Hi
I joined the board awhile back and would like share some pics of my heavily modified AB 44" Eagle. I hope the pictures come out below. I vowed to be shot of all that heavy white metal for the cages and soldered new ones in brass. The main spine was warped and was also doused with alot of solder which I managed to cleanup. Don't blame the AB guys at all, suppose they were on a tight deadline to deliver the kits. The shoulder pods are all hollowed out as is the beak. I went for a modular construction with the entire model being held together with an assortment of nuts and bolts. It's light too. The photos date back to 2001 and I've just pulled the thing out of the attic. Since then I have acquired the excellent Chris Trice beak and some components from Jim Small. At the time I used The Talented Mr Sissions article in Scfi Modeller as a bible to produce the brass framework. Have gained much more knowledge since then so will hope to finish a better Eagle this year. Thanks to Chris for his invaluable advice and the blueprints which I recently acquired will help greatly. Jim Murphy and Chris T have seen the pictures before so sorry guys don't mean to bore! Anyway just thought I'd say hi.
I joined the board awhile back and would like share some pics of my heavily modified AB 44" Eagle. I hope the pictures come out below. I vowed to be shot of all that heavy white metal for the cages and soldered new ones in brass. The main spine was warped and was also doused with alot of solder which I managed to cleanup. Don't blame the AB guys at all, suppose they were on a tight deadline to deliver the kits. The shoulder pods are all hollowed out as is the beak. I went for a modular construction with the entire model being held together with an assortment of nuts and bolts. It's light too. The photos date back to 2001 and I've just pulled the thing out of the attic. Since then I have acquired the excellent Chris Trice beak and some components from Jim Small. At the time I used The Talented Mr Sissions article in Scfi Modeller as a bible to produce the brass framework. Have gained much more knowledge since then so will hope to finish a better Eagle this year. Thanks to Chris for his invaluable advice and the blueprints which I recently acquired will help greatly. Jim Murphy and Chris T have seen the pictures before so sorry guys don't mean to bore! Anyway just thought I'd say hi.





