XP-67 Moonbat

**Willja67** · #1 10-23-2008, 03:11 PM

I can't sit on this anymore. The reason i have kept it under my hat for so long was that I didn't want to step on Nobi's toes. I started the project before I even knew that it was one of the choices in his poll let alone the top contender. I guess a certain number of you already know what it is but the attached screen cpture ought to remove all doubt.

Nobi I hope this doesn't get in the way of your doing the model if it wins in your poll. It often takes a long time for me to finish something. If it looks like the project is going to stall I will seriously consider handing over what I have. It should knock off a huge percentage of the time it normally takes to design a model.

I think if a person wanted to design a model that would be extremely difficult to design in paper they couldn't have done much better than the moonbat. As the thread title suggests I have had to create a lot of surfaces for this thing.

I'm trying to apply Nobi's philosophy of simplicity yet good looks. The only thing that is keeping me from going totally nuts with this model is the extreme lack of reference material. If I had more accurated references I would feel compelled to make it accurate to those references but since I don't, work has been proceeding fairly quickly.

**shrike** · #2 10-23-2008, 05:50 PM

Can't have too many XP67's

What sort of research materials do you have and what do you need? I've got an extensive collection of 3views and drawings

**Willja67** · #3 10-23-2008, 07:36 PM

I have 2 3views with cross sections. 1 of them came from that russian site with the huge selection of drawings the other I think came from a rc model forum and is the less accurate of the 2. Mostly what I want is pictures but I will take any reference material you have. But like I said the more i get the slower progress will be.

**shrike** · #4 10-23-2008, 08:18 PM

Oh, in that case,

NO DRAWINGS FOR YOU!

Now,when will it be done?

**Willja67** · #5 10-23-2008, 08:35 PM

If things go really well I'll have all the skin, sans prop blades and itty bitty junk done tonight which will leave the itty bitty junk, prop blades, frame unrolling, painting, instructions, and other tedium that I really hate and which always takes me longer than it should and you'll have your model. Maybe.

**Willja67** · #6 10-23-2008, 08:36 PM

Oh I forgot about the cockpit and landing gear.

**Willja67** · #7 10-24-2008, 05:50 PM

Well there are a number of parts unrolled at present I'm just trying to get some framework to drape it over. If there is anyone interested in being an Alpha builder let me know. I'm going to try and blast this one out so I don't lose interest in it. We'll see if that actually happens.

I'm going to get sections ready to build and send to the alpha builders as they become ready and the fuselage is almost there.

**Willja67** · #8 10-26-2008, 03:28 PM

First set of parts namely the framework has just gone out to the 2 volunteers (Texman and Shrike) so hopefully we'll see some paper cut and glued soon though Texman said he was rather short on free time at the moment.

As always let me know if you got them.

**shrike** · #9 10-31-2008, 08:05 PM

Here are my progress shots of the Moonbat alpha build.

So far everything has been fitting up very well indeed. Amazingly so given the shape of this thing.

I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves (even the not so hot ones) and get back to skinning the aft fuselage.

**birder** · #10 10-31-2008, 09:15 PM

That looks pretty cool Shrike!