oldsaw
oldsaw HalfDork
12/20/09 10:20 a.m.

No, not that kind!

Link to article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237180/THE-WIDER-VIEW-Three-years-making-boys-dream--ultimate-home-model-aeroplane.html

DrBoost
DrBoost Dork
12/20/09 10:21 a.m.

Wow. If I only had one iota of that talent...

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/20/09 11:07 a.m.

that's wild, I like it!

senador
senador New Reader
12/20/09 12:03 p.m.

I actually clicked the link hoping for the other kind.

P51 right? Is that actually metal or painted plastic?

oldsaw
oldsaw HalfDork
12/20/09 12:26 p.m.
senador wrote: I actually clicked the link hoping for the other kind. P51 right? Is that actually metal or painted plastic?

Handcrafted aluminum and other assorted metals.

There are a few more pics on the article link.

Opus
Opus Dork
12/20/09 1:08 p.m.

someone has too much time on their hands

griffin729
griffin729 Reader
12/20/09 1:33 p.m.

That is awesome!

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury Dork
12/20/09 1:38 p.m.
Opus wrote: someone has too much talent to be making models...with this guys abilities, we ought to have flying cars by now

i fixeded it fer yaz

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/20/09 2:00 p.m.

That's berkeleying awesome.

mndsm
mndsm Reader
12/20/09 2:11 p.m.

And our failing automotive talking heads in Detroit haven't hired this guy...why?

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/20/09 2:59 p.m.
mndsm wrote: And our failing automotive talking heads in Detroit haven't hired this guy...why?

Because he's a dentist and they only drive SAABs.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy HalfDork
12/20/09 9:20 p.m.
turboswede wrote:
mndsm wrote: And our failing automotive talking heads in Detroit haven't hired this guy...why?
Because he's a dentist and they only drive SAABs.

then may bee Spyker will hire him next week

GhiaMonster
GhiaMonster New Reader
12/20/09 10:09 p.m.

I was at first saddened by the type of model. Now I see the detail that goes into it and am much more impressed.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/20/09 11:15 p.m.

amazing when you look inside... not only was the original plane stuffed to the gills with stuff.. but so is the model

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