Re: DS2:Scratchbuilding a dropship

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From: Donald Hosford <Hosford.Donald@acd.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: DS2:Scratchbuilding a dropship
SNIP
>
> David Tan wrote:
>
> > Has anyone attempted scratch building a dropship (a la the big GZG
one)?
I
> > can't afford the commercial thing and was wondering how one would do
it -
> > balsa, stockcard, foamboard??
> >
SNIP.
> >
> > cheers
> > dave tan

The MiG 25 is another good starting point- e.g. remove the whole nose,
leaving the intakes as the entrance to the hold, to be covered by a
ramp.
The horizontal tail parts can then be fitted vertically on the main wing
upper surfaces at about the position of the inner wing fence, a new
flight
deck added somewhere or other and a few bits and pieces fitted to pretty
it
up.  I've done this using 1/144 scale Foxbats, which are VERY cheap, to
make
a smaller lander.  The approximate dimensions are length- 95mm, span-
95mm,
with the maximum width and height of the hull 25x15mm.	A 1/72 kit would
double these dimensions and a 1/48 kit triple them.

Rob Paul