Avro 504 N/O 1/20th scale electric

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The wheels were also made.

0,5mm plywood core with balsa halfs glued on either side.

I used me "lathe" for the balsa halfs, which is a Proxxon tool (like a Dremel) and an XY table to move the cutting tool around.

When the contour was finished the part would be cut and sanded to the exact height.

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Here the jig used for rough cuting and later sanding

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And finally, the model on its legs.

Main landing gear struts still temporary basswood ones

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Back to the nose cowl...

After fine sanding a primer coat was sprayed and more sanding followed. I had no clear idea yet as to how I would do the panels, I was thinking of individual ones so made a base for the plug to be oriented in a variety of positions

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time for some vacuum forming...

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I even tried a large one-piece cowl and kind of liked it more.

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some more parts were made and the best ones chosen for further work.

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The main landing gear legs, made of aluminium tubing, carbon rod and polystyrene for the brackets.

The yellow sleeve is rolled tissue, to simulate the outer cylinder of the suspension assembly.

A jig (what else) to help align them with the other parts

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The dummy engine was drawn in 3D CAD and sent to a company for printing and a dummy prop was carved from basswood, so it was possible to put all this together.

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and again some assembly photos

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I confess, I did spend some time looking at it, the thin scale like structure certainly looks the part.

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The dummy prop shown earlier was not to be the proper one. The original one was laminated so I thought of doing the same. Not quite visible in the end, as it turned out.

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the process has been described in the how-to topic about dummy props, so mostly photos here.

Yet another jig, for the rear face contour sanding.

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