Looking good Lyle!!
When I get moved to my new house (when ever that is gonna be) I will need to dig up the Gee Bee balsa kit I have. Hopefully balsa has a good shelf life since I have has the kit for almost 20 years!!!
Guillows 1/24 DHC-2 Beaver
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Something about the Gee Bee I like. I was looking at that one the other day. Twenty years, huh? A petrified Gee Bee! Cool!
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Wait, what? Find it, Thomas! What a wonderful project!!Thomas_M wrote:What fun to follow you on this one, Lyle! Mighty fine job on the float tips!
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Years ago I snatched a Guillows 1/32 scale B-29 kit. My landlord then in Bavaria made me an extension for my bench, as a 1/32 scale B-29 is somehow large...
Got the fuselage almost done, then lost track of it. I guess this one should be somewhere in my stash in the basement. Oh well...
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LyleW wrote:Well, attaching the floats has become a chore, challenge and a P.I.T.A! So, to relax, I decided to carve out two prop blades...Not too bad. I "chucked" up a hunk of balsa in my drill and sanded it down to a roundy shape for the propeller hub. .
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Thanks, Bruce.
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Lyle, Did you ever build this??
I know it is not balsa but I thought this one might have caught your attention at some point. Kit is from the 1970s; I do not think it is based on the Aurora version.
I know it is not balsa but I thought this one might have caught your attention at some point. Kit is from the 1970s; I do not think it is based on the Aurora version.
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No, but it is on the someday list. Like the mixmaster!
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I have but not that particular kit but the military version. Not sure if I still have it in my collection of completed builds chest from my youth years.speedgraflex wrote:Lyle, Did you ever build this??
I know it is not balsa but I thought this one might have caught your attention at some point. Kit is from the 1970s; I do not think it is based on the Aurora version.
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Such a sexy looking light aircraft the 337!
Great work on those prop blades Lyle!
Great work on those prop blades Lyle!
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Yeats ago, in the Civil Air Patrol, we could get surplus USAF stuff. I was told a story that we has the opportunity to get a dozen or so of these. All airworthy. We just had to go get them. We passed on it. Dumb.portman wrote:Such a sexy looking light aircraft the 337!
Great work on those prop blades Lyle!
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