My latest project

Posting some pictures of my latest project.
Still some work left.
Have not started the main sanding and corner filling yet.
It is an own design for the OS .25 LA. 46 1/2 " wingspan. Approx. 450 Sq " . Will end up at 30 to 32 oz.
Finish will be Oracover (Ultracover). Silver as main with some red as decoration.
The wing is based on a scaled down Trivial Pursuit.
The tailfins are only temporary. Have not been able to come up with a shape i like yet. Any ideas from you guys out there will be welcomed.
Controls (Bellcrank, pushrods , horns and gear) are by Tom Morris.
He has also assisted with lots of good advice.

For the vertical stabs, try the Northrop P61 shapes. Lots of side area, nice lines.

Norvald,

I think a pair of FliteStreak fins would really add some charachter.

First of all, that ship is way too cool!! Wow, I mean Radical! Nice job! Sorry if I don't sound enthusiastic enough...

I sort of agree on the Flite Streak fins, although my personal opinion is that you have kind of a 50's Cadillac tailfin idea going there, and I think that's part of what makes your ship such a looker. I like the long slope leading up to the fin, and maybe you just need to make the fins themselves more of an extension of that. Not sure if I'm expressing this very well, but I think if you could emphasise the 50's tailfin idea, it would really stand out from the crowd...

What's wrong with the fins? They look fine to me.

I particularly like the wing and stab perimeter shapes. Interesting structure!

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"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." -Arnold Toynbee

Well , Thanks for the response.
I have an ARF FliteS Streak , so i made this little setup.

The Mirage shown here was my initial thought for the tailfin shape

Howabout something similar to this with underfins added??

Maybe i could give this a try.
Do you happen to have a drawing the you could mail me ?

I think the Mirage fins are the best look so far... $0.02...

LA_Flyer

How about using a straight leading edge swept forward and topping it off with a round bullet or jammer-type fairing? Then use a fairly deep forward-swept curve on the rear. It might match up with the rest of the plane's curves.....

Dave
The Newbie
aka "Profile Puke"

(They won't let me build full fuslages yet, and here you are with three built-up structures on the same wing! That's stylin'!!!)

>LA_Flyer
(They won't let me build full fuslages yet) <

'They' ?
These build up structures are not that complicated.
Here is a primitive scetch of the boom buildup.

Looks too cool.
Bill <><

Tim: Your Caddy tailfin comment is interesting, since the P-38 was the actual inspiration for the '48 Cadillac fins, the originals.

Harley Earl and his merry band of designers went out to Selfridge Field, which is northeast of Detroit, when the airplane was still in its very early stages. One of the guys that went with him was Bill Mitchell, who succeeded "Misterearl", as he was called, and I got to know Bill in the '80s through work. Anyway, they saw the twin booms and all, and played with various design iterations throughout the War. And, the fins ended up on the '48. Take a close look at the fake vertical airscoop on the side of a '48 Cad Sixty Special, and you also will see the intakes on the Lightning's twin booms. Another example of (car) art imitating (airplane) life.

The fins on the model here, at least the first ones shown, remind me of the '61 Caddy. Of course, things really got out of hand on the '59s, the icon for the entire decade, probably. This was done by Dave Holls, a Mitchell protege, and a great guy that I also had the privilege of knowing though my interest in classic cars.

So, if you want a "Constellation" type fin, look to the '48 through '53 Cads. For the more rakish, larger sizes, later in the '50s.

Actually, on this model here, since we are playing around with cardboards, try a conservative, rounded Connie pair. If if looks out of place, just tear it off!