| Image Comments |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 12:06 |
| Now to make the center section struts. |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 12:08 |
| ...not an easy task, those center struts - will have to scratch the old head a bit for that. |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 12:09 |
| only together loosely at together moment. |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 13:55 |
| Wow ! My brain has gone....."loosely at the moment" |
| bsadonkill | 15-Nov-25 15:39 |
| The aluminum tube land gear and struts came out pretty well. |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 16:04 |
| Thanks Don. The very fiddly center section struts next - maybe tomorrow. |
| BriandKilby | 15-Nov-25 19:15 |
| Good looking model, bob, what kind is it? |
| bobgood | 15-Nov-25 20:07 |
| It is a Heinkel HB40 - from the 1920's - light transport aircraft. An unusual design.
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| BriandKilby | 16-Nov-25 09:07 |
| Scratch built? |
| bobgood | 16-Nov-25 11:19 |
| Yes Brian, from my own drawings and balsa stock, plus pieces of scrap material laying around in the shop. 24" span. |
| bobgood | 16-Nov-25 11:20 |
| ...never sure if you are named Briand 0r Brian? |
| BriandKilby | 16-Nov-25 12:58 |
| Brian’s fine. D is my middle initial. Like the metal braces. Is the fuselage plastic or primed white. |
| bobgood | 16-Nov-25 13:20 |
| Fuse is all Balsa Brain. white primer, two coats. Working on the center section today. |
| bobgood | 16-Nov-25 13:21 |
| My middle initial is also D. For Desmond.
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| BriandKilby | 16-Nov-25 14:34 |
| Douglas turned 50 yesterday, yeh! |
| BriandKilby | 16-Nov-25 14:38 |
| I’ve took my snowbird route from down in the basement to up south in the warmer brothers room. |
| bobgood | 16-Nov-25 15:28 |
| Happy Birthday for yesterday Brian (I remember age 50 too, 32 years ago! |
| BriandKilby | 16-Nov-25 16:49 |
| Thanks bob, I asked for gift cards to hobby shops. lol. |
