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Old 03-13-2011, 02:58 PM
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Pretty impressive. I like when designers show the "creation process". Keep up the good work.
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Old 05-01-2011, 07:42 AM
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Thanks!

Anyway, I managed to steal a couple of uninterrupted hours to do a little work on the test build.

I started by assembling an arbitrarily chosen segment on the fuselage:


I then proceeded to complete the nosecone:

Before I realized it, it was already getting dark! I actually spent a big amount of time cutting and doing dry fits. I guess wrapping skin around a fuselage requires more time versus the other method of joining together separate segments that have their own formers.

I forced myself to complete at least half the fuselage before ending my build session.

I'm still new at this fuselage wrapping method.. I found it really hard to avoid getting wrinkles on the outer skin as I tried to wrap them around the formers. So far, the fit is very good!

Here's a shot of the top side:

Looks like a shark.
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Old 05-01-2011, 07:58 AM
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Nice Build! Das wird ein tolles Modell!
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Old 05-08-2011, 04:50 AM
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I managed to complete the rest of the fuselage today.
It's turning out to be a much harder build than I originally imagined.

I think it's the transition of the oval cross section from a horizontal oval at the front to the vertical oval as you reach the cockpit that made the assembly really hard.


But I must continue... I don't want to give up just yet.
With the fuselage done, I'm hoping it's going to be smooth sailing with the wings, tail fins and landing gears.
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Old 05-09-2011, 08:17 AM
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WoW! i see a Hard Work!
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Old 05-09-2011, 08:21 PM
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Old 08-07-2011, 09:18 AM
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Unhappy

After a long long long haitus, I finally got to resume work on this model.
But I'm afraid I have some bad news. I reviewed the stuff I've done on the fuselage. I realized that I had to pour in a lot of effort just to finished the darned fuselage. In other words, I think I over engineered the design of the fuselage.

Although I think I managed to capture the gentle curves of this bird, it was just not fun to build.

Hence I decided to do a reboot.

But I didn't want to leave the fuselage unfinished without the wings and the butterfly tail.

So here it is:






I'll need some time to rethink on how to simplify the design and still retain those nice curves.
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Old 08-07-2011, 09:29 AM
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Sorry it wasn't a fun build, however it does look very good. I believe you have captured the curves quite well.

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Old 08-07-2011, 09:32 AM
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That fuselage is pretty complex. Congrats on getting it completed.
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Old 08-07-2011, 10:03 AM
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I was wondering how this was coming. It's good to see you're going to forge ahead with it.
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