Alfredo Rubio Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Hi guys, some days ago, while a search in the web, I found this forum, just becasue here are a picture of Starr plane. That thread inspired to me to build my own model. The plane is from my own 3 views, and is build from cardstock and balsa wood, today I build all the general frame, latter the landing gear, prop and paint. Cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Great subject. Would not have liked to have been the pilot tasked with taking that up for a test flight. Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Hi Alfredo, That's fast! Looking good. Funny you used my thread as inspiration Hmmm, i should continue with my example Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Great subject. Would not have liked to have been the pilot tasked with taking that up for a test flight. Eric. Thanks Eric, you are right, to be the test pilot could bee a dificult work, but the fact is that the builder /pilot is the only pilot that flew small airplanes since 1949!!! he was the test pilot of Stits Junior, Sky Baby, BB 1 and BB 2, and when he flew the BB 2 was 64 years old!!! sadly the plane crashed for an engine failure, but Starr survived. Cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Hi Alfredo, That's fast! Looking good. Funny you used my thread as inspiration Hmmm, i should continue with my example Cheers, Peter Peter, thanks for the words, and fo the inspiration and you are right, continue with your model Cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 With an sepcial dedication to Peter here some new pics. The plane now has landing gear, the tail wheel maybe is some large, maybe the leg will be short, and the main wheels are from balsa wood. The prop hub is from plastic, and the blades from cardstock, painted in metal and the plane in yellow, only the cockpit needs some color and the numbers in tail. Cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiangler Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Interesting little plane Willi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Hi Al, Looking good from every angle. You're almost there! Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Miami and Peter, tanks for the words, more pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 hi guys, new pics, now the cockpit is painted, a second hand of yellow, ans some hinge lines and the numbers in tail, only few details next as the oil cooling intake and some black lines in prop. cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 It is great seeing the old way of making models, again. Bully for you! All wood, solid wood cockpit, imaginatively creative. Good work! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) It is great seeing the old way of making models, again. Bully for you! All wood, solid wood cockpit, imaginatively creative. Good work! Stephen Ssculptor, thanks for your kind words, I glad you like it, the model was built with cardstock, the fuselage and wings. The balsa wood where used in cockpit and turtle deck, cowling cilinders fairings and main wheels but this model is easy to build in all wood, just because the BB II has not tricky curves...all is straight and in angle. Cheers. Al Edited September 29, 2011 by Alfredo Rubio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfredo Rubio Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 The model now has the oil airintake... and yesterday I build an BB I, from the kit of papermodelers.com, almost 1/32, this model was modified, with an "metal" prop, just because the real thing flew with one, the wood model was used for display in museum. Cheers. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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