Just to clarify Vince. The Laugh part was concerning "playing with Betty"
Thanks
I hope you all can bear with me a little while longer on Betty and her house.
Feel like this belongs in the Doll House forum.
Soon the building will continue. Believe me, I am ready to get going also.
Well you know who got her left arm. That arm took a whole evening.
I set the arm to her shoulder. Then the next evening had a look and it didn't match her right shoulder.
So I broke it off (OUCH) , did some grinding and reset it. I am pretty happy with the result.
Next was the control stick. My first thought was to marry the stick with her hand so she could be lifted out during construction and finishing.
But then it occurred to me that putting a shirt on her while holding the control stick wasn't going to happen.
So plan B. Control stick would be in 2 pieces. The handle gets glued to her hand and the stick gets glued to the floor.
When she is set in the cockpit, the handle slips over the stick. At the end of the build, handle will get glued to stick as Betty gets glued to her seat.
A blob of Bondo was plopped on the end of the control stick handle. Then chucked up in the drill press and turned down to a little handle end.
A remnant of tan leather was cut into a half circle and stitched together to make a control stick boot.
Two washers were soldered to the base of the control stick. Brass tube was taped to accept bolt for mounting.
With just a little finesse Betty can be slipped in and out .
Kevin