ericg Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Here are some photos of my recently completed Spirit of St Louis build. Possibly the hardest kit that I have worked on to date. Aftermarket used: Airscale instruments Gaspatch turnbuckles with EZline rigging for control surfaces Scratchbuilt items: Venturi tube Fuselage lift handles spark plugsPitot tube Door handleAneometer Periscope Vent tubes on top of wing Heater pipes Modifications: Smoothed fuselage and added all raised detail to the fuselage and empennage. Undercarriage Archer raised detail decals for all fasteners. Finish and Markings: Self made masks to paint all markings Hand burnished `engine turned' effect on aluminium sheet on the cowls Tamiya AS-12 applied from can. Detail photos: TorbenD, Wolf Buddee, KiwiZac and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 BiggTim, Shaka HI, Whitey and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Absolutely amazing. This belongs in a museum! Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanker459 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Eric, GREAT WORK and a Fine Finish Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Beautiful and inspiring ... Took plenty of notes during your build. Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Fantastic. How did you do at the Melbourne show? You sais a pic with the Bell X-1 was possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Exceptional build Eric! Your builds are inspiration for me jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Fantastic. How did you do at the Melbourne show? You sais a pic with the Bell X-1 was possible? Melbourne show is on this weekend Mike. Here is the picture you asked for (although possibly not the X-1 you had in mind.... best I could do.) florin13, Joe66, BiggTim and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Wonderful! Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 ...absolutely convincing, great finish..., not my "cup of tea", but that one looks very cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Superb Ryan, Eric. Your pictures are simply the best ever. Love all your work. What's on the bench next? Again an awesome job on this classic aircraft. Kind regards, Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 best representation I've ever seen of this airplane, kudos to you! Joe66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 All around terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 That's just fantastic!!! Great scale effect. Would love to see some outside pics of this build. Thanks for sharing. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Thank you Eric. maybe 20 years difference between the two aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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