The Blackburn's Tail Feather in "Bones"

Everything Stuck Together for a "Look See"

Fitting the hand-formed plywood hatch and laminated balsa cowling

Building the Engine Compartment to "Stand-Off Scale"

The wing wire kingpost

Hand-crafted wire attachment with warping pulley

Another view (These will get black paint like the full scale plane).

Underneath the hatch/cowling assembly (It is slightly different in final form)

Detail of the cowlig made from laminated 1/2" balsa sheet, carved out by hand

View from the outside

A shot of the front end without the hatch assembly

Side view showing the rudder and wing warping servo bay

Top view of covered plane "Stuck" together

A shot of the "scale" landing gear complete with hand made brass fittings

Tail feathers covered and with top rigging wires attached

Another wider view of the covered plane with the wings plugged in

Another view of the front end

Still another shot of the whole plane

Shock absorbing scale tail skid

Cockpit view showing a little of the elevator yoke with pull-pull wires partially attached for testing

Hand built tail feather and tailskid attachment point

Shot from the lower rear showing more of the landing gear, etc.

From Behind!

Again with an angle view...

Closeup of a rigging attachment using the tiny fittings and .015 steel control line wire rigging.

Here's a picture of the only real Blackburn in the world still flying. It was the prototype for my "Stand-Off" scale version. How am I doin'?