Hey Wingnut, I reckon you could do a 1/144 Goose and it would fit in one of those nacelles. lol.

Great work though.

...Guy

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Wow, Mike. That's precious. I wonder what your bedroom walls look like...

Just joking. I'm glad to see some progress on the Goose. We're just that much closer to seeing her in all her glory. Mike I bet you're beginning to have nightmares about paint. You might as well start saving up for the 10 gallons of industrial primer it'll take

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THAT little monstrosity was my attempt to build a Ju 390 out of the parts that were left over from my Ju 290Z.  Too late did I realize I'd made too many major mistakes, and the finished model would have looked like ka-ka anyway.  So, I "junked" it.  Pun intended.

A Ta 400, eh... maybe for another day!

And I promise, I WILL get working on my Goose again!  Soon!  There's just the flap actuator housings to make (vac) and the starboard aileron and flap, and then I can MAYBE get the wings attached to the fuselage! 

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The paint scheme was the remnant of my original build.  Check it out HERE.

As for the Ju 390, it WAS a real aircraft.  It was a stretched Ju 290 built in keeping with the German philosophy of wringing as much performace out of an airframe while keeping parts commonality high between versions.  Two were built, with the V2 rumored to have flown within 12 miles of New York City, although this claim is disputed.

In that photo, the details aren't shown that made me junk it.  The nose is too short (with no way to fix it), the fuselage has a distinct kink in it that I noticed too late, and the seams are so bad that a model I would've been happy with was impossible.  I will eventually build another one, but that's is in the far-off distant future.

Thanks for your interest in the subject! 

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The design was based off this one here:

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/axis/luft/bioll111.htm

The idea was for a low level night ocean camo scheme.  The undersides were black, and the "wave mirror" on the upper surfaces was meant to mimic the reflection of the moonlight on the waves.  Definitely one of the neatest designs I'VE ever seen.

Go ahead and use it!  I'll look forward to seeing your Ta 183 all gussied up in it.

And yes, I'll try not to "Focke" it up.  Very nice.   

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Alright, a somewhat downturn update for all y'all today.  It can be split up into three categories:

The Good:  With my ANT-25 done, I PROMISE that I won't start any other projects until the wings of my Goose are attached to the fuselage.

The Bad:  Remember that pretty aileron I just finished up with?  Well, I'm gonna have to replace it.  It was noticeably thicker than the wing, and after trying many ways to fix it (and having all of them fail), I realized I needed to start over.

Story of the project.

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The Ugly:

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Michigan State lost to Michigan.  AGAIN. 

  It's a tough time to be a Spartan....

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Yeah, MSU has a real knack for blowing it in the end.  Six years in a row, now!  What's worse is that it looked like they actually had a shot there for a while!  But then they just let it get out of hand.... grrr..

I root for OSU- when they're playing Michigan, of course.  Other than that- not so much.    Normally I'm not a huge football fan, but I still root for my dad's old alma mater (MSU).

Ah, well.  At least MSU will always have better ice cream that U of M...  The on-campus dairy store over there is simply heavenly....

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...because this build is CURSED!!!!!

Case in point?  Every time I try to take one step forward, I slide back five or six.  Just today I decided to finish up my second all-wood aileron, the first being too thick.  Well, I go in to cut out the space for the aileron tab (in the piece of work I'd put hours into building)... and ended up destroying it.  Unintentionally.

It was enough.  I'm NOT building this thing a third time.  I can only run into the same wall so many times until I finally change my mind and walk through the door.  

Wood and tissue control surfaces?  Biggest mistake I EVER made.  Bar none.  They were the biggest money pit in the whole kit, and the finished result never made me happy.  So, I decided to build the new ailerons from plastic- much easier.  Seven or 8 parts as opposed to 30.

Unfortunately, this meant getting rid of the rudder and elevators, three things I though I was done with. 

Summary:  I try to add an aileron and end up getting rid of my rudder and elevators.

NOW you see why this build is cursed?!?! 

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