[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Diorama Book
Here is a great opportunity to download for free a great book on diorama making.My modeling bud Ken Hamilton wrote this book years ago and it is now out of print.The original book has recently sold on ebay for 100's of bucks.

mercman51/DIO Book - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Enjoy! Cheers John.

[JohnReid]

Research pictures needed.

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After thinking about it for awhile,I plan to build the fuselage and wings pretty much like I built the others.Because the fuselage is split in two the only thing holding the two halves together are the control wires.Therefore the fuselage will be built initially in one piece,broken and then bend.How much of the plywood covering forward of the cockpit area that I will do will depend on the amount of fire damage that will be shown.The fire would have to be large enough to flash burn the fabric off the wings but not large enough to consume the complete engine area.If the accident occurred at the airfield there would have been an attempt to rescue the pilot ,which would necessitate the use of some type of fire fighting equipment or other to subdue the flames during the rescue .By the look of the wreckage he was killed by blunt force trauma or G forces and not by fire.
The wings will be built as usual with damage added later.
The aft half of the fuselage will require that a lot of the plywood covering be shown .The tails planes would mostly be stress damage.
If anyone has knowledge of any pictures of wood and fabric airplanes ,old or new ,that have suffered this kind of damage ,please advise.
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[mapleflag]

John ,
I'm not sure if this is what you are trying to replicate but I found this shot and it seemed similar to what you had described. Hope it helps. The vantage point appears close to where you had the dog seated!

[JohnReid]

Take a look over on:
Vint. Airplanes - ScaleMotorcars

for a couple of Camels and a Jenny build.

[JohnReid]

[JohnReid]

Thanks mapleflag for the pic,I will keep it for reference! Looks like it could be a Jenny wreck,barnstormer maybe?
Cheers! John.