Potez 540 "Ornithopter" (DUNE)

[killnoizer]

This weekend we have our 2 days Workshop with the modell club,  30 people and always a small show , best event that i can imagine ⚒️😊
 

So i build the travel Box.
That will work also when the wings are mounted.



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[PR19_Kit]

A Whiff modeller's ingenuity knows no bounds.   

[killnoizer]

Building continued today. 
Landing gear is in perfect balance, V-tails are fixed.

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Tomorrow i will do some windows and some weapons and a lot of very small parts at the outside of the fuselage.

[Rick Lowe]

 

[killnoizer]

Come on, i need some words    , not only funny signs 


First check with the wings, works fine, and undergear is complete..

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[PR19_Kit]

I can almost HEAR that flapping! 

[The Rat]

The word 'ambitious' was invented for just such a project!   

[frank2056]

I can almost HEAR that flapping! 

You mean you can almost hear le battement d'ailes

Fantastic job and the wings look great

[Rick Lowe]

Yuuup!
(is that enough words for you? )

[stevehed]

I'm amazed by your ingenuity but you wouldn't get me into one.

[killnoizer]

I'm amazed by your ingenuity but you wouldn't get me into one.

Hahaha , 🤣 yes i think you are right.   But the wings are not "flapping" , i mean it is more oscillating.  Maybe the name Ornithopter is not 100% correct for that ? 

[buzzbomb]

Nice.. very nice.

[killnoizer]

I think about dark colored Windows, must try out how to do them with some paint from the inside.

Than a big gun should be somewhere, maybe it is the best solution to place it in the front turret. There is another turret on the underside like the B-17 Ball gunner.  Original guns are not big enough for me 😁.

But that's it, not really much work to do.

...and think about a single seat fighter version.

[Captain Canada]

Taht's really wild ! Nice woek.

[Andrew Gorman]

It's looking great! for a big gun, maybe a large lasgun on a ball mount at the front of the landing gear pods? Kind of like the side guns on a Mark VIII tank- picture 6 in this link:
https://www.lineofdeparture.army.mil/Portals/144/PDF/Journals/Army-History/MarkVIII-UA.pdf
Trying to keep it in the Dune levers/gears/rivets aesthetic.  And what a lasgun looks like? Whatever looks good and ominous