Hi Rex: was this airplane scheme from a particular unit and pilot? I'd like to know more about that if you do know some on that model. Really looks great, and I'm sure you'll have a good maiden on it.
The NASM work will keep me pretty busy for the next year or so, probably longer. Not a whole lot to do at the moment as we're talking to 3D print fabricators on who would give us the best price and the highest quality models. I'm talking to four different companies at this point, and will make a decision who gets the contract by summer, hopefully. Can't remember if I told you but for the new WWII gallery, we are going to hang 18 1/72 scale B-17 printed models from the ceiling at various levels, the purpose being to show how the "combat box" worked to get the most protection from fighters and getting the bombs on target from a compact formation. I think it will be pretty cool, as well as all the other neat stuff that will be there.
My biggest part in this museum project is repurposing a 40 year old 1:15 scale space shuttle orbiter that will hang upside down from the ceiling with the payload bay doors open and the Hubble Space Telescope inside. That will be lots of work, and I have to cut out the payload bay doors from the fiberglass model. That will be probably one of the trickiest parts, and one that I must NOT screw up!
After this and all the other models and things I'm doing as part of this transformation of the museum, as they're calling it, I would love to add a F6F Hellcat into my fleet. They had a great FMS foamie that had a retractable tailwheel, as well many years ago. I flew the crap out of it until it couldn't fly anymore,. But I think it might have gone out of production, and is almost impossible to find. I might consider one of the NEXA models, but I would want to add on a scale retractable tailwheel too. The other plane I would love to do is a B-17G, especially if they come out with a new one that is even better scale that what I've seen so far. Not sure if it will happen, but I can dream about it, anyway!
Cheers
davegee
The NASM work will keep me pretty busy for the next year or so, probably longer. Not a whole lot to do at the moment as we're talking to 3D print fabricators on who would give us the best price and the highest quality models. I'm talking to four different companies at this point, and will make a decision who gets the contract by summer, hopefully. Can't remember if I told you but for the new WWII gallery, we are going to hang 18 1/72 scale B-17 printed models from the ceiling at various levels, the purpose being to show how the "combat box" worked to get the most protection from fighters and getting the bombs on target from a compact formation. I think it will be pretty cool, as well as all the other neat stuff that will be there.
My biggest part in this museum project is repurposing a 40 year old 1:15 scale space shuttle orbiter that will hang upside down from the ceiling with the payload bay doors open and the Hubble Space Telescope inside. That will be lots of work, and I have to cut out the payload bay doors from the fiberglass model. That will be probably one of the trickiest parts, and one that I must NOT screw up!
After this and all the other models and things I'm doing as part of this transformation of the museum, as they're calling it, I would love to add a F6F Hellcat into my fleet. They had a great FMS foamie that had a retractable tailwheel, as well many years ago. I flew the crap out of it until it couldn't fly anymore,. But I think it might have gone out of production, and is almost impossible to find. I might consider one of the NEXA models, but I would want to add on a scale retractable tailwheel too. The other plane I would love to do is a B-17G, especially if they come out with a new one that is even better scale that what I've seen so far. Not sure if it will happen, but I can dream about it, anyway!
Cheers
davegee
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