Texaco Airacobra
ByJust having a little fun. I thought I share these images with you of something I am trying to get done before Family Flightfest.
I started out using the kits US insignia, but quickly realized that the Texaco Star would be more appropriate. I have quit a bit yet to do…cockpit, install landing gear, canopy and the other fiddly bits.
It should be ready by race time…err Family Flightfest!
In the bottom photo, is that a clothes pin clipped to the back of the seat? Are you using it for tweezers or something? I guess that is a rubber band wrapped around the point to give it more bite?
Thanks,
Horton
It is being used as a handle. A simple clothespin with the jaws reversed and yes the rubber band does give the jaws more bite to hold on to the part…in this case the plane.
I LOVE that livery, Gerald! Did you make the decals yourself, or are they available commercoally? I really want to build this scheme!
To paraphrase the old Texaco jingle: “You can trust your plane to the man who wears the star. The big red Texaco star!” Neat job, Gerald.
No they are from a Williams Brothers kit of the Gamma.
Just finished the Nightlark series, Gerald, superb fiction! I can easily see that becoming an actual book with some expansion! Had to post here, cause I couldn’t figure out where to post on the story itself….
Brian