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Here I am in my forth week of my three foot Spindrift project. The hull is 85% complete with just the bottom exposed so I can
add the interior and lights. The balsa hull has been covered with three coats of resin and two coats of red acrylic to detect flaws. I scratch built the engine intakes and exhaust, the intakes will
pulse blue, exhaust red.
I have started on the passenger, hallway and cockpit. When complete I will seal off the bottom hull and cut access hatches for battery access.
So far so good!
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Finally....
My Spindrift is complete. One drawback to balsa construction is that if something falls
on your model it leaves a "ding".
I found that by wetting the balsa the hull covering went much easier. The ship has three coats of resin, three coats of acrylic
and enamel overspray. You cant tell from the photos but the hatch hallway is detailed and lit.
The biggest problem was the navigation blister or bubble. I tried vacumforming but my
results were less than ideal. I found a dust mask package was perfect. The photos also do not give justice to the lighting I could not get the timing right to
"click" the photo. There is five lights in each intake port and each exhaust port.
I hope all Land Of The Giants fans enjoy these, and I would be glad to help
any one who wants to try building with balsa.
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