximate thickness. So, basically, this is just the usual trial and error technique.

Papermate

[Falco]

papermate are you a brain surgeon in real life? I cannot dream of working at such a scale with such a level of detail... this must require an extraordinary amount of skill, finesse, steady hands, laser like focus and above all uber patience.

[Texman]

Originally Posted by papermate

Thanks, Ray, I don't know how to design the landing gears but just make reference to other kits that have landing gear and 3-view diagrams from the internet. One good reference is Gary's Sterling kit. Then I "borrow" these landing struts and scale them down to see if they fit. If necessary, trim and adjust them. As regards wheels, I intend to make discs of various sizes, from big to small and stack and glue them up to the approximate thickness. So, basically, this is just the usual trial and error technique.

Papermate

Ok, thanks for the information!

[papermate]

Hi, Falco, thanks for the compliment. I'm no brain surgeon, but rather, am a no-brainer.
Thanks to God that he still let me have steady hands. Other than that, I need very sharp cutters and magnifying glasses to assist me to keep this 1/200 scale models going. Also important is patience and keeping the curses short in unsuccessful builds.

Papermate

[wireandpaper]

Bruno should be very happy to see your progress!!!
And thank you for sharing.