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Old 01-02-2019, 08:04 PM
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Eldher
 
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Originally Posted by aerospot
Thanks for sharing your build. You are going all out in your build, LG and all! I have the same plans and hope to oneday make use of them. This is my favorite among many flying boat/amphibian aircraft. Your top view in the color scheme seems out of scale to me. Wing chord too wide, fuse too. Is it accurate? I love that you are going the extra mile with retractable LG. I anticipate seeing it in action. Lots of hours ahead...
Great question! First point is that the color scheme is just that, the color reference, not the outline reference. That said you have a good eye, indeed the aspect ratio in the color ref is a little off. My outline reference is a copy of William Wylam's drawing that I found online.