Blackhorse Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 His models are AMAZING http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/park.htm preview: http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/images/Corsair4.jpg Using a tweezers, the controls can be moved. All cables and linkages are in place to work the wing control surfaces as well. Young Park has since carved a pilot's face and hands from solid aluminum and built an articulated pilot to sit in the cockpit. (Photo: George F. Lee, Honolulu Star-Bulletin) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Amazing? No. That's scary as hell. Some one, somewhere in Japan is probably right now designing tiny robots to fly those fighters, and after he is done nothing will stop Nippon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 ... and after he is done nothing will stop Nippon. Ever heard of skeet shooting? Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 With proximity fused birdshot. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I admire the guy's efforts. But as always with this sort of thing I have this vague uneasiness about the obsession behind it and the time spent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Ever heard of skeet shooting? Best regards, Thomm That's what Yamato tried. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tools4fools Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Should team up with this guy: http://www.carrierbuilders.net/element/element.php?id=447 ++++ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I built models all through my childhood and adolescence, and eventually became modestly good at it. But I was never crazy/obsessed enough to become a truly great modeler. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Blackhorse, Incredible work and impressive story! So amazing I passed it on to my brother, George, who carved and filed the masters for these from laminated polystyrene. Scale is 1/285th, with panel lines and such added after my brother gets the airplane itself right. (Moon, hope these are kosher, since no pricing, order form or other verboten item shown. Just showing off some of my brother's handiwork!) http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/resources/W+Fiat+G55+Web.jpg http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/resources/Jill+1.JPG http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/resources/Crusader+1+Web.jpg http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/resources/Bf109G.JPG While I understand the theory, and have watched parts of the actual master creation process, I'm no more capable of doing it than I am of flapping my arms and achieving unaided takeoff. Before these, he was doing Union and Confederate vessels for Bay Area Yards in 1/600th scale, everything from Confederate blockade runners to the Union's Cumberland and even a (tiny) set of ship's boats. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 tools4fools, Wow! That is every bit as good or better than some of the carrier models I saw at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. I used to know a guy who scratch built a slew of large scale WW II ships, with one of his most interesting projects being an Operation Olympic jeep carrier converted to fire the Loon (U.S. Navy copy of V-1) cruise missile en masse from flight deck launchers for shore bombardment. Development history and planned use http://everything2.com/title/JB-2+Loon Loon on a launcher like what would've been used on the converted jeep carrier. http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/Loon/Loon.htm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Blackhorse, Here's a shot of some of my brother's works in progress, before panel lines are inscribed and metal is poured. http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/resources/George+2+Web.jpg Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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