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esc · 10-05-2009, 06:31 PM

Hi Dean,

You are right, I will have to build both eventually. I might build the Voltsjager first as there is less work in that and it would prove the basic design for the Volts Fighter as well.

I went with a fixed undercarriage on the British version but I might have another look at retracts for the German fighter option. Alternatively, to simply it even further, I could remove the flaps and undercarriage and belly land the plane.

Are you going to post your new design on this forum? - how is it going anyway?

They say that the devil is in the detail and it is very true with these models. It's not too difficult to make a solid shape that looks like an aeroplane, it's converting it into something that can be made from balsa and ply that is the tricky tiime consuming bit. I suspect that you are finding that is so with you new design - am I right?

I will have to start thinking about a new subject in the not too distant future. Thoughts running through my mind have included a "Golden Age" style racer, a vintage type model, perhaps a WWI monoplane - Bristol 1C style or a even shockie. It will have to be something different to light my candle.

Regards all,

Dave

10-05-2009, 06:31 PM	#3
esc Uber Contributer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 164	Re: Volts Fighter & Voltsjager Hi Dean, You are right, I will have to build both eventually. I might build the Voltsjager first as there is less work in that and it would prove the basic design for the Volts Fighter as well. I went with a fixed undercarriage on the British version but I might have another look at retracts for the German fighter option. Alternatively, to simply it even further, I could remove the flaps and undercarriage and belly land the plane. Are you going to post your new design on this forum? - how is it going anyway? They say that the devil is in the detail and it is very true with these models. It's not too difficult to make a solid shape that looks like an aeroplane, it's converting it into something that can be made from balsa and ply that is the tricky tiime consuming bit. I suspect that you are finding that is so with you new design - am I right? I will have to start thinking about a new subject in the not too distant future. Thoughts running through my mind have included a "Golden Age" style racer, a vintage type model, perhaps a WWI monoplane - Bristol 1C style or a even shockie. It will have to be something different to light my candle. Regards all, Dave Last edited by esc; 10-05-2009 at 06:47 PM.