C'mon man! Paint it like a Bat! Wait, wait... since I like sharks, why not it's cousin, a Devil Ray! They fly!
Regards,
Regards,
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der Spatzfalke! The operational Ho-229
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Heavens Eagle
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Wow Warren! That is one awesome photo! I never knew that those could jump out of the water! It seems that they get fairly large don't they? How big was that one?
I always thought the mouth looked like an intake, guess it is. 
Duke Maddog
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Wow Saul! That guy really caught some air! I never knew they could 'fly' that high! LOL! Paul, their 'wingspan' has been measured at almost six feet on some.
centaur567
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Fantastic detail !!! Way beyond my level. When we were kids we would see these rays jump out of the water on of Ft. Myers beach. Gary S. XLV MMXX
Heavens Eagle
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Finally have a new update. Have been doing a lot of detailing, painting and weathering on the engines and I am now calling them done. Or at least until more parts are built and it needs some weathering.
The coloring in the photos does not quite match the actual coloring on the engines. They really look great with the Mark 1c eyeball. The stands really come in handy to set the engines on where they don't roll around. Not a bad thing though the fit on the stands is a little odd.
The coloring in the photos does not quite match the actual coloring on the engines. They really look great with the Mark 1c eyeball. The stands really come in handy to set the engines on where they don't roll around. Not a bad thing though the fit on the stands is a little odd.
Looking swell Paul 
Duke Maddog
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Stunning work on those engines Paul! Way to go! Fire those bad boys up so we can see them working! LOL!!
centaur567
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Just add a little kerosene and they will smell real too!! Gary S. XLV MMXX
Heavens Eagle
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Thanks Bob, Piet, and Mike for looking in! Mark, I used photos from some fully restored to running condition engines on a nearly finished (to airworthy) Me-262. That and some other photos from some other complete engines for the coloring on some of the pipes. Gary, I took 3 semesters of Aeronautical Technology in my college days. Part of that was for A & P, but I never finished it. I do remember the smell of aircraft hydraulics though.
Here is a preview of the next part and it has a lot of complexity and parts. A LOT of complexity and parts.
And I will say, that the ZM frame is going to be kind of lifeless compared to the one I build. It just doesn't have much coloring.
Of course this is the Smithsonian one that has a LOT of wear, tear, and weathering. It is a good place to start though.
I cleaned up my work area tonight, it had gotten to the point where tools were everywhere, paint bottles were everywhere, shavings and bits of stuff were, (you guessed it) everywhere. A flat place to actually work was NOWHERE. As the "fuselage" has 4 large sprues and a small sprue I needed some working space. The frame parts are going to be quite complex to build up. It is going to need a lot of time to just clean up the mold seams and other little flaws. I think tape is going to be my big friend for assembling this maze of parts as something this complex is very capable of having fit issues and anything I can do to make it fit well will be to my advantage
After all there are 47 parts in the framework and most ARE the framework.
Here is a preview of the next part and it has a lot of complexity and parts. A LOT of complexity and parts.
And I will say, that the ZM frame is going to be kind of lifeless compared to the one I build. It just doesn't have much coloring.
Of course this is the Smithsonian one that has a LOT of wear, tear, and weathering. It is a good place to start though.
I cleaned up my work area tonight, it had gotten to the point where tools were everywhere, paint bottles were everywhere, shavings and bits of stuff were, (you guessed it) everywhere. A flat place to actually work was NOWHERE. As the "fuselage" has 4 large sprues and a small sprue I needed some working space. The frame parts are going to be quite complex to build up. It is going to need a lot of time to just clean up the mold seams and other little flaws. I think tape is going to be my big friend for assembling this maze of parts as something this complex is very capable of having fit issues and anything I can do to make it fit well will be to my advantage
After all there are 47 parts in the framework and most ARE the framework.
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Right up your ally Paul. 
Wow Paul!!!
That is impressive!!!! Love the engines!
Bob
That is impressive!!!! Love the engines!
Bob
Heavens Eagle
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Thanks for lookig in Bob! Chris and M Pup, I always appreciate your input!
sharkman
Master at Arms
That's a manta ray, they can reach 7 m across (23ft)!
This is the caption to the photo:
"The Munk’s devil ray, pictured above, got the nickname “tortilla” from the fishermen in the Gulf of California where the species lives, says Octavio Aburto, an assistant professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who took the photo."
Link:
Science Friday's Picture of the Week
Either way, an awesome creature!
Regards,
sharkman
Master at Arms
My mistake, those rays are often generically called devil rays. They even call the small pelagic ray off our coast devil rays. I learned something new! So many species of rays in the ocean! These are little guys, only about 4' wing on them.
Thanks Saul! I'll have to brush up on my elasmobranch cousins!!
I agree, awesome creatures. Before I took this job, I volunteered at a research lab in the Bahamas and we worked primarily on spotted eagle rays. They were pretty fantastic too!
Sorry for hijacking your thread Paul!