I had to start from scratch, today all over again , as far
as the aft engine car goes. It seems that after I was done mocking up the model
with all the cars in place, that something did not look right. Here, compared
to the wing cars, the aft car was too small, so I had to totally make a new one
for the model. The aft car on the R-34 is the same height and width as the wing
cars, but since it has TWO engines front to back in it, driving one 17 foot
diameter propeller, the car is about 25 percent longer than the single engine
wing cars. So I made a new one in the appropriate bigger size. NOW the model
looks balanced, and aesthetically correct. All the cars were then refitted, and
the model was checked for overall alignment and proportion correctness of the cars,
keeping on tweaking until I felt happy with how the model airship looks to me.
The cars are now ready to have the woodgrain in them sealed, to get them ready
to spray paint silver, and then top dull clear coat them before the window and
door details are applied. Then and only then can they be attached to the hull
permanently. I guess I should actually fabricate the four propellers, paint
them and attach them to the cars before I glue the cars to the hull beforehand.
That is where I'm at right now. Here are pictures of the model with the
corrected aft car in place and all dryfitting of all the cars to the hull
completed.
Jim.
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