Just to follow up the last toy posts about the corsair, here are some pictures of a more complicated toy plane built for an eight-year-old.
Like the Corsair toy, a crew of bears flies the B-25, “Bearfoot Bomber”. Unlike the Corsair, it has quite a few moving parts, including, retractable landing gear and Bombay doors that open. However, the design and execution follows the same process described in the posts about the Corsair toy. I started with drawings done actual size, and built the body of the aircraft and the wing/engines as separate units that do not get glued together until quite near the end of the assembly process.
Drawings for the B 25
The other challenge of the B25 is that the acrylic canopies for top-turret gunner, the nose of the aircraft, and the cockpit are shapes that are more complex to mold. I ended up making several attempts at each shape before I got results that met my needs.
lots of complex plexiglass
Landing gear up!
Close up of one of the B 25 crew
Tags: making wooden toys
