Mossie FIGHTER

[Daryl J.]

 



Daryl J.

[philp]

Already making a bid for the 2009 Whiffie?

Looking forward to this one and your future projects for this year.

[Rafael]

Micro-Mossie?

That's an awesome idea, and an awesome build, Baz!!!

I like the twin wingspars approach, makes it easier  to align the &()&%$ things on. and the bubbletop canopy is just...beautiful!. The vertical surface is a dream. That will she be carrying, weapons-wise?. Will she use drop-tanks, seeing that she's so small?

Rafa

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Whoa!!    

Yup, that covers it !

Ian

[Eddie M.]

Class is in and the Professor is at work!

[Brian da Basher]

Work like this makes me feel like a kid playing with little plastic toys.

You never fail to show us how it's done or the incredible depth of your talent and skill, Mr Howling Mouse!

Brian da Basher

[BlackOps]

Almost looks german which is odd considering the source materials. Looks very cool, glad to see you back at the bench Barry

[Sisko]

Your builds are always an inspiration, and your step by step posts give me lots of scratchbuilding tips.

For this I thankyou. 

A great concept brilliantly excecuted!

[comrade harps]

For some reason (wings, I think), I keep seeing this with red stars, something Soviet vs the Nazis in the Great War Against Facism (or whatever it was called).

Waiting to see how it turns out.

[jcf]

The fuselage has been brought together and I shaped a piece of Forex for the top of the nose (won't be doing that again!). 

What was the problem with the Forex? I quite like working with Sintra (same stuff-different brand name).

Your little fighter reminds me a bit of the DH 93 Don.

Jon

[John Howling Mouse]

Thanks guys.  I agree, it could be German, Italian, Russian....Japanese.

It's so small, I'm considering not arming it at all.  Yellow air racer, maybe?  Or an observation/recon aircraft?

Jon, the Forex was a gift sample from Wolfik (thanks, Peter!) but I found it did not reduce nearly as easily as resin or laminated styrene.  And it became very fuzzy with filing: all sorts of fibres hanging on.  I've got some Sintra that I bought: will try that on a future project.  For this one, I should have stuck with the Aves Apoxie Sculpt for ease of shaping.

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

'makes me feel like a kid playing with little plastic toys.

..... I'm sure that it does, but where 'you gonna find one at this time of night ? 

Ian

[John Howling Mouse]

Like it or not, it was time to hit the Mossie fighter with Aves Apoxie Sculpt (2-part epoxy putty; pretty much identical to Milliput or plumbers putty).  The first time I used this stuff was on my recent pair of Superbolts and I figured I had ruined both of them.  But then the Aves putty suprised me by sanding down like magic, leaving a flawless finish even though my initial application was quite rough.  So, I'm seriously hoping to get just as lucky this time.  Plus, I used some heavy applications of Aves on another project at the same time this afternoon (I haven't shared this one with you yet as I'm not sure it will turn out!).  Here's hoping for a good finish in a couple of days when I can sand this all down!

[sotoolslinger]

Dang that is a beautiful shaped plane

[Mossie]

Nice going so far Baz!  I can't decide if it's got anhedral, dihedral, or neither on the tail.  I think the forward swept trailing edged kind of tricks the eye.

Either that or I should get myself another !