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Boeing 40B finished
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, July 1, 2010 2:00 PM

Here are some shots of my CMR 1:72 Boeing 40B,

 

Unfortunately, I had forgotten to add the flying wire stabilizer bars before I shot the photo backdrop shots, so I went back to workbench and added them (scratchbuilt, not in kit) before the plain backdrop shot.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, July 1, 2010 6:25 PM

Beautiful Build Don.  Well done Yes.

Regards,  Rick

RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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Posted by bondoman on Friday, July 2, 2010 1:34 AM

Very well done. Wow. And really fast too.

Bookmarked for reference when I get mine going.

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Posted by Pawel on Friday, July 2, 2010 1:56 AM

Don,

a very nice model. I especially like the rigging, the more when I read that the baby is 1:72 scale. What's going to be next? Have a nice day

Pawel

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by B17Pilot on Friday, July 2, 2010 8:08 AM

Very nice!! Can't what to see what you can do with that 307!

  

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Posted by Aaron Skinner on Friday, July 2, 2010 8:47 AM

Don,

Beautiful work!

Aaron

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, July 2, 2010 8:48 AM

Pawel

Don,

a very nice model. I especially like the rigging, the more when I read that the baby is 1:72 scale. What's going to be next? Have a nice day

Pawel

A car model is going on the bench next.  After that will come the Zvezda Fokker tri-motor.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Mark Hembree on Friday, July 2, 2010 9:10 AM

Terrific, Don! 

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Posted by simpilot34 on Friday, July 2, 2010 9:16 AM

Don that is outstanding work mate!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!Toast

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by Styrene Nut on Friday, July 2, 2010 10:12 AM

Very nice job Don! What did you use for the rigging wire? Dave.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, July 3, 2010 8:52 AM

Styrene Nut

Very nice job Don! What did you use for the rigging wire? Dave.

6 mil nylon monofilament thread. It is the "invisible" color.  I believe that makes it look smaller than it really is.  I never use black or white, the high contrast makes it look larger.  If I do not use the invisible mono, I use a medium gray.

The stuff is miserable to work with. It has the stiffness of stainless steel :-)  Really hard to tie knots, etc. Every time I use it I swear I will never use it again.  But then when I see how good it looks, I use it on my next model.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by hawkeye2an_L-Bird_fan on Sunday, July 4, 2010 9:24 PM

Really nice job Don, thanks for sharing

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Posted by jeaton01 on Monday, July 5, 2010 7:28 PM

Nice work as usual, Don.  In  my old biplane days we called those stabilizer bars javelins.  Their main purposes  were to keep the wires from singing from vibration and to prevent the wires from rubbing against each other where they crossed in close proximity.

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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  • From: ireland
Posted by david on Friday, July 9, 2010 4:10 PM

that is unbelievably good!! congratulations! it took me a while to work out the picture because i thought it was real due to the backdrop!

DAVID
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Posted by jetmodeler on Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:11 PM

Don,

Nicely done.Bow Down It really looks great.

 

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Posted by bondoman on Friday, September 24, 2010 12:51 AM

Here's some pictures I took last weekend at Reno,

And this one for all Beech fans

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Posted by simpilot34 on Friday, September 24, 2010 6:15 AM

Wow she's beautiful!!!! What a stunning restoration!!! Saw an article in a magazine here of her. The Staggerwing MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, I'm sorry guys but hey just look sexy!!!Stick out tongue

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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