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Old 03-20-2018, 08:18 PM
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Holiday aircraft

I know that I am a few days late, but I am a slow builder. In this case, I ran into a small problem. I assembled the Fiddlers Green St Paddys Day aircraft. After I had glued everything except the prop, I realized that I was going to need more nose weight to stabilize the aircraft on the nose wheel. My solution was to put very fine bird shot in the nose cone and use an antique pocket watch winding stem for the propeller shaft. The prop is a bit further out front than would be normal for a static model, but in a way, it makes it look like a miniature flying model. I wasn't looking for scale anyway, it was just taking the place of a card for my wife. Anyway, here is the result. If anyone else has holiday stuff (any holiday), please feel free to showcase them here. There is no pride of authorship on this thread (actually, with this build, there is no pride at all)
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