Monte.C
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Man that's so pretty.
Beriev Be - 103 (Snipe) amphibious seaplane, build in foamed pvc plastic.
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leaded50
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Plane it aself , is not boring... just the design of the passenger compartment, with the big square windows, loooks a bit "aged" ..
leaded50
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It did showed the "three aquaplaning implements" good. And do float with a pretty low tail, and get the wing incident as believed
Hondo76251
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Shes gonna turn out nice!
I'd be scared to fly anything i put that much work into! Lol
I'd be scared to fly anything i put that much work into! Lol
leaded50
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Not exeptional much extra work
and, it seems it can take dive to ground quite well ( i hope ) ...im sitting here medicined anyway
leaded50
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Wven working with the motorpod holders i found done a error..... I understand now why got some extra adjustments to get things fit at rear..... Internal, all 4 formers are cut in half at height, its a internal "deck/spar" going from front to rear. When cutted i needed take away 3mm for it in middle, i took away 5mm at the top AND bottom parts (forgot wasnt standard foamboard) What does it do? I got a lower roofline, in fact nicer one ..... but then also needed angle the motorpod holders to fuselage more.
Does it do something? NO! and i bet, nobody would see it when plane is ready. I couldnt neither do the windows framing as thin, without ruining the structural strength on battery/electronics hatch. The error does in fact fixed the only thing i didnt liked by the plane.... the "garden house" cockpit
Plane have got it stab,rudder is ready painted.(fastned with plastic hinges) .. and its pretty much ready for paint
What does it do? I got a lower roofline, in fact nicer one ..... but then also needed angle the motorpod holders to fuselage more.Does it do something? NO! and i bet, nobody would see it when plane is ready. I couldnt neither do the windows framing as thin, without ruining the structural strength on battery/electronics hatch. The error does in fact fixed the only thing i didnt liked by the plane.... the "garden house" cockpit
Plane have got it stab,rudder is ready painted.(fastned with plastic hinges) .. and its pretty much ready for paint
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Monte.C
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I can see it from here! That looks horrible. If I were you I would start over.Wven working with the motorpod holders i found done a error..... I understand now why got some extra adjustments to get things fit at rear..... Internal, all 4 formers are cut in half at height, its a internal "deck/spar" going from front to rear. When cutted i needed take away 3mm for it in middle, i took away 5mm at the top AND bottom parts (forgot wasnt standard foamboard)
Does it do something? NO! and i bet, nobody would see it when plane is ready.
leaded50
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I can see it from here! That looks horrible. If I were you I would start over.
ha,ha N E V E R !! 
Matthewdupreez
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what do you use to hang your planes??? "biltong hooks and Christmas lights"1.st color of paint, the main, and contrasting lines of blue. Ive used a metallic blue i had... a touch darker with, another shine, than the bright blue used on original.
(some christmas lightning was great to hang it on to dry
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Monte.C
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This seems like your best one yet! I would swear that's an injection-molded model. Really unbelievable.1.st color of paint, the main, and contrasting lines of blue. Ive used a metallic blue i had... a touch darker with, another shine, than the bright blue used on original.
(some christmas lightning was great to hang it on to dry
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Monte.C
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First think I do in a new apartment is remove the battery from the smoke alarm! I like fearless cooking in a screaming hot pan.that hooks, and christmas lights are superb for hanging painted things to dry
Did you even see the smokealarm is hanging too (battery out) ??
leaded50
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Working with "plastic" open ups for possibility to shape parts even more, by heating & some different size tubes... and they stay shaped after. Just as the hatch/canopy here, heat and shape... and it keps it, without need for extra reinforcing .
About the smoke alarm.... its another system here, so this is not necessary... and when beeped when battery was too low, i got tired and tore it out... but not removed it
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cyclone3350
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I have always thought that U can either build them fast or build them pretty. But U can't do both. Well congrats. U have proven that hypotheses to be false. Your next challenge is to out do Einstein and find that worm holes do exist .1.st color of paint, the main, and contrasting lines of blue. Ive used a metallic blue i had... a touch darker with, another shine, than the bright blue used on original.
(some christmas lightning was great to hang it on to dry
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leaded50
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dont you know about the existing wormholes? a 114mm edf on 12S can plow straight through it.....I have always thought that U can either build them fast or build them pretty. But U can't do both. Well congrats. U have proven that hypotheses to be false. Your next challenge is to out do Einstein and find that worm holes do exist .
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