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Re: Plane assistance?
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lugnet.build.military
Date: 
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:47:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Leigh Holcombe wrote:
> So it will be
> approximately 1:16 scale.

Whoa.  That's gonna be friggin' huge..., it's getting into the scale of R/C
airplanes.


> 2. Color scheme

I'd say try to find some alternate schemes.  Perhaps there are some nice
lesser-known schemes for desert, night, winter, etc. that would let you make
use of tan, greys, black, etc.

Are you using invasion stripes?


> 3. Wing design

This might not help much, and would lose a key recognizeable feature of the
Spit', but you might try making a clipped-wing version, which didn't have
the eliptical tip.  (They were far easier to produce, and didn't make much
difference to wing performance anyway.)

Good luck!   :]


KDJ
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  Plane assistance?
 
I'm working on a new model, and it's gonna be huge. I recently purchased the Lego Sopwith Camel set, and I was really impressed. So I decided to build a Spitfire about that size. Perhaps even a little bigger. I have a 1:32 plastic model kit I am (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military)  

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