PaulD Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 I just finished my P-38F, I carved it out of basswood because that is just the way I behave sometimes. Sorry, no plastic. Maybe next time. The stand is from tanoak, the superchargers are made from paper, wire, and brass tube. The radio aerials are fishing line. The national markings were donated by a plastic kit. Serial numbers are from woodland scenics dry transfers. The panel lines were drawn on with colored pencil. Exhaust stains are artists oils. If you go to : http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net you can see work by a bunch of other folks who are still building models out of wood.
VonL Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 Wow! How long did it take you to do this (assuming you're not also growing the trees yourself)? A magnificent piece of work...I'm not worthy.
ghodges Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 Excellent old-school build. Craftsmanship is still craftsmanship! That proves you have all the skills of a model builder, and then some. Congrats on a fine build! GIL
PaulD Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Posted February 28, 2010 Wow! How long did it take you to do this (assuming you're not also growing the trees yourself)? Thanks Guys, to answer your question--I really don't know how much time I spent on this. I started it about a year ago but there have been months I didn't touch it at all and there were days when I spent hours on it. It takes me longer to finish a wood model than a plastic kit, but some wood models are relatively simple and go quickly. A P-38 basically has three fuselages and a lot of external hardware to build. The heinkel 100 I built last year was 1/3 to 1/4 as much work.
Dreamsof51 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Posted March 1, 2010 Very impressive. You've really captured the shape from all angles. Given the medium, that is quite an accomplishment. Did you post the Heinkel too? Great work, thanks for sharing it Chris
PaulD Posted March 1, 2010 Author Report Posted March 1, 2010 Did you post the Heinkel too? Chris Thanks Chris, you can see the Heinkel at: http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/...s.php?album=216 If you navigate up from there http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/index.php?cat=1 you can see work by other folks who build solid models. The solid model memories gallery http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/index.php also has plans from old kits and WWII vintage plans for building ID training models. The member's forum has a lot of build threads in it http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php
Mark Deliduka Posted March 1, 2010 Report Posted March 1, 2010 Most impressive! Far better than anything I could do in that medium. Outstanding work!
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 2, 2010 Report Posted March 2, 2010 Very nice !!! Brings back fond memories. I still have my collection of Aeromodeller plans (3-view and a few cross-sections) from the 40's, 50's, 60's that were the basis for some of my poor efforts, trying to emulate the recognition models many of the dads had brought home.
TimHortman Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Great work Paul! Thanks for posting. It's not every day we see something like this. Your results are very convincing!
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