RE: proctor eindecker lll reduced to 1/6 scale scratchbuilt
here are some more build pics. one problem i'm having is when you scale something down you have to bring the weight down one third and also finding those in between wood sizes to fit the scale. i remedied this by useing laminations, for instance 1/4" ply lamed with 1/32 ply giving you 9/32". the shock arms were made with 3 lamina and each side backed with a etched brass part. proctor plans are great and goes without saying but don't like alot of plans show every single part in detail, for instance a half of a part which i had to redraw on the puter and join the 2 halves or a exploded view. you have to do a lot of studying until you fully comprehend what the part is and how it was built or how you plan to build it. the frameing is almost complete. i'm not putting in the motortray as the plans call for because i want a full cockpit so i'm going to have to redesign alot of the interior. one of the problems i have is with what the cockpit looked like. i'm posting 2 pics of interiors, one has a rectangular dash with the instruments mounted in it the other shows the bullet caseing catcher with instruments mounted around it and i don't know which is correct or maybe they both are so i would ask for anyones input or knowledge of the eindecker lll to set me on the right path.