Thank you Gaz, Ken, Giuseppe, Stephen and Zac!
Your comments sound like you are well entertained here
You have probably mentioned this somewhere, but I could not find it - what type of wood did you use for the prop? Is it the same as you used for the struts?
Ken this is pear. Struts and airscrew are both pear veneer. I tried to mix the veneer for the airscrew. You can see that some layers looks different. This comes from different sheets, but all is pear. The struts are unpainted, the airscrew has primer, wood lacquer and some clear paint with airbrush applied.
It will be a shame to paint the struts grey. But the kit struts are too flexible for me. Then I wanted to make them from squeezed brass tube but is hard to file away a lot and close the joint with solder to reach the bellied shape.
Since the original ones are made from wood it is much easier and faster to sand them from wood.
I'm very excited to see your next update.
Zac, I think the next update can show the tail booms
Cheers,
Frank
