This was built for
the demonstration pilot, Billy Mitchell. While practicing for his demo
season last spring, he asked me if I could build him his airplane. After
checking with the usual suspects, I confirmed to him that I could get the decals
I needed to do his jet. Dave Koss of Leading Edge Models has done his
usual superb job on the decals, and Richard Girouard (photographer that does a
lot of work here at Bagotville) provided many essential reference photos.
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images below to see larger images
The stand was 3 pieces of
particle board glued together (chosen because it is cheap and heavy).
Holes were drilled in the kit's engine turbine blade discs to accept the
aluminum rods - it just sits on the rods, which enter a long way into the
engines to distribute the weight of this big model more evenly.
Very light
weathering (with a pencil) was done, given the pristine nature of demo aircraft.
Billy can be seen in one of these pics holding early samples of the decals for
the tails. Thanks for looking!
Dan McWilliams
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