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1/72 Spruce Goose Build Thread (More wing work)

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Posted by Lucien Harpress on Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:48 PM

Another update, but no pics unfortunately.

Looking at this model just sitting on my bedroom floor, I came to a sad conclusion.  Up until this point, I had planned on leaving the planing hull alone in terms of correcting the rounded edges.  But when I noticed ALL the other things that I'd fixed, I realized that if I DIDN'T do anything, it would stick out like a sore thumb.  Therefore, I've decided to break down, buy some angle stock from my LHS, and crack out ANOTHER tube of putty.

 

(sigh).....

 

Sometimes I wonder.....

What this means for everyone else out there is that this build is going to take THAT much longer.  Sorry!

Ah, well.  Back to work... 

That which does not kill you makes you stranger...
-The Joker
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Posted by Lucien Harpress on Sunday, April 8, 2007 8:25 PM

Another update for the thread-

Small, but progress, nonetheless.  I've glued one side of the wings together, removed the aileron, and boxed in the resulting gap.  Next up- the flap.

That which does not kill you makes you stranger...
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Posted by brain44 on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:20 AM

Great idea, Mike!  I know a lot of us have been following this build closely - pretty soon, you can have your own version of Evergreen Air Museum at home!  Cool [8D]

Brian  Cowboy [C):-)]

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1/72 Spruce Goose Build Thread (More wing work)
Posted by Lucien Harpress on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:12 AM

Well, after God knows how long of having millions of topics bouncing around this site about one single build, I finally broke down and decided to consolidate them all into one thread that I could constantly update as progress was made.  I apologize in advance to all dial-up users.

For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, this is my build of a VERY rare 1/72 Vacuform Spruce Goose wired with spinning props.  Here's a look back on what's accomplished so far:

From now on, this is where all new updates will be posted. 

As a futher note, I'm consolidated a bunch of my photos into one folder on my photobucket account.  As a result, a number of the really old pictures of this build may not work anymore.  It won't affect anything in this thread, just the really old ones that nobody looks at anyway.  And if you REALLY want to see something that you remember and isn't there anymore, just let me know and I'll get the new link to it.

Also, the pics are large for a very special reason.  Although to find out what that reason IS, you'll just have to wait until I'm finished!  Big Smile [:D]  Thanks for the look-see, and comments, as always, are welcome.

That which does not kill you makes you stranger...
-The Joker
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