Xmas Project Camel

[bennylaird]

In between everything else I'm going to knock up one of these over the break. They are only 36inch wingspan and electric powered. They fly great.

It's all balsa, ply and a covering of Litespan, a fabric covering that is heat activated to shrink.

I love the WWI type scale models and was selling kits but seems there is not much demand here in Aust.

Lots of tiny woodwork involved with laminating, turning, carving etc. All from a plan with no bought components except the radio, motor, batteries and speed controller. You can wind your own motors though but thats another story. My CNC router will soon be cutting out kits for the Camel and other models.

[bennylaird]

Heres the plan.

[bennylaird]

This was my first attempt, started the craze for me.....

[bennylaird]

you can see the laminations on the wing tips etc and the amount of work involved.
The Zero is a quick way into scale, all foam.

[womble]

good stuff!

I used to daydream as a kid about having a radio controlled aircraft carrier in 1/72 scale with tiny scale planes able to fly off it...pure daydreaming nonsense of course! However there are now tiny electric radio control planes available which makes such daydreams possible now...hmmm

[bennylaird]

There are carrier days at some clubs where they specialise in carrier landings. The hooks catch on string with sandbags.

I would like to do a 1/72 ANZAC Frigate since I work on them all day lol.

[bennylaird]

if you want small look here lol.
http://www.plantraco.com/hobbies/product_butterfly.html

[Auld Bassoon]

Brings back boyhood memories of balsa, dope (of the nitrocellulose variety!) and glued-up curtains :eek:

Not to mention starting an old 1.75cc Merlin Diesel in the kitchen when Mum had popped out to the shops. A nice finish of burnt caster oil all over the walls, ceiling, workbench - and a couple of chooks, ready for the oven, lying on a tray:eek:

Sore butt was the outcome of that episode

[oges]

often wondered how hard it is to land them smoothly, i'd be worried about crashing it after going to all the effort of building it

[Clinton1]

Great stuff. Must be time consuming.

[Wongo]

That’s pretty cool buddy. I spent more than 10 years of my life building plastic models. I loved it very much.

[bennylaird]

Any landing in one piece is a bonus, unplanned landings can be a bit of a mess. Actually it's nice and easy to get them down provoded you do it right, best way is to join a club and be taught how.

Didn't get to do any work as I finished up having to sand and seal floors and paint a few rooms, goodbye to the holiday. Plus the eldest son has moved home so there is no room to move in my shed so looks like no wordwork or model work for a while.