what's my next project ?

[DanSteph]

At completion of FsP I'll be more relax, I'll continue to upgrade FSP of course
and thinks about next "real work" but it will not be the rush that it was since
several month so I'll have somes spare time.

So I'll do one things that I wanted to do since a long time this years:
build a plastic model kits of one aircraft...

Sound dumb ? bah I love that from time to time and I don't have
anymore plastic model at home since we moved to another town 4 years ago.

My wife love that also and we laugh a lot when she do one because often her
model end with the wings glued at the rear or other place (when they simply
don't fall because of the lack of glue)

Now I just have to decide wich model... lately a lot of nice model are available.

Just had to voice that...

Dan



Post Edited ( 07-05-05 16:30 )

[Pracines]

Dan,

I was recently at a hobby shop with my brother (he does model powered boats). I saw about 400 different kinds of aircraft models. Sizes
from a few inches to a few feet! Of course I enjoy flightsimming as my hobby almost exclusively so I did not buy one. But if I were to try a
model it would have to be a 757. Quite simply the finest plane out there in my opinion.

PR

[Chris B.]

Good on ya Dan! Have you ever given a hand at radio controlled airplanes? If you've ever built the small free flight rubber band powered
models (balsa wood and tissue) and liked it, then the RC ones are only larger and now you can get them in electric as well as fuel. I love
to fly RC as it's an actually flying plane in the sky. I've been working on a craft of my own design but have been much too busy to get too it.
I do have some existing planes that I take out frequently and experiment with such as testing out my custon carved propellors.

Here's some pics:

http://groups.msn.com/PortraitsMore/xvm1...snw?Page=2

http://groups.msn.com/PortraitsMore/ladybee.msnw

Chris

[Giorgio]

Dan,

you could try a different material other than plastic: have a look here for example: http://www.card-models.com

Unbelievable what they can do using just some paper sheets!

Giorgio

[pegase]

Or may be, you can make a big step in aeronautic research and devlopment:

Your wife keep on building the plastic models and you with your commputer make the plan od the result

[DanSteph]

Yes I made radio controlled airplanes first with my father (mostly glider) and after that
I constructed a baron (balsa/solar) and later bought also an electrical aircraft...

and finally I took command of an real aircraft

but radio controlled take time to be done properly (small fuel motor HATE me , I had more success
with the electricall aircraft lol) and real aircraft cost to much for me.. so plastic model are good enough.
Also it's a "one shot" hobby like a book, once finished you just need to watch
it, no more action required, perfect for the busy guy.

Paper aircraft ? strange ...

Dan

[mach_one_man]

and real aircraft cost to much for me..

Sell lots of copies of this and it wont - wouldn't that be awesome.

I suggest doing some kind of advertising for this product once you get some money. You never know - may just get some more sales

[Andreas Schmitz-Schunken]

Hello!

No, not sound stupid....

before one year I buy a 1:72 Flower Class Corvette from Revell for only 50 EUR....

If a beginner look for a low price good looking marine model I would suggest this!

This plastic Model ship have a decent size (80cm) so I put a Speed 500 E 12V E-Motor in it, but powered only with 6Volts, a 40mm screw
and at full throttle with 6V it look very realistic on the water....

Also I find the suggested painting camouflage colors (white and light blue is very realistic.... at 100 feet the model really merged with the
water and is hard to spot when it shows Bow or Stern....

...meanwhile I make the turret turning, put in a smoke generator and at position and two turnable searchlights......

....looks really good in night when the searchlights sweeps over the water....

or when make a full circle with smoke gen on and the ship disappear in a wall of smoke....

Cheers!

Andreas

[mach_one_man]

Sounds pretty cool Andreas, but why are you running it on 6V when its a 12v motor? I suppose if it looks fast enough with scale speeds
then that would do.

[fruitfly]

Oh, if I only knew so many of you like model planes, I would have given you this link long time ago!
Here; enjoy!

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/pr.../j3cub.htm

[toadtal]

don't forget about DG-IV

[H00t74]

Dan,
I for one am GLAD to see you are gonna take the time for a model is is VERY relaxing. I am currently building a 1/96th USS North
Crolina for R/C control. It will be 8 FOOT long LOL. But it is so much fun. Check out updates at

http://www.chicagowarships.com