Productive Weekend Part Three-Lots of Pics

Here we are in Part Three of my Wondrous Weekend building spree! This part focuses mainly on the work I did on the C119 Boxcar I've been working on

I took some time to hinge my Testor's 1/72 scale C119 clamshell doors so I could display them either open or closed as I choose. Here they are closed:



And here they are opened:



You can see the copper wire and brass rod I used to make the hinges. It isn't accurate, but it is functional! I also need to touch up the inside of the doors to get rid of the white paint that seeped through.

Meanwhile, one of the propellers had broken off, and wouldn't glue back on.



So I got down with it and pulled out the Big Guns.

First, I drilled a pinhole in the shaft on the cowling:



Then did the same with the propeller:



Then I cut a piece of copper wire:



(I used a slightly thicker piece than the one shown. Don't know how that one got in the picture! ) I then CA glued the copper piece into the cowling shaft, measured the depth of the hole I drilled in the propeller, and cut the wire to size. Then I CA glued the propeller onto the copper wire sticking out. Voila! A fully repaired, (and spinning) propeller!


Instead of just showing the propeller, here's a pic of the whole plane as it looks fully put together:



Of course, the canopy/windscreen needs to be installed; and what doesn't show is that the propeller cowlings, the wings, and the fuselage are not cemented together. They are all just test-fit together so you can see what I've managed to finish so far. I have the nose sanded and ready to be painted red.

There's still a little more to show, so tune in to Part Four!