My First Airplane - Page 2

**DWest** · #11 02-10-2014, 09:43 PM

Thanks everyone! Vermin_King it will be open cockpit - it even has a seat ....sort of. The OD color and invasion stripes may be next, that sounds like fun.

**mbauer** · #12 02-10-2014, 09:56 PM

Could I offer a word of advice?

Make sure to replace the wheel bushings with real ball bearings...

From someone who had trouble with the landing gear once.

Mike

**willygoat** · #13 02-10-2014, 10:10 PM

This is so freaking cool!

**Darwin** · #14 02-10-2014, 10:18 PM

Gad, but that dredges up the memories. Mine was made from an orange crate and had 1x12 plank for wings. Not dating myself or anything, but that was circa 1949, so was a Messerschmitt-killer P-51.

**DWest** · #15 02-11-2014, 10:02 PM

Got the plane all drawn up, cut out, and put together! I even tried to do some instructions and took a few shots of the assembly process. I don't have the wagon, I mean landing gear finished yet so the plane is sitting on the old gear, maybe tomorrow I can finish that up. As soon as it is finished I will try to get it in the download section - its kinda goofy but a lot of fun to build and if I remember correctly my first race car was a cardboard box all decorated up, I think I probably won a lot of races in that box...lol.

**DWest** · #16 02-11-2014, 10:59 PM

I left out the photos of the test pilot, he still doesn't look thrilled to be there. All we need now is a long steep hill and a little bit of a head wind, who knows it might fly......maybe