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  1. October 7th, 2008, 06:57 #1
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    Hi guys...

    Besides flying and making Adventure Flights in FSX I have been making wood scale model airplanes for over 50 years which account for over 400 models......Here are some of the lastest ones...

    A Breda 25....Regia Aeronautica Italiana 1934



    Douglas B-18 Bolo..1940




    Curtiss C-46.



    SM-79..1938 Flight Rome-Rio de Janeiro





    Piaggio-32....Made from Photos and one Drawing.





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  2. October 7th, 2008, 07:18 #2
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    Nice ... Good Job! :ernae: :isadizzy:
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  3. October 8th, 2008, 08:16 #3
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    Awesome models there. Nice work
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    This must not be easy, with wood. Magnificent, Anna Best regards
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    Thought about hand making a larger scale Mosquito model....but the glazing pieces !!! Hmmm
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  6. October 27th, 2008, 13:48 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by demorier View Post
    Thought about hand making a larger scale Mosquito model....but the glazing pieces !!! Hmmm
    You make a "pattern" and then with it "melt" transparent plastic over it.....or slightly cut out the glazing then fill it with the transparent plastic....other ways too...
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    Quote Originally Posted by demorier View Post
    Thought about hand making a larger scale Mosquito model....but the glazing pieces !!! Hmmm
    Building your own vacform is not too difficult and is useful in more ways than you'd imagine.
    I knocked mine up (Himmel!!) about 1993 and it's still a vital piece of my workshop.


    gera, your modelling is a lost art these days, takes me back to my dad and his skill with Obechi and Balsa wood.
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  8. October 16th, 2010, 12:27 #8
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    Icon5 vacuform

    can you make a canope with it and if so can you please send me a little info. on how to make one,
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    send to airplanerc2@nwi.net
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