Hi all…
The little Cant is advancing and I will finish the wing and engine completely before
I glue it to the “wing struts” for once glued I don´t want to touch it. This will be a “rescue”
plane which were either white with red crosses or bare metal with bright red stripes on top
of the wings.
The model is a solid wood (Mahogany), very small, winspan is only 8"
Looking good [tup]
Bud
I’m right on the edge of trying my hand at my own solid build, mostly in part because of you. Your techniques caught my attention, and I said to myself, “Hey! I can do that!”
Now, how WELL I do it still remains to be seen! [:D]
Just a quick question. I won’t be able to have the luxury of using mahogony for my project. It’s a rather large one, and here in the States it would cost me a fortune. What I have available will be a mish-mash of different woods, hopefully mostly hardwoods. My question is what do you do to seal the grain of the wood so you can’t see it once a coat of piant goes over it?
I’m doing it for an art class, and I KNOW my instructor will probably have a heart attack when I tell him I want to paint wood, but I’ll have to explain that it’s all for a good cause!
Lucien…Good to know you will try a “solid”, am sure you will enjoy the process.
You can use Pine wood, it is a little on the hard side but many years ago many solid kits used
this wood, mainly for the price as you mention. I undersantand that some guys in the USA use
wood from “wood container boxes” (?). Try different woods for hardness and grain…good luck and have fun.