Mr. Mulligan ! (photo heavy)

SteamWake · 01-31-09, 01:16 PM

Okay I know its not 'naval' but...

There was a discussion in General about paper airplanes. I posted about having built stick and tissue models for a loooong time.

Here is my latest start ! Enjoy !

Almost forgot the box shot !

Credit where credit is due

A sense of its scale

T pins !

The stringers are of 3/32" balsa. The wood is of very poor quality. I may have to throw the lot out and get some 'good' wood from the hobby shop. In the meantime

They sure are thin ! (Thats the edge of a quarter behind)

My 'workspace'

Ill add more as she comes along or I end up burning it :rotfl: I really have my doubts of the fuse holding together with the thin stringers. Still they get doubled up in some spots and Ill be adding gussetts so we will see.

SteamWake · 01-31-09, 02:15 PM

Well Mr. Experienced modeler the jokes on me

Seems that those stringers that are so thin is because there the wrong ones :rotfl:

I looked for another part in the box and found these

Another edge of the quarter shot

Well Im off to start pulling pins

oh and to buy some 1/16 balsa

Tip to the modelers out there... check the box twice !

SteamWake · 02-02-09, 03:57 PM

Now this is more like it. What I like to see nice tight jointwork.

Close up of tail section

Both 'sides' done now

Now for the hard part

Syxx_Killer · 02-02-09, 04:17 PM

What an interesting project! I didn't know kits like this were available. I'll be following this thread closely. Keep it up!

SteamWake · 02-02-09, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

What an interesting project! I didn't know kits like this were available. I'll be following this thread closely. Keep it up!

Thanks for the eoncouragement. Oh these types of kits have been around for a loooong time (the kits). Ive been building them since I was like 12.

This kit from Dumas is one of the better ones. Designed to fly and not just look purdy. Some of the kits offered by other (Guillows) manufacturers while they will fly are just too heavy. Remember a rock will fly too if you throw it hard enough. But they can still be nice display pieces. Another quality manufacturer is peck polymers and SIG (if sig still does stick and tissue).

The actual construction will probably go in fits and starts with little to nothing getting done weekday/nights.

The next phase is what I call 'boxing up' the fusealage. When the two halfs are joined together to form... well a fusealage. This is one of the most cruical and difficult steps. The hardest part is to get it straight and plumb and not racked or twisted. Get a bad enough warp in the fuse and you will never get the thing to fly right.
Now whered I put those triangles

FIREWALL · 02-02-09, 05:31 PM

I'll be following this too. This plane is kool.

BTW get a manacure.

01-31-09, 01:16 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mr. Mulligan ! (photo heavy) Okay I know its not 'naval' but... There was a discussion in General about paper airplanes. I posted about having built stick and tissue models for a loooong time. Here is my latest start ! Enjoy ! Almost forgot the box shot ! Credit where credit is due A sense of its scale T pins ! The stringers are of 3/32" balsa. The wood is of very poor quality. I may have to throw the lot out and get some 'good' wood from the hobby shop. In the meantime They sure are thin ! (Thats the edge of a quarter behind) My 'workspace' Ill add more as she comes along or I end up burning it :rotfl: I really have my doubts of the fuse holding together with the thin stringers. Still they get doubled up in some spots and Ill be adding gussetts so we will see.

02-02-09, 05:31 PM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I'll be following this too. This plane is kool. BTW get a manacure. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-31-09, 02:15 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well Mr. Experienced modeler the jokes on me Seems that those stringers that are so thin is because there the wrong ones :rotfl: I looked for another part in the box and found these Another edge of the quarter shot Well Im off to start pulling pins oh and to buy some 1/16 balsa Tip to the modelers out there... check the box twice !

02-02-09, 03:57 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Now this is more like it. What I like to see nice tight jointwork. Close up of tail section Both 'sides' done now Now for the hard part

02-02-09, 04:17 PM	#4
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	What an interesting project! I didn't know kits like this were available. I'll be following this thread closely. Keep it up!