space shuttle

[mike1003]

after sorting my incomplete sets i found something very intressting. i still have a complete body of the big airplane. when i was thinking what i should do with it, selling or whatever i had an idea. a space shuttle. so i was looking around the web for cool pics. i think its duable but theres only 1 small problem. i think i can use 95% playmo parts but for the wings i need to take plastric sheets. does anyone has experience with those sheets? are they comming in different thinknesses? iam now really keen to get that spaceshuttle done 

[flatcat]

BOND,CLICK BOND made a great Moonraker 5 a little while back:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=4328.0

Damo

[mike1003]

thx for that link.. didnt seen that before.. i was more thinking on a starting space shuttle with the fuel things on it.. but nice to see how he did the wings

[Wesley Myers]

He says "balsa" for the wings but it looks to be a plywood - not balsa.

Balsa is very light in colour and VERY light in weight with very fine grain.  Also, it's VERY fragile and hard to get in large sheets like that (most of the time it is in little 'strips').  I would not use balsa for the wings.  They'll just break off on you. 

From the pictures it looks to be a 1/8th inch think piece of plywood with grain that is not very fine. 

[BOND, CLICK BOND]

 
From the pictures it looks to be a 1/8th inch think piece of plywood with grain that is not very fine. 

Hi, These in the certain thing. "Balsa" is the spanish word for plywood 
 
The plywood was later cover whit plastic cardboard ( top and bottom) and all cover whit putty, The final result is sufficiently resistant .

[mike1003]

yep plywood is perfect

[Playmoholics]

That is a marvelous idea  (when you are finished of course- or when you are working on it, too).