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Old 04-24-2012, 03:42 PM
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Thank You Tappi. Every model I'm designing and building is a challenge to improve the model but my skill also.

Some step ahead. I preferred to verify the Yagi antennas before the tail.
So I cut and glued the parts,

I used the template of the wire to form the antennas, I silver painted them,


and the result was good enough, but It was too difficult to assemble the parts.


So I revised the way I unfolded the parts, and with the new design (the two on the right) the result is better and easier to build.


In the mean time I found a good resource of photos, many of wich I never saw elsewhere.

This inspired me to try to design the original trailer used at Tinian to carry both the first bombs. The design is at the very primitive stage and I don't know if it is worth to continue or not, but the view of a crude "Fat Man" is intriguing



It's interesting also the comparison among the bombs.



Best Nando
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