CGI visual effects, Model radio controlled airplanes, and plastic model building 8-17-25

The best of all three worlds

Continuing my primary work which is of course the “Breaking the Silence” channel shows. These shows require shooting, editing, and visual effects. Currently I’m working on three shows and the DR. Irena Scott Encounters” is heavy on the effects.

Then there’s my commission build for my dear friend Jeff of the famous Seaview from “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” I have always loved this submarine it’s one of my favorites. I have had several radio controlled versions of this beautiful design over the years and have built many of them for customers. This one is a static model which for me offers a nice break from the extremely complex nature of a radio controlled submarine building. The difficult of all radio controlled models to build in my humble opinion.

I am making much progress on the model the hardest part being to blend all the seams of the ill fitting parts.

Next up I have been slowly building the Inspirer Biplane and I’m happy to say I finished it. It will fly in a couple of weeks time after I go over every detail from control throws to computer radio programing and confirming the center of gravity. These Pat Tritle design kits have always flown well for me.

Now that I have finished the Biplane I have cleaned up and moved on to a plane I lost years ago to radio interference(something that we don’t experience often if at all with the advent of 2.4 gigahertz) called the Enforcer. They still make the kit but I have this 70mm EDF electric jet engine just laying around doing nothing. I’m putting it to good use because I found the plans for the Enforcer and I resized them to accommodate the 70mm EDF unit. EDF stands for, Electric Ducted Fan. But this time I’m working with Flite Test makers foam board. I need a break from balsa dust and mess and building in foam is fast and fun. The original plane was a gas powered pusher prop and it made a hell of a racket but with this electric jet power it’s very quiet with lots of power.

Original balsa pusher power Enforcer. These fly exceptionally well.

You can see the EDF unit sitting on the back of the wing cut out. That little thing make over 3 pounds of thrust at nearly 800 watts of power.

So far I have all the parts cut out and I have started the assembly of the fuselage. The wing in the end will have a full flying airfoil shape with ailerons and elevator. This all happened in a few hours. Today I move on to the wing. This is so exciting and a nice break from the world that can’t be beat!

See you all next week.