Wittman D12 "BONZO" 1938 year

[Marcin_Matejko]

Hi guys.

And here is a new project:

[Marcin_Matejko]

please let someone correct signature in the post with the title "scratbuild" to "scratch build"

Ate letters

[LSP_Kevin]

Whoa, for a minute there I thought you'd already finished the model!

 

please let someone correct signature in the post with the title "scratbuild" to "scratch build"

Ate letters

 

Done.

 

Kev

[Marcin_Matejko]

Thanks !!!

Kevin

[dutik]

If you ask Scrat about modelling, the answer will always be: Nuts!

 

For a moment I was thinking about tank ace Michale Wittmans airplane, but I guess, he had no pilot license. Never heard about that kind of racer. Looks like there where a lot of oddities. Trans-continental racing or something else?

 

Keep on!

- dutik

[Marcin_Matejko]

" Never heard about that kind of racer. Looks like there where a lot of oddities. Trans-continental racing or something else? "

 

Hi Dutik

This built Racer Steve Wittman. Very interesting and well-known personality of the air races. Bonzo is one of the planes are built and on which they raced.

On this page is somewhat interesting

 

http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/ai...-12%20Bonzo.htm

 

and

 

http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/PI...%20Whittman.htm

[Marcin_Matejko]

Bonzo pictures sent me Andreas of the IPMS Airrace, for which I thank them very much.

 

http://www.ipmsairrace.org/

 

I moved to the drawings AutoCAD DWG and changed the scale of print on 1 / 32

[Guest Peterpools]

Good luck on a wonderful project. Looking forward to following along and enjoying the thread. If you're into flying and been around the block a few times (I'm 62), Steve Wittman is as close to a legend as you get. The EAA holds it's annual Airshow (the largest airshow in the world I believe) at Wittman Regional, Oshkosh, Wis.

Peter

[Marcin_Matejko]

Drawing model glued to plastic (HIPS) the plate with a thickness of 4mm. Then it cut the first element of the solid hull of the futur.

[Marcin_Matejko]

[Marcin_Matejko]

Good luck on a wonderful project. Looking forward to following along and enjoying the thread. If you're into flying and been around the block a few times (I'm 62), Steve Wittman is as close to a legend as you get. The EAA holds it's annual Airshow (the largest airshow in the world I believe) at Wittman Regional, Oshkosh, Wis.

Peter

 

Thanks Peter, just for you I will try like hell.

Before you can show a picture of this model and say that modelers remember Steve even in Poland.

[Marcin_Matejko]

layers glued tiles shook so that everything is well glued. I used CA glue Loctite 454 gel

[Guest Peterpools]

Staying close to the thread. eager to see each steps progress.

Peter

[Marcin_Matejko]

OK.the next step, block sized hull thickness 16mm. The red color is the future axis of symmetry

[Marcin_Matejko]

Trimmed and roughly the shape of the hull in a side view