My twin--pictures

[frank carlisle]

I just stuck my LA heat kit together with tape and pins to see how it looked.

I LIKE IT!!

Right now it weighs 48 1/2 0z. with the engines, mufflers, tanks and landing gear wires.
With care and luck I think I can have a finished weight around 70 oz. or less. I'm targeting 65 oz.  I could handle that.

[frank carlisle]

It's large.

[Leester]

Are there STARS in it's future?

[frank carlisle]

NO STARS!!

I'm thinking white with a red stripe or two. And some ink lines.

Can you imagine two .40s in a 65 oz. plane? oooooh. Can't wait to get to fly it.

[Greg L Bahrman]

Looking at the photos Frank....You are the STAR !!!
Plane is on it's way to Stardom also........Way Cool !!!

[Bill Little]

Hi Frank,

Really a sharp looking aircraft!  I know you will do it justice in the finishing process, and with the trimming/flying of it. 

Seeing that makes me want to dig out the Sheeks Mosquito plans and start one!

Keep us updated, ya hear?

Bill <><

[Ironbomb]

Frank, that is one big beautiful airplane. Its looking awesome. Please tell me you're gonna put needle nose spinners on the engines. I cant wait to see it done, and see it in the air. 

I have epoxy on my fingers and balsa dust in my beer, I hope you do too, life is good 

Greg

[frank carlisle]

Thanks fellas.

You know it was intimidating when I first opened the box and all that balsa popped up. I've wanted to build a twin ever since I can remember and this time around I figured I'd better just go ahead and do it. While this isn't the twin (GEMINI) that is etched in my minds eye, it is the bridge between my work bench and my dream plane.

I'm going to try to get a dazzling finish on it. Only this time without the fillet blisters.

The bottom of the plane is dead flat and at first I couldn't figure why Bob Whitely would do that. BUT........once I stuck it together Bob's reasoning became crystal clear. IT SITS FLAT ON THE TABLE!! So it'll be easy to get all imcidences in line. That man is a genius.

Earning a living is seriously cutting into my building time, but I figure I should have it ready to cover by next weekend. Primed and sanded the following week. Painted and flying sometime in August.

As the plane sits now with engines and all it weighs 48 oz.
Please note the pilot figure. His eyes will be open wide on the first dive in the outside square!

[wwwarbird]

 That's looking WAY cool Frank!
 Here's some food for thought. How about a Air Force or Navy Bicentennial type scheme with stars and bars and all. Think Thunderbirds, with some swoopy lines and stuff.

[gerry boyd]

frank your twin looks great and if you want to avoid blisters in your fillets go to leahter fillets they are smooth and consistant they are very strong and are available in different sizes. I use them all the time and glue them in place with ambroid. and they accept all paints.

[frank carlisle]

Wayne---you wouldn't happen to have a pic or two of T-Birds to post would you?

Gerry, thanks for the tip. I'll look into it.

[wwwarbird]

 I'd love to Frank, but I've got nothing that I can post, even if I knew how.
 I'd just type U.S.A.F.Thunderbirds into Google or something and you should find lots of stuff. Maybe you can even find the Thunderbirds website that way. Another GREAT place for photos is airliners.net. They have a photo search system that is incredible and seems almost infinite. Just go to their homepage and you'll see the photo search option as you scroll down. I usually only fill in the model of aircraft I'm looking for and then hit "show me the photos" and lots of photos for the type will come up. Play with this just a bit, and you can find practically anything, it's a great place for ideas.