Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hi Everyone

Long time no see but I finally got some customs to share.

This was started a year and a half ago and I finally got it done. This Wright Flyer I made for my classroom as we do a unit about the Wrights in reading and had always wanted to do one. This plane is made from metal and aluminum. The supports are made from heavy metal rods and the aluminum wings and surfaces were cut from a pool wall for an aboveground pool. Scrap metal from radio control car parts made the controls, and handmade engine. Everything was welded and soldered together, no glue was used. The pilot is a figure off a christmas ornament. He was a sleigh rider and broke off. I painted him up to look like Wright. He was originally colored in in a green coat, not exactly the right color. The props were made from aluminum as well. The model is bigger than 1/18 scale, about 22 inch wing. And it is a little out of scale compared to a real Wright Flyer, but for a scratchbuilt model, not a bad project at all.

I'll try to take some more photos, hope you can see the details. Some notes.

-It took three tries to get a practical looking engine
-My fiancee did the paintine of the wings in the wonderful tan color, as well as the small pinlines, thanks sweetie:)
-As you can see, hooks were added to the top wing for hanging.
-Totally scratchbuilt using only drawings and photos in books.

Here is the link: Go in the Wright Flyer Album

http://community.webshots.com/user/coreyeagle48

Coreyeagle
Don't forget to tell your class about Richard Pearse, a New Zealander who flew eight months before the Wright brothers.
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/pearse.html
http://www.billzilla.org/pearce.htm
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Pearse/Pearse.html
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/pearse/pearse.htm#Top
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/pearse/smithsonian.htm
The Pearse flyer is on display at the MOTAT Museum where I work. About a year ago they set up the engine on a bench and got it running. Some guys also built a replica and taxied it around the museum grounds, the pilot told me it 'felt' to him that it would have taken off if he had wanted to . They plan to fly the replica in the future to prove that Pearce's flight did actually happen.