Racers from yesterday, today and tomorrow, 1/200

[Jan Kytop]

Originally Posted by Wad Cutter

Jan you just blowing my mind on how you can make these so small and so damn clean. One little question. Does the landing gear come up? I know there a name for this aircraft operation but my mind being what it is I can't come up with it. Thank you Jan for sharing to beautiful model. I still wish the site had the paper you used on your last model. That green hurt the brain too. wc

You have the parts to make the landing gear down but if you don't use these parts you can make it up!

[Wad Cutter]

So even at this small a scale model it is possible to make the landing gear retractable
(I remembered the word)? wc

[Jan Kytop]

Originally Posted by Wad Cutter

So even at this small a scale model it is possible to make the landing gear retractable
(I remembered the word)? wc

On my model it is up OR down but it is not retractable.

[Jan Kytop]

The famous Travel Air "Mystery ship", 1929.
Fiddlersgreen

[Wad Cutter]

The cabling had to be very hard of this one Jan. Outstanding craftsmanship. Have you ever considered a step by step on how you make this come out so clean and perfect? Speaking just for me I would really enjoy watching your build when the model is so damn small. Beats me how you do it. Either you at one time made watches or you were a brain surgeon doctor. wc

[Jan Kytop]

The famous Hughes H-1, pilot Howard Hughes.
From Fiddlersgreen;

[cafe]

Pretty! Did you use a silver marker or is the fuselage printed on red river paper?

[Jan Kytop]

Originally Posted by cafe

Pretty! Did you use a silver marker or is the fuselage printed on red river paper?

It is acrylic metallic paint from Games workshop brushed on the fuselage.

[cafe]

The paint gives a very nice effect.

[wireandpaper]

Dear Jan:
The engine cowling look spectacular, and hard to believe it is paper, any secret you may want to share (it really look molded or machined),
Best regards,
Pablo