Zenrat's Flying Circus

PR19_Kit · February 15, 2025, 06:32:33 AM

Quote from: zenrat on February 15, 2025, 01:25:20 AMHere's the WIP (the block of wood is not part of it).

Amazing how Nature can imitate manufactured items sometimes, isn't it?

Rick Lowe · February 15, 2025, 11:51:35 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 15, 2025, 06:32:33 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 15, 2025, 01:25:20 AMHere's the WIP (the block of wood is not part of it).

Amazing how Nature can imitate manufactured items sometimes, isn't it?

zenrat · February 24, 2025, 02:38:16 AM

Did I mention the Firefly?

Red Army Air Force WW2.

Firefly WIP 24-02-2025 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

NARSES2 · February 24, 2025, 05:18:31 AM

Looking good

zenrat · February 25, 2025, 02:24:29 AM

Thanks Chris.

DogfighterZen · February 25, 2025, 04:27:23 AM

Old Wombat · February 25, 2025, 08:30:38 AM

Wardukw · February 25, 2025, 04:14:50 PM

Yep...agreed ..looking good mate 👍

buzzbomb · February 25, 2025, 04:51:10 PM

Ok that is an operator I would not have thought of for the Firefly, but why not

zenrat · February 26, 2025, 01:54:21 AM

Thanks folks.

zenrat · February 27, 2025, 02:57:20 AM

I'm working on a Revell 1/25 Ford Woody. RHD, Mopar small block, lowered.
Here's the interior tub. Rear seat removed and wooden floor as it's a surf wagon.
Woodgrain painted by hand.

48 Woody WIP 27-02-25 02 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

PR19_Kit · February 27, 2025, 03:08:38 AM

That woodgrain looks superb Fred.

Like the idea of a Mopar small block, not too many times you see them in models.

zenrat · February 27, 2025, 03:44:40 AM

Thanks Kit. Thought i'd photo it before it gets hidden inside the model.
The engine is left over from the Lindberg Little Red Wagon wheelstander kit. High 200's to low 300's cubic inches. You don't always have to have a big block or massive horsepower (Phill will disagree with that). In this case I just wanted something better than a flathead ford V8.

su27rules · February 27, 2025, 08:14:46 AM

Rheged · February 27, 2025, 08:25:21 AM

Quote from: zenrat on February 27, 2025, 03:44:40 AMThanks Kit. Thought i'd photo it before it gets hidden inside the model.
The engine is left over from the Lindberg Little Red Wagon wheelstander kit. High 200's to low 300's cubic inches. You don't always have to have a big block or massive horsepower (Phill will disagree with that). In this case I just wanted something better than a flathead ford V8.

That woodwork is superb! At first glance I though you'd veneered it.

As to the big block/massive horsepower discussion, it's no use having the humungous great engine if the gearbox can't take the strain. Guess how I know this (fortunately as a spectator of someone else's catastrophe)