Guillows Spirit of Saint Louis build

[ADW 123]

Ive been working on this for about half a month. its coming along nicly. any comments? also, i was wondering if anyone can tell me tips on cutting out small plastic parts like the piston heads on this plane.

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[ADW 123]

sorry, here it is

[flash52]

I use a sanding block and sand the back side of the plastic sheet. When it gets thin enough the plastic parts are real easy to remove.

Flash

[ADW 123]

and this method will work well if i am cutting out parts like the piston heads? they are a pain to make good and they have to be perfectly even otherwise it looks dumb.

[ADW 123]

has anyone built this one? i have been having big troubles with the wing strut caps, and how the pistons are to attach to the nose, and details on the pistons. the directions do not explain this very well at all. can anyone help?

[ADW 123]

heres an update

[jim]

looking good love the working door is that on the plans or your creation

[ADW 123]

on the plans. not bad so far for a 14 year old

[BillParker]

awww well, that explains it. I thought you were 13...



Nice work, sir! Stay with it.


bp

[Phugoid]

Here! Here! to Bill's comments

Andrew

[ADW 123]

i turned 14 over the summer i got an airbrush and compresor recently, and just today got some paint. i think if i practice a little before i paint the spirit i can make it look real good.

[ADW 123]

to be honest, im a little dissopointed with the way the paint turned out. i dont think it looks so great

[cliffm]

I heard somewhere that patience is a virtue and I always thought women were the only ones who had that. So, a lot of my basic beliefs have been shattered, because slowly at the 61st year of my existence I'm getting some. Patience, is very slowly creeping into my general practices when working on my models. Although my current model is suffering some very saggy tissue on the fuselage because I didn't wait to let it dry thoroughly between coats. I like to compare model building with billiards or guitar, when you mess up it's usually very noticeable. The last plane I used silver on I experimented mixing a little bit of white in it and the results were'nt too bad. You'll find the airbrush very non-forgiving when it comes to ill-prepared surfaces. Hang in there, you're doing great.

[ADW 123]

it seems very easy to mess up when im airbrushing this.... its my first time

[dbcisco]

I think you did a wonderful job. Don't beat yourself up. Yours is better than some I did.