discussion Something I knocked up out of balsa..............

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Ifound this kit in a model shop............it was £12 ............ aven't made anything out of balsa since I was a kid so I thought I'd have a go........ Maybe one day I'll stick a motor and some minature remote control in it and take off to the pond...... and for scale it's 13" long.

Cheers to all

Peter

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[Guest]

Lovely job it is as well. I'm sure when you get it sealed and a good covering the model won't even look like balsa. It will probably shift as well with a reasonable sized motor in it.

Just goes to show we can still have pleasure from the simplest of materials.

 

[Guest]

I guess my photography is worse than I thought............ I spent hours on the sealing, painting and flatting down between coats before I put that semi gloss topcoat on...........:darn::darn::darn:

 

[Ian M]

Its not your paint work Peter, I think Richard cant find his glasses.

I can see that you have given it a nice shiny white finish!

I have a half built hydro in the shed, but thats over a meter long!!

Ian M