Manstein's revenge:
VanceCrozier:
p38jl:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
.........................
Vance.. alas...
maybe Irene blew in Vance's new friend...
Nope - I had several evenings last week, and lots of time over the weekend, to spend on the Horten project. I'm at a point with it where I can't make my fingers do what my brain envisions. To be honest, I may have been better off starting with a solid block of basswood & going absolutely old-school & carving the bloody thing. I think my expectations are likely too high on this one. It needs to be out of sight for awhile so I can focus on a couple of items that I can complete to my satisfaction... then it can come back out at a later date.
That's surprising---the last pics of it showed great promise...although, that was so long ago my memeory probably isn't accurate of what I actually saw...Can you repost pics of where it stands now or has it turned to dust...
mid-wing skinned over, outer wing panels solid basswood. The biggest problem right now is the leading edge of the wing, trying to get a profile that is close to correct. Maybe if I cut the existing structure back 1/4" or so, I could add a basswood strip & sand it down to the correct contour??
![http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af250/VanceCrozier/Horten%20229%20Scratchbuild/100_6346.jpg](http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af250/VanceCrozier/Horten%20229%20Scratchbuild/100_6346.jpg)
You can see the gap I'm fighting with here...
![http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af250/VanceCrozier/Horten%20229%20Scratchbuild/100_6348.jpg](http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af250/VanceCrozier/Horten%20229%20Scratchbuild/100_6348.jpg)
Also having no fun trying to get the (insert giggle here...) engine pods to settle in as I'd like them to. Maybe I need to go at those the "other way 'round"... get the pods to fit & align first, and then make room for the cockpit?? ![Bang Head](http://cs.finescale.com/emoticons/icon_smile_banghead.gif)