Well... it's almost finished...

[Oeditpus Rex]

Just a few details left. Maybe I'll finish it this year.

[BarenakedLady]

1. Sweeeeet

Nice job. :)

[Dangerously Amused]

2. Wow. NICE!

:wow:



What's left to do?

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. A lot of little tiny decaling

Like the one below the port wing tank cap in that shot. (It says "MAIN FUEL TANK 92 US GALLS.") Those letters are less than 1/32" inch tall.

Then I'm gonna clear-coat it for protection.

[Haole Girl]

3. Wow...I can't wait to show my husband this..

...he will be impressed. He makes model airplanes.

Here is a sample of his work:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Excellent job!

SBD Dauntless. :thumbsup:

What did he use for the antenna? I was thinking of stripping a length of speaker wire and using a single strand.

[Haole Girl]

7. It's a metal wire he picked up somewhere..

...when he gets home in an hour or so, I'll ask him. The man has "parts" all over the house. It drives me crazy. He always says, "Don't throw it away, I might need it!" :-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Yup — that's what Guys do

Never trust a man who doesn't use at least one-fourth of his home as a junk drawer. :thumbsup:

[Haole Girl]

16. LOL

Then my husband must be the most trustworthy person in the universe!

:rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Looks great!

Ze German silver paint did make it!


Are you going to let it be shut down by a Flügelscheiben from Antarktika?

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Nah

Now, a Fliegander Zirkus from Wilhelmshaven... :scared:

[Call Me Wesley]

13. Ah, ...

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. You gotta admit

that's a lot less intimidating than the Golden Age of Colonic Irrigation.

:scared:



Yours etc.

Louis XXIII

[Call Me Wesley]

20. Heh heh.

I just found a new site (attention: pop-up) I didn't know. Check out the galerias:
http://www.montypython.art.pl/index.php

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Strewth!

They've got images I haven't seen elsewhere. :bounce:



Thanks for the link. :pals:

[Call Me Wesley]

23. I was googling for Monty Python Montgolfier,

and the 'balooning' pic came up and voilà, a site I haven't seen yet. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Shall I lower down one of the BBC ropes?

[Call Me Wesley]

27. No no, we just need a:

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. Well, that's better than an insurance policy

Especially since your policy clearly states that no claim you make will be paid.

[Call Me Wesley]

30. LOL!

Listen, I'm off here. Have a wonderful and happy New Year, Ödi! :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Et tu

And the missus, and the cats.

:pals:

[Left Is Write]

8. Oh! Neat!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Cool!

:thumbsup:

[warrior1]

12. That's so cool

Here's my kayak



and my unfinished canoe

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Oooo!

Niiiiice! :thumbsup:

Never worked in wood. Somehow, it seems like it'd be more difficult than plastic.

[graywarrior]

14. Way cool!

My dad used to build those. He was anal. I doubt you are tho, right?

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Uh... no, of course not

:blush:

[graywarrior]

19. Don't worry, I never thought of you that way.

In fact.....:yourock:

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Oh, blush

See? ---> :blush:



I'm seriously freakin' anal, though — which you would've witnessed late last night had you seen me positioning tiny little decals with a toothpick to a tolerance of like a brazillionth of an inch. :crazy:

[graywarrior]

24. I have soooo been there.

Have you seen my art? Pointillism with a wood burning tool on leather creating portraits 5 feet tall.
I'm so anal, I have to eat rice everyday just to get things moving. hahahahhahaa

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Not in a long time

Direct me, o fixated one.

[graywarrior]

36. Here...

http://mediaprima.com/graywarrior

:hurts:

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. Oh, wow!

Those are amazing!

[RetroLounge]

29. Looks Great! P51 Mustang is my favorite plane.

I'm more of a train guy myself...

I custom painted the locos and built the little engine shed building from scratch.







RL

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. I've seen the first photo before

but I had no idea you made that. :wow:



I could totally get into trains, but to have what I consider a proper layout would require several hundred square feet. Maybe even thousands, depending on the scale.

[RetroLounge]

35. I bought an undecorated locomotive

and painted and weathered it to look well-used and old.

The engine shed was a bakery I bought at a rummage, then took apart board by board and rebuilt it to my specs.

I have drawers and boxes and bins full of parts. I save everything that "might" be used later.

I don't have room or stability enough for a layout, so I joined a modular club and I model in 2' x 4' increments. We then hook our modules together at shows and build layouts like dominos.

:hi:

RL

[Gatchaman]

37. RetroLounge, beautiful work!

Another model railroader here, and one who appreciates real modeling!

[RetroLounge]

40. Thanks!

:hi:

RL

[RetroLounge]

42. Here's a few older pics

RL

[Redstone]

33. DAMN nice work. I remember when you posted about it before.

Meticulousness (or should that be meticulosity?), thy name is Oeditpus Rex.

Redstone

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. I call it 'anal-retentiveness'

But thanks. :7

[YankeyMCC]

38. Very nice

And now I will definately NOT post any pix of the models my son and I have done...what a mess we make lol

[lizziegrace]

39. Wow!

:wow:

Beautiful work D. :)