[scon10]

Another update, but today not quite on the subject of the "Oranje". The prospect of assembling 14 life boats and 28 davits consisting of 84 parts seemed too much of a bore, and since I happened to get my hands on an authentic 1950's card model of the Fokker F-27 "Friendship", a succesful DC-3 successor build as a twin engined turboprop in 1956, I decided to make a copy of the fragile card model and start building that as an interlude. Unfortunately, I forgot to make pictures during building, so I can only show some pics as ready.
The original card model is printed on a cardboard sheet of 81 x 38 cm, so I had it copied on 5 A-3 sheets, such, that the major parts would be on one sheet. The construction is simple and straight-forward. The only additional detailing I did was open the cockpit and cabin windows and glaze them with transparencies, and add an undergear, so it could sit properly on a flat surface.
Meanwhile I kept thinking how to reduce the boring work of making the life boats and the davits. What I came up with is the subject of the next update.
So, see you next time.
Robert