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Planes => Sports => Topic started by: Fred on January 17, 2021, 18:32:47 PM

Title: E-whisky from CD-Design
Post by: Fred on January 17, 2021, 18:32:47 PM
First build of the year!! :)
An e-Whisky from a French company, CD Design in the Bourgogne region :) design is from the 80s, from famous Jean Louis Coussot, my master!!

This is a 1/2a model simple build. 
Kit came safely packed and include everything you need to do the build. Of course, I had to change a few things to my liking, but more on that at we go. Build time is 8hts, 4hrs build, and I spent another 4 doing the finishing, so not a lot of time really.

I started the build with the wings. Really straight forward. The notches in the TE and LE were going to be a massive pain, until I found out that my camping knife is the exact width! So 2 minutes later, notches done. Real easy! Here are a bunch of photos.
Title: Re: E-whisky from CD-Design
Post by: Fred on January 23, 2021, 12:16:51 PM
So next, fuselage, where the work is really!
Had to use my brain for some bits as the parts I have, plan and instructions gave different directions. And for once, I tried to be good and actually follow the instructions  ::) ::)

Anyway, with these photos, this should clear up things. Easy to build anyway, but I found a bit overkill.
Only modification is that I use a piano wire landing gear to stick to the original design. Mind you, the landing gear with the kit is great quality!

Enjoy the self explanatory photos
Title: Re: E-whisky from CD-Design
Post by: Fred on January 23, 2021, 12:22:04 PM
Now, the fun and time consuming part!
The finishing!
I was going to go all white with a bunch of stickers, but looks like we entered a small competition with the designer!
He went for a French Broussard scheme (Feck! I liked that one!! :'( ), so I went P-51 Mustang then :)
Hommage to the Tuskegee Airmen it is!

Brushed silver covering and red tail. Early scheme for a p-51B named “Kitten”  :)
Title: Re: E-whisky from CD-Design
Post by: Fred on March 06, 2021, 21:08:51 PM
And the final touches 😁