All New Soda Can Spitfire

[JLO]

Originally Posted by Vermin_King

I'm always amazed by the can art pieces. Whose template did you use to base this model on?

I have found the design to be much more fun than the build itself. That said, changes in actual construction methods is a pretty interesting too. Here are a couple of the build shots of the during the spitfires construction. The shots include fuselage construction and the bubble underneath the nose(this part was a blast to make).

These are made very differently than the earlier models.

[JLO]

Originally Posted by rockpaperscissor

Great work and nice photos. I didn't realize how large your models were until I got to the photo of the A-10. I have enough trouble coaxing paper into shape sometimes. doing the same thing with aluminum is pretty amazing.

This will give you an idea of scale, the bleary eyes will give you an idea of how exhausted you will feel after 80 hours of construction

[Gman93643]

Built around a 2 litter bottle I see! LOL

[Gman93643]

Your construction techniques have most definitely evolved and your builds are looking much cleaner. The bulkhead technique gives you the unique capability to produce complex shapes and models. It would be interesting to see you revisit the C-130 to see how your bulkhead technique could make it that much better, but a good effort overall.

Construction time flies indeed when you are tinkering with aluminum. Some of my display projects like the 3.5 foot F-15 and the 6 foot SR-71 designed by the infamous Mike Bauer of this forum have easily eclipsed the 500-700 hour mark!

[creepa_us]

Nice plane. Have you tried using cardboard to jion the fuselage together? that is what i use found them to be strong and easy to work i just finished my F-22 ,F86 and Mig 15.

[Gman93643]

I started with cardboard years ago and then I found that aluminum sheeting, or flashing as it is called does a much better job. The flashing is much stronger structurally and it allows you to make nice and straight control surfaces without the bubbling you get with cardboard....

[charleswlkr54]

Love that A-10