Arup S-2 completed

Here is the finished model.
(the building article is here:)
http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2013/02/another-arup-this-time-smaller-s-2.html

As said, I mostly followed Bill Hannan's reprint in Skyways magazine of Jan 1997. The published plan was drafted in 1991 by Mark Allison, and other several collaborators are acknowledged.
The Arup had a strange empty bay between the windshield and the firewal. The left side of the canopy slid underneath the right side one.
You can visit the previous posting which details the construction of this model, and also have a look at the posting depicting the model of the bigger Arup S-4, in this same blog.

Another Arup, this time the smaller S-2

 (The completed model is here:)
http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2013/02/arup-s-2-completed.html

Here is another Arup flying wing, this time the earlier -and smaller- S-2.
Similar methods to what I just used on the S-4, so won't be describing again the same, just mainly posting the images.
Notice, though, that this time I hand-carved a laminated wood prop.
There were at least three different configurations and color schemes; here I am reproducing the one without the wheels fairings.

I have a great opinion of Bill Hannan and collaborators, my main source of info came via one article on Skyways magazine of January 1997, but I differ on the interpretation of the colors, and tend to believe, in spite of their explanations, that there were possibly three colors involved, red, black and aluminum. Just a personal interpretation, not more valid by any extent than theirs.

 The tiny fuselage and wing have many cut-outs for windows and door. The cockpit interior is mostly already in place:

Small does not necessarily mean simple. The fuselage already has about 30 individual parts, and is not yet finished. The overall count of parts so far is more than 50, and counting:

Home-made decals:

I could not avoid the Art-Deco photo:

Testors Model Master Metalizer Aluminum:

 Cutting the individual decals (remember these are home-made and therefore the carrier film is all over):

 After airbrushing Future:

Decal application begins:

Scratchbuilt 1/72 scale Arup S.4 trike mod completed

Here are the images of the completed model.
The building article in this blog is here:
http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2013/02/scratchbuilt-172-scale-arup-s4-nose.html
Looking at these photos you may ask yourself "what a very heavy metal safe -on top of which the plane's tailwheel is resting- is doing amidst a flying field?"
I was wondering exactly the same. If you know, let me know.