by Klaus | Aug 12, 2013
Hi guys,I'm a bit behind on posting updates, so today you'll get two :)My shoulder troubles are back, so progress was slower than normal, but the last things to do on the ATHENA was rivets. So this is easy work and I did about 100 per evening :PHere you can see my...
by Klaus | Jul 30, 2013
Hi all you patient followers and readers,I think today is one of the last build posts for the ATHENA!I'm sure that she's now 95% complete and all that is left are some gaps and then millions of rivets :)But I still owe you some work in progress updates.Last I asked...
by Klaus | Jul 26, 2013
While the list of to-do's IS shrinking, there are still many items to do :)The first thing was to complete the covers around the duct fans. And even though they were not 100% finished I couldn't resist to take some nice shoots with the 4 duct fans in...
by Klaus | Jul 24, 2013
Thanks guys!@Tuskar - when you're in the Heidelberg-Karlsruhe area give a shout and we can arrange for a little tour of the workshop :) While I do like the general apearance of the duct fans, I realized I need some more decorations or steampunk elements to make...
by Klaus | Jul 22, 2013
As written in the last post, I'm not so sure about the final position of the two CIWS', so I decided to finally go for the 4 engines and rotors on the short stubby central wings.A while back, I had build 1 engine that I tried to duplicate via casting.Unfortunately I...
