All said, it would have been easier in that case, to have just started with a good 3-view and not use the free flight plan that I had cut the keels from.Īnother great unusual model build Bill, looking forward to seeing this one develop. At that point, I didn't want to scrap the work that I had completed, so I merged the plan with fuse former sections rescaled from a good 3-view. After the fuse keels had been cut for my Stosser, I then realized that the fuse sections from the free flight plan were inaccurate. Since my Stosser scratch build, I'll always consider scrapping a plan and developing a 3-view into a plan, if the plan is not accurate. They would be too difficult to resolve into useful sections, when I have better ones on hand. The Jetco plan places the stringers over the formers, to eliminate then need for notch cuts, as well as being not 100% accurate. The fuse formers are being developed from other 3-views however. I've started cutting fuse keels now.įor this build, the Jetco plan is laid out well enough to use it as a basic plan. I'll start to enjoy the project, once I have a fuse frame coming together. The only interesting part is that it gives you time to think about the design, make modifications to the plan, and in some cases, develop a plan from a 3-view. Cleaning up the grainy drawing by sketching over is necessary, but you still aren't building anything. I want to be building, and don't much enjoy rescaling, printing, trimming, and taping drawings together. I haven't cut fuse formers yet, so it will help in determining what the correct shape is, when comparing with photos.Īs much as I enjoy scratch building, starting builds is the most difficult part for me.
The more the better, as they all seem to disagree a bit. I haven't seen that 3-view and will save it. Model photoshopped in the air, planned for speed 280: It's reprinted and all taped together, and is something like 30 sheets now, since it is properly scaled for 34/5" span. The first attempt at printing the 25 sheet plan was a waste. Some idiot thought that they had the re-scaling procedure down pat, and didn't double check before printing. Here goes trimming and clear taping 50 odd sheets together.Įdit: More than $20 in ink. I also found an excellent restoration write up, and a sketch with more accurate sections than the Jetco plan has, all of which will be printed for reference. With $20 invested in printer ink, I'd better go ahead with the project. May have to wait for the tall grass for this one.Īs usual, I don't do fantasy threads, so the printer is running off the enlarged Jetco plan as I type now. I'll attempt to model all those features, and I can always just not use the flap-camber change in flight, if it proves troublesome. The plane has some challenging scale features such as retracts (like the Grumman F3F and Wildcat), flaperons, and a front wing section which pivots downward with the flaperons to change the wing camber. The more I research it, the more interesting it becomes. I've been kicking around modeling subject ideas since completing the Saro A1, and haven't found anything that is both unique, and that I like.
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