Davey Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything and I have been building. Honest...I really have. I just haven't had that much time to take pictures and I actually haven't actually finished a MOC in awhile. Most of my stuff is WIP's right now. Anyway, a few weeks ago I was watching "The Flightline" and they had a feature on Rare Aircraft which is a restoration shop in Faribault, MN that specializes in WACO aircraft. Oddly enough, the owner Roy is a dead-ringer for the Pilot in the new Series #3 Collectible Minifigs. I'm also friends with the team over there and they do all the maintenance on my airplane, so I decided building an ode to them would be fitting. So here is my WACO-Inspired Biplane. As I said, the team at Rare Aircraft specializes in WACO's and this is based on the YMF-5 and UPF-7. Not a straight build of either but incorporates features of both. Getting the tail shaped was probably the hardest part and there is a lot of SNOT there. I'm glad it came out looking as big and burly as it did. WACO's are big aircraft and I think this captures that "big-ness". Of course the PIC in this aircraft is my interpretation of Roy Redman. Hopefully he finds that flattering as I mean it with the utmost respect. All of the guys over at Rare Aircraft really are hero's to me. The strings on the landing gear do a nice job holding them together as this one is heavy and wants to spread the gear legs a bit. So this is what I've been working on lately. There's more coming, but it might be awhile. I just had to build this for my friends over at Rare Aircraft. They build some of the most amazing artwork I have ever seen and you need to check out their site. http://www.rareaircraft.com/ You can also see more pictures of this at my Flickr Photostream. I've missed you all and sorry I've been so absent lately. -Davey Quote
Fuzzylegobricks Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 wawawawowawa Studder alert! Great Job I love the details and colors! Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Oh wow, so super-smooth and sleek overall finish, I simply love this. Awesome biplane MOC Davey, this more than makes up for your 'MOC absence' here in the forums. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Nice. I'm not familiar with many airplanes, but this is sweet either way. Plus I'm a sucker for SNOT wings. Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 AWESOME SNOT built aircraft 'Davey' ! Great work and Brick On ! Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Great job on this biplane.! Have to agree, I really like the color scheme. Quote
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