Republic Thunderspare (finished page 2)

[Tophe]

Before I receive the Boeing 390 kit I have ordered today ( https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=46654.0 ), there may be several weeks. So, waiting, I plan to decrease my stock of spare parts into an airplane or an object or an animal/machine compound like dear Ericr showed us ( https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=37003.0 ). A long time ago, I built a Grumman Sparecat ( https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,46388.0.html ), now this is the Republic Thunderspare.
With 8 parts from the Unicraft kit of Boulton-Paul P.79b ( https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=46551.0 ), 4 pylon sets from Zvezda kits, 1 fin (or wing tip) of unknown source,

[Tophe]

The "thing" is taking shape, with its 4 half wings (without lift profile, ahem) and a push-pull layout. Maybe I will add 4 double legs like an insect, I will see.

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Correction: insects have 3 pairs of legs, spiders have 4 (in Real World, but what-if?)

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Bone surgery (with plastic sprues) by Pr Frankenplein (myself), to build the pod that will be above the 8 legs:

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Around bones, there are muscles (putty):

I have almost no putty remaining , I have ordered 2 more tubes today.

[Tophe]

No more putty at all... (waiting for the ordered tubes):

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I bought a Heller P-51D kit, including 2 canopies (slightly different), so one comes here:

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Sanding, then starting to add putty again... PSR is not fun

[NARSES2]

Sometimes, but only sometimes PSR can be strangely relaxing if you get into a rhythm with it. But mostly it's a p.i.a.

[Tophe]

Thanks!
uh... p.i.a.? according to https://www.allacronyms.com/P.I.A. the meaning could be:
Peril insured against
Pakistan International Airline
Post Industrial Age
?

[NARSES2]

Thanks!
uh... p.i.a.? according to https://www.allacronyms.com/P.I.A. the meaning could be:
Peril insured against
Pakistan International Airline
Post Industrial Age
?

[Scotaidh]

Thanks!
uh... p.i.a.? according to https://www.allacronyms.com/P.I.A. the meaning could be:
Peril insured against
Pakistan International Airline
Post Industrial Age
?

He probably means Pain In the Derriare (A$$)

[Tophe]

Thanks. Now I understand it cannot be said, staying polite/gentlemen... (but I approve this meaning for PSR, quite often)

[nighthunter]

I think Chris meant to type "P.I.T.A.", lol

[Tophe]

"P.I.T.A.", lol

Any relation to "what a pity!"?
(A.Solzhenitsyn book about the Soviet gulag?)
https://www.amazon.com/Solzhenitsyn-What-Pity-Russian-Texts/dp/1853994251