Wow...been a while, eh?

So...in the 3 months since we last left this thread, numerous things have gone on in my world. Some of them plane related, some not. Short version (since I don't feel like sharing all the details, and there's no sense in boring you with the other ones) is this:

The BPOB mentioned above found its way into other projects or (in response to a rather bizarre incident involving a dog, a beer, some cat litter, and a folding chair...that one I MIGHT share some evening) the trash.

The shop itself has been mostly idle during this time as well. I DID manage to get a 25% PW Extra put together somewhere in all of this (my 25% GP Yak having suffered a sad demise)...but really haven't been able to spend a lot of quality time in the Y Cave.

And finally, it's just been one of those phases where I was overcome by a severe case of inertia with regard to building.

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So...that brings us to today.

Glory be, the planets have aligned, and I find myself with the time, the resources, and the motivation to FINALLY get started on this beast. As a result, a brand new BPOB came home just a bit ago. I even took a picture in celebration!



Call it the "before" picture.

The upcoming holiday week should give me a LARGE amount of time to begin work on the Bulldog. So, hopefully, this thread will start to finally see some action.

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flyrcboy:

Wingspan will be an acurate 1/3 scale of 78". I've blown the original .40 sized plans up to reflect that wingspan, and came out with a 70.5" length, just 1.5" short of true 1/3 scale. I'll PROBABLY do some fudging on the cowl to make up for that, and get to a "correct" 72" length.

Plans are to REALLY obsess over this one, and do it as rigidly scale as my limited abilities will allow. I figure ya only scratch-build a 1/3rd scale bipe once in life (well..I figure I will anyway *heh*) so i might as well really do it right. So I'll be spending a great deal of time and effort on such details as rib and panel lines, full body pilot, accurate instrument panel, etc etc.

So, anywho...

The build can finally actually begin!