Vought XF-5U Beta build- Murph's Models

[murphyaa]

Somebody bought himself a new printer for Christmas that actually prints colors, so I thought I'd throw in with some beta builds of my own.

The Flying Pancake has been one of my favorites since I can remember, so when I finally got the nerve to design it, I jumped at it.

Let's hope my build skills are up to the challenge

Picture 1 is the internal former to (hopefully) help it hold it's shape.



Picture 2 is the leading edge and bottom skin. I hate separate tabs even more now.

One thing I did and recommend on the parts sheet is to print the tabs for the fuselage on regular copy paper.

Tomorrow will see the top skin cut out and tabbed, then everything joined together. I'm thinking it will go together in rings kinda like the Flapjack did.

[Longbow]

This is something special to follow !
Looking good sofar

[Falco]

I can see the stripes from your model and the stars I will get from the headache trying to glue them together! Looking forward to this thread.

[thepaperguy]

i got halfway through the ZARKOV bird before it got destroyed. cant wait to see this one done up.

[murphyaa]

Day 2 progress:



1. All fuselage strips cut out, tabbed and glued together




2. Fuselage formed and glued together. It looks better if you cross your eyes and look through a bottle of your favorite adult beverage.

[thepaperguy]

looks like its going well.

[Don Boose]

Nice to see you building, Murph! A complex subject, and your work looks exceptionally clean and precise.

In Falcons of France, their autobiographical novel about Americans flying for France in World War I, Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall point out that the SPAD scout and its Hispano-Suiza engine were made by many manufacturers, but the pilots believed that the airframes actually made by S.P.A.D. and the engines manufactured in the Hispano plant were superior. The American pilot in the book is pleased to be assigned to a SPAD-SPAD with a Hispano-Hispano engine. So this model will be a designer-built Murph-Murph.

Don

[murphyaa]

Engines and cockpit are on.




This will definitely be going out for a beauty build...

[scissorsandplanes]

Hi Murph,
This airplane is really difficult. I only dared designing it at 1/300 scale up to now, knowing how difficult it would be.
I see however that you are pulling it off quite well. Nice job.
Bruno

[murphyaa]

I think separate tab strips are actually a detriment on this model. You have to get the cut edges perfect, or white is gonna show, unless the tabs are the same color as the fuselage.

This would look perfect printed on dark blue cardstock. I wonder if they still make those multicolor packs.