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.
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