Zlin Aero Bobber knock off

[Frenchie-in-USA]

Ok so recently I was doing a search on big wheels for one of my plane and I bumped into this...
I fell immediately in love with this plane... the naked design of the fuselage makes it look like a flying Eiffel Tower or a Ducati Mostro ...
Since I can't afford the rc version of this beauty I decided to go the FT way... foam boards, inexpensive wood rods (94 cents a pack at Walmart)... a free downloaded plan for a Piper Cub which i will use as a base for my project and voila !
That's the first time I build a plane from just something I have in head... wish me luck 😎...
Cheers

 

[d8veh]

That naked plane would make a challenging project for the foam-board builders.

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

That naked plane would make a challenging project for the foam-board builders.

That's what i did so far ...

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

Getting there one burn finger on hot glue at a time

 

[AkimboGlueGuns]

Looking sweet! Any thoughts on doing an interior? It would really make a model like this shine.

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

Looking sweet! Any thoughts on doing an interior? It would really make a model like this shine.

You mean a scale interior with seats, controls and instruments...? No i didn't think about it but why not...

 

[jaredstrees]

Cool project, and I want to fly in one of those!

 

[Tench745]

Just wanted to share a link to the last FT bobber build for inspiration.
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.p...-ft-bushwacker-–-th-crack-turbo-beaver.22066/

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

Just wanted to share a link to the last FT bobber build for inspiration.
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/savage-bobber-45-–-ft-bushwacker-–-th-crack-turbo-beaver.22066/

Wow ! Thank you verh much i didn't see this one... glad to see im not the only one to have fallen in love with the Bobber

 

[Grifflyer]

That's looking super cool!!

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

That's looking super cool!!

Thanks 😊
More progress...

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

A little help request here guys...
I respected the plan but the stab seems a little bit huge compared to the fuselage ...
Any thoughts...?

 

[JTarmstr]

I dunno, it looks fine to me.

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

I dunno, it looks fine to me.

Ok.. thanks... must be me... or because the rudder is not in place yet... it looked disproportionate

 

[JTarmstr]

Ok.. thanks... must be me... or because the rudder is not in place yet... it looked disproportionate

I think its because its bigger than what you would be used to. I would wait till the wings are on, it should look better.

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

That's the cool thing bout winter storms... plenty of time to work on your planes 😎

 

[Paracodespoder]

Looking good! The maiden is in sight!!! Good luck.

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

Looking good! The maiden is in sight!!! Good luck.

Thanks ... today I've been working on the wheels...
Almost happy with the result...

 

[Frenchie-in-USA]

NOW i'm happy with the result 😊

 

[rockyboy]

Looking good!