First Baby Blender Build

by jupakos79 | April 12, 2013 | (11) Posted in Projects

I started this baby blender build before the v2 came out so I decided to build this plane for my step-dad. I am going to end up building a second baby blender using the vs and making some tweaks to it to come up with a design a little bit different. Since I already had this one in the works I figured I would build it and try a few things to get more practice on my next build and also to build a good looking plane that my step-dad would appreciate.

 

I used a color packing tape to cover this plane. The blue i used wasnt quite dark enough for what I wanted so I ended up using black underneath it. Don't really recomend doing that because for 1 it adds more weight and 2 it was really tough to get the air bubbles out between the layers, and they were noticable. The tape sticks quite good to the foam and doesnt show bubbles very much.

I made my own decals using pictures I found from the internet and printed them from home. I sprayed some glue on the back side of the paper then covered it in clear packing tape. I ended up using microsoft word to scale them to the sizes I wanted since I dont have printing software and it made it easy to get the right size since it has the measurement at the top of the page.

 

I added instrument clusters to the cockpit and seatbacks as well which you can't really see to well. Gave it a nice look without adding to much weight. The instrument clusters I put onto a piece of foam that I beveled and rounded to fit underneath nicely.

If anyone has any questions on my build or sugestions for my next build, leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Hope you all enjoy the plane and i will post my next build when I get it finished.

COMMENTS

ronnie.burchfield. on April 15, 2013
good looking plane!!!
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808aerosquadron on April 15, 2013
Nice looking plane.

In your cockpit close-ups, I do not see the servos for the rudder and elevator. Did you put a second floor over the servos to hide them or position the servos in another location?
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Flyin SpYder on April 15, 2013
Looks like he has not put servos in it yet. If you look at the control surfaces you will notice there is no servo horns or control wire.
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jupakos79 on April 15, 2013
I built the plane for my step-dad but I am leaving it up to him to get the electronics and such so he can get what he wants for it. When it is complete and ready to fly I will add the update photos, probably will be on my next article. As far as hiding the servos,I am planing on doing that with my next plane and will be putting a fake floor withing an enclosed canopy that I am planning to make out of clear plastic. i could have done it on this one but I didnt get the idea until I was farther along in the build. So since I built this one already i know the plane quite well and have a pretty good list of modifications to go with it to include a single cockpit and wheel cover. Hopefully I should have that done and posted in the next week or two.

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808aerosquadron on April 16, 2013
Sounds interesting. I look forward to seeing the photos.
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jlt1968 on April 15, 2013
Nice looking plane,really like your cockpit details. Your next one should be a Cubs theme unless your a Sox fan.
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croy2007 on April 15, 2013
Nice plane good work
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tmask32 on April 15, 2013
well done
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sailorJohn on April 18, 2013
Great job
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Ryan on April 21, 2013
Great looking plane, I am defenately going to steal the packing tape idea in my next build of the ft3d.
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