Spirit of St Louis build thread

[phantom II]

Actually Bob it looks very much like the real thing .

It would be very difficult to replicate that manually

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Hippy Ed]

Reference the horizon Ed, think the camera or the photographer was off a bit. The wings are too wide to fit in my photobooth, they stick out either side.

Haven't got any shots of the decals yet. Want to see how they turn out.

OK MP if you say so... It just looked a bit off when I tried lining it up with the lower part of my screen...

OK Mr ! The photo cube pictures are crooked. I checked out the gear and it is correct .

You're going to make Bob insecure

Well, Sumbuddy's gotta keep 'im on his toes!!! :evil: hyeah

 

[ausf]

That is a seriously beautiful finish Bob.

Love the reflection of the strut in the cowl.

 

[MrT]

Looking good Bob!

B)

 

[ij001]

Well lookatdat , just excellent, Bob.

Ian.

 

[reconron]

Looks great so far,MP!


Gr,Ron.

 

[lupanzer]

Just brilliant,Bob!

Luiz

 

[jknaus]

Looks great
James

 

[Sherman 18]

NICE!

 

[Iron Mike]

The machined cowls decals are going on.
I wonder if there's a way to replicate that machined look on BMF? :hmmm

Sez the guy with no patience. You could simulate the engine turning on Bare Metal Foil using a pencil eraser cut to size and a twisting motion, but that would be a WHOLE lot of tedious twisting. And you thought Friuls were boring! :idonno

Looks good from here and the gear checks out with the one eyed inspector. :coolio

:drinks

 

[Jeeves]

Very nice Bob-- looks like a mini-Charles could climb in and fly away!

 

[moon puppy]

The machined cowls decals are going on.
I wonder if there's a way to replicate that machined look on BMF? :hmmm

Sez the guy with no patience. You could simulate the engine turning on Bare Metal Foil using a pencil eraser cut to size and a twisting motion, but that would be a WHOLE lot of tedious twisting. And you thought Friuls were boring! :idonno

Looks good from here and the gear checks out with the one eyed inspector. :coolio

:drinks

Tried it, using 1200 grit paper/pad, and the tip of a bamboo skewer.

Tedious would not be the word I'd use. and how to make it uninformed I don't know.

 

[Iron Mike]

You were on the right track, here's how the real thing is done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6pMcDyx7PM

Using a small diameter pencil eraser makes the swirl marks without being too abrasive, but those skinny pencils are hard to find now.

 

[Hippy Ed]

hmy: :woohoo: B)

 

[phantom II]

You were on the right track, here's how the real thing is done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6pMcDyx7PM

Using a small diameter pencil eraser makes the swirl marks without being too abrasive, but those skinny pencils are hard to find now.

Plus the circles overlap anyway . You would have to be extremely precise for it to look good :S

 

[moon puppy]

So what you're saying, stick with the decal?

 

[phantom II]

So what you're saying, stick with the decal?

let's just say that's what I would do . Cheers, Christian B)

 

[dollar19]

This is outrageously awesome Bob. I'd stay with things just they way they are. Youre about as close to perfect as you can get.

 

[Old Dog]

I think the decal looks good, at least in the photos. I did one of these finishes on a machined C-clamp I made in shop class in high school. It was steel not aluminum and I utilized a dowel rod and grit collected from a bench grinder. It was done on a drill press with a fence to keep the lines straight. It took forever to do, longer than it took to do the rest of the machining and it was a very small C-clamp. I wish I still had it, it disappeared many years ago.

 

[Swordsman]

Looks very good There MP .... Your doing a fine job ...... You'll need a 3-d printer or maybe you could adapt a cricket to do the job ..... ldguy