The Incredible Shrinking Mooney

[Bennett]

Don't wash your Mooney in hot water

 

BEFORE WASHING: PHOTO ONE

 

AFTER WASHING: PHOTO TWO

 

The model was made by Factorydirectmodels.  This is the third model of owned aircraft that they have made as a custom model for me, and this one is by by far the most detailed. Good people to work with. They send you progress photos so that corrections can be made before the model is fully assembled. 

 

A few more photos: MR1 (photo 6) is the real aircraft. 

[carusoam]

Spectacular, Bennett!

Best regards,

-a-

[kmyfm20s]

I love it!!

[Joe Zuffoletto]

Those FDM models are amazing!

[Danb]

Maybe try washing in cold water, and don't dry on to high a temp.

[flyingvee201]

This is EXACTLY why I only dry wash it!  :-)

[aviatoreb]

Maybe try washing in cold water, and don't dry on to high a temp.

 

I would say don't dry at all - just air dry.  It takes longer but then you don't end up with a mini mooney.

 

Love it Bennett!

[Cabanaboy]

Bet you use less fuel now!

[jrwilson]

That model looks really impressive!  I didn't know they had that much detail, especially the interior.

[HopePilot]

Extremely cool.  Mine is being made right now.  How long before you started getting pictures?

[Jeff_S]

Yeah, really cool, except one question. Does the green on the model match the green on your plane? It seems from the pics that the model has more bluish tint to it.

[yvesg]

Bennett, was it $200 like most of the other GA aircraft?

Yves

[aviatoreb]

Has anyone else noticed how funny that there are two separate threads in a row, this one

 

 

The Incredible Shrinking Mooney

 

and one right next to it entitled?

 

 

How to put the plane on a diet?

[scottfromiowa]

I think they even have the seat stiching right!!!! W.O.W! Mine has deep tinted windows...for a reason. Really nice work on interior. Did they even get the panel correct? Over the top cool. Wth the printers maybe a mini Bennett (at the leather yoke) on the next iteration?

[Marauder]

Has anyone else noticed how funny that there are two separate threads in a row, this one

The Incredible Shrinking Mooney

and one right next to it entitled?

How to put the plane on a diet?

I think we need strart a third thread. One labelled "How to put the pilot on a diet so he/she can fit into their shrinking Mooney?"

[Marauder]

I think they even have the seat stiching right!!!! W.O.W! Mine has deep tinted windows...for a reason. Really nice work on interior. Did they even get the panel correct? Over the top cool. Wth the printers maybe a mini Bennett (at the leather yoke) on the next iteration?

They outsourced it to Lilliputia. I hear they have talented people who work on a small scale...

[Bennett]

A few answers. The green color is acceptable, but not perfect. Sending photos back and forth via the web, with different monitors makes the color matching difficult. The colors in the last set of "proof" photos looked perfect. I ordered the model at Oshkosh, and received it last week. That is about the same time interval as the previous two models. It might have been a bit faster if I didn't ask them to make a few corrections to the interior after I received the interior proof photos. I'll try and add the approved photos later. Again not perfect, but certInly acceptable for a model at the cost they charged. I believe it was about $500 with a the "show specials" Funny about the juxtaposition of the two threads. I am tying to lose a bit if body mass, but I don't think I can ever get small enough for the model.

[fantom]

How does the beautiful 'little one' do, LOP?

[Bennett]

Doesn't burn a bit of fuel, but then she is very slow