As I mentioned in my introduction last night, I've started work on building a Sopwith Camel from scratch. My goal is to use whatever materials I can find around the house.
My daughter eats roughly 150 Popsicles a day. It may be less than that, but that's my quick estimate based on the number of wooden Popsicles sticks I find tucked in various places. As it turns out, a Popsicle stick is the perfect width for a wing in 1/144 scale.
My first step was to cut two two pieces to use for the wings.
After the pieces were cut, I spent 20 or 30 minutes with a piece of sandpaper, thinning and shaping the upper wing.
That was as far as I made it last night. Tonight I was able to make a little more progress. First, I glued four sticks together and bound them with elastic bands to create a laminated block which will later be used to create the fuselage.
While that was drying, I shaped the second wing, and apparently lost some hair in the process.
Once the laminated block was dry, I cut it down to size, and compared it to the official model.
I then roughed out the shape of the plane's body.
Finally, I sanded the body, and cut a bit from a round LEGO brick to use for the engine housing.
The final photo for tonight shows how the pieces will roughly fit together, and how the model compares so far to the one that I'm using for inspiration.
Tomorrow I hope to work on the engine casing some more to thin it out, then maybe see if I can work on getting the wings attached.
-Elroy
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