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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Here is a tool of the West, an oppressive instrument of the FIRM, and a reason why you should not fear Gaddafi.

Oh. But he's gone now...

In any case:

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Cool.

You ever do balsa and paper models?

I got myself a F6F Hellcat kit for Christmas, and have been mucking around with it since then. Got the paper glued to the fuselage, and have to do the wings next, then spray with water to shrink the paper, and assemble fuselage, wings and empennage, and then paint.

I've been finding out what I'm doing wrong by what won't fit properly ten steps later in the process. I have a feeling it's not going to be a beautiful finished product.

I'm thinking I should have started with something simpler, as I tend to crack the 1/16" spars when trying to fit sub-assemblies together, and poke holes in the paper when trying to trim it.

It is a nice test of patience, though, as you have to glue up maybe 30 pieces to make the fuselage, 20 to make the wing, and 20 for the tail surfaces, and each one pretty much has to dry before you can do the next one. Then there's 24 separate pieces of paper to cover the fuselage, and a bunch for the wing and tail.


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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