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JohnReid · 16 January 2005, 07:45 AM

It is usually around this time ,about halfway thru a project that I start to think about what I am going to do next.I always wanted to do something commemorating the 100th anniverary of flight.Yes,I know I am a little late but this present Jenny project has evolved into something bigger than I expected.

Anyway ,I have a couple of ideas that I would like to run by you guys, to see what you think.
Awhile ago ,I purchased a 1/16th Flyer from Model Expo( on which I plan to do an in the box review, when I get seriously into it.)

Until just today, I was pretty much decided on doing a diorama on the building of the second Flyer, that Orville was involved in building and that now hangs in the Smithsonian.That was until today when I discovered a beautiful photo of the modern Flyer being tested in a wind-tunnel by NASA.

Wright Flyer-Windtunnel-NASA ,All the right elements are there.If anyone has any info or pics of the NASA windtunnel at Moffett Field in California,I sure would appreciate your help with the research of this new diorama. Cheers ! John.

16 January 2005, 07:45 AM	#238 (permalink)
JohnReid Forum Ace of Aces Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal,Canada Posts: 4,838	My Next Diorama/The Flyer It is usually around this time ,about halfway thru a project that I start to think about what I am going to do next.I always wanted to do something commemorating the 100th anniverary of flight.Yes,I know I am a little late but this present Jenny project has evolved into something bigger than I expected. Anyway ,I have a couple of ideas that I would like to run by you guys, to see what you think. Awhile ago ,I purchased a 1/16th Flyer from Model Expo( on which I plan to do an in the box review, when I get seriously into it.) Until just today, I was pretty much decided on doing a diorama on the building of the second Flyer, that Orville was involved in building and that now hangs in the Smithsonian.That was until today when I discovered a beautiful photo of the modern Flyer being tested in a wind-tunnel by NASA. Wright Flyer-Windtunnel-NASA ,All the right elements are there.If anyone has any info or pics of the NASA windtunnel at Moffett Field in California,I sure would appreciate your help with the research of this new diorama. Cheers ! John. __________________ "Once upon a time......." Storyboard dioramas by JohnReid. My photobucket: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/ Last edited by JohnReid; 17 January 2005 at 11:09 AM.