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"Loss Of Innocence,Will It Ever Be The Same"

I sanded off all those hard won medals and used super thin super glue to fill in any imperfections and sanded that again till smooth again.
When placed in the diorama none of this will be visible so there is no need to re-sculpt anything.The head is only on temporarily as gluing it down is one of the last things I do after painting.Because head positioning is so important to the mood I want to create, it is best left to last.He has sort of a neutral expression on his face which is what I want as though he is questioning himself "do I really want to finish this airplane."
 
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The above pic color is the closest to the facade's real color as it sits indoors.The next sunny day I"ll take it outside and see how it looks.I have started to weather this panel using dark grey and black pastels .I have also used an old toothbrush and sprayed a little very thin coat of raw umber acrylic over the whole facade to give it an older look.
 
John,

Your light source is too close to the building. Yes, I understand that you were trying to get optimum light for the color to appear, but when you look at the cast shadows you can see the difference in angles of the sill shadows from the two upper windows.

Interesting though, I must say. :)

Good job!
 
Snuffy said:
John,

Your light source is too close to the building. Yes, I understand that you were trying to get optimum light for the color to appear, but when you look at the cast shadows you can see the difference in angles of the sill shadows from the two upper windows.

Interesting though, I must say. :)

Good job!
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Just for fun!:ernae:
 
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Whats wrong with this pic?<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <hr style="color: rgb(133, 130, 101); background-color: rgb(133, 130, 101);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> <!-- google_ad_section_start -->Notice on the jig where it says "Front", now take a look at where the engine is placed in the fuselage.Now look where the leading edge is,then the trailing edge.@#$#$$$$$^&*!@# You guessed it the engine is on backwards.Wow what a stupid mistake!!!!!!!It is so easy to lose the big picture when you get too involved in the details.Somehow between Oct 19 and 21 I had a major brain fart of some kind and only discovered it today when I went back to work on the airplane.
Of course everything has been glued in place but luckily I think that the engine mount will be OK where it is, because if it was also involved I would pretty much have to start over again.
 
So its a pusher rather than a puller?

Oh something else I noticed in that picture ...

You haven't trimed your wires back yet.
 
John, your details are humbling to this mere mortal. As some one who is NOT naturally detailed orientated, you amaze me with your skills.
 
jmig said:
John, your details are humbling to this mere mortal. As some one who is NOT naturally detailed orientated, you amaze me with your skills.
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You got that right...He has an eye for detail like no other...
 
Thank goodness for "Uncure" and the fact that I didn't use epoxy!
The fix was easier than I thought that it would be and I am just happy I discovered it now and not after the wheels and other stuff were on.
This picture gives you an idea of where the major components should be when the flier is completed.(I better keep this pic near the workbench)<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --> <!-- sig --> __________________
 
Fuselage/tail assembly.<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <hr style="color: rgb(133, 130, 101); background-color: rgb(133, 130, 101);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> <!-- google_ad_section_start -->I modified the jig by cutting off the bottom portion but still leaving the upper for protection for the wings.I then hot glue melted the wheels to a building board.(the glue is easily removed later by re-heating it).
The building board is exactly the width of the tail booms.I could have made a separate jig for the tail assembly but I thought that it would be more fun to build it like the original must have been done.
I know Curtiss used bamboo but others also used ash wood for these booms and spruce for the struts.I will use ash(basswood) for these due to the difficult of representing the growth rings on the bamboo which would hardly be seen at scale distance anyway.
The measurements I used for the tail assembly are from the Aeronautics publication May-June 1912,page 161.
 
i dont care if the engine is backwards. i'm left practically speechless. I grew up around buildings like that. even found myself looking for creosote on the gravel and sniffing the air for that industrial smell.. Looking for 50 gallon drums and pieces of lumber laying helter skelter about.. it takes a hell of a lot to make me miss those days, but this succeeds quite easily..
 
I heard from the CAM yesterday and their renovations are to be finished in about a year from now. I probably have another year or so just to finish the Backyard Flyer so I will drop it for now and complete the Albatros,Neiuport and Jenny dioramas first.
The Neiuport is about 99% finished ,the Jenny about 90% and Albatros about the same except I have recently (today) added more to it.
A modeling bud of mine kindly gave me another Albatros that he was working on himself but has too many things on the go right now.I got it as a surprise Chistmas present and as you will see I am putting it to good use.
 
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