P38 model

[heppnerguy]

I have a friend who enjoys hanging the different airplanes I have made for him and was ready for another. He asked me to make him a P 38 from WWII. I looked for a good realistic wood pattern to cut and could not find one. So I looked up several photos of the real plane and pieced together, from the different views and found enough to get the angles I needed to make the model. Problem was, everyone had a different size so I had to resize all of them to be the same and make a temporary pattern and the try to get all the angle and slopes close enough to cut. It was a very difficult project for me without a pattern but I got one that will look OK hanging from the ceiling of his garage with the other planes I made. I already know it is a project I will never cut again as it was extremely time consuming to make it all come together. 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Scrappile]

Well you did a great job!  Tell us about the propellers, I have never seen that before. 

[jerry walters]

WOW!!! Very cool Dick.  I really like it.  Took a lot of work on your part, from beginning to end.

Jerry

[keefie]

Dick, you have done a fantastic job there especially without a pattern.

The propellers look great too, how did you make them?

Keith.

[heppnerguy]

3 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Well you did a great job!  Tell us about the propellers, I have never seen that before. 

You have those propellers in  you fridge most likely. I made them by cutting off the bottoms of plastic water bottles. Hows that for recycling?

Dick

[heppnerguy]

2 hours ago, jerry walters said:

WOW!!! Very cool Dick.  I really like it.  Took a lot of work on your part, from beginning to end.

Jerry

It was not particularly a fun project. It was more a stumble through it piece by piece. I was not sure I could make it happen.

Dick

heppnerguy

[munzieb]

Dick, that is absolutely stunning! I have to believe that was a difficult project especially since its a one-off.

Well done!

[rjweb]

Dick, you have done an excellent job, RJ

[Scrappile]

4 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

You have those propellers in  you fridge most likely. I made them by cutting off the bottoms of plastic water bottles. Hows that for recycling?

Dick

Dick I always knew you were more talented and smarter than me...  I would NEVER thought of that!  What gave you that idea?!

Edited March 28, 2024 by Scrappile

[Denny Knappen]

That is very impressive.

[heppnerguy]

19 hours ago, munzieb said:

Dick, that is absolutely stunning! I have to believe that was a difficult project especially since its a one-off.

Well done!

As you probably realize, I am not very happy with the results of this effort but at least I was able to complete it and that was something I was not sure of all the way through the effort. It is recognizable but I hoped it could be better than it turned out. It reminded me of when I struggled with cutting your pattern and was almost ready to throw in the towel and you saved me from giving up on my scrolling. The problems were here but your encouragement kept me doing what I love. Because of what you did for me at that time, I just fought my way through this project and never got to that same point of discouragement  I was in then.

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

16 hours ago, rjweb said:

Dick, you have done an excellent job, RJ

I guess the struggle was worth the effort, because even though it is far from perfect I still stuck with it and got it finished well enough that when it is hung from the ceiling as it is going to be, one can not see all the flaws in it. Thank you for you nice comment

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

15 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Dick I always knew you were more talented and smarter than me...  I would NEVER thought of that!  What gave you that idea?!

It was not really my idea but  my good neighbor friend gave me the idea and it worked for this aircraft. I knew it was going to be what I was going to try on this one.

Dick

[heppnerguy]

5 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

That is very impressive.

I was able to finish it as it is but not really impressed with it. It looks pretty acceptable hanging from the ceiling where it can not be viewed close up

Dick

heppnerguy

[Denny Knappen]

2 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

I was able to finish it as it is but not really impressed with it. It looks pretty acceptable hanging from the ceiling where it can not be viewed close up

Dick

heppnerguy

Like Dianne says, everything looks good from the courthouse.

[hotshot]

Kudos on the props, that was very clever use of unexpected materials.

[Scrappile]

8 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

As you probably realize, I am not very happy with the results of this effort but at least I was able to complete it and that was something I was not sure of all the way through the effort. It is recognizable but I hoped it could be better than it turned out. It reminded me of when I struggled with cutting your pattern and was almost ready to throw in the towel and you saved me from giving up on my scrolling. The problems were here but your encouragement kept me doing what I love. Because of what you did for me at that time, I just fought my way through this project and never got to that same point of discouragement  I was in then.

Dick

heppnerguy

Makes two of us, Dick.. If iT wasn't for @munzieb encouragement and coaching I would have never complete the Diesel train engine project.   I wish he lived closer so I and you could all go to launch together or something. 

[MarieC]

Dick, what a very special project...really nice designing on your part.  I also have been working on a project and am making things up as I go along...so I can understand that what you just made must have taken many hours of designing, looking at it three dimensionly and then cutting it.  Wow!  Really makes you exercise you brain!....Good for you!

[wombatie]

You did an awesome job Dick, bet your neighbor loves it.  Up there for thinking, recycling at it's finest.  Well done.

Marg