Thought it would be cool to share the plane made out of bullet casings from World War 2 that my grandfather made and my father gave me once my grandfather died.
Thought it would be cool to share the plane made out of bullet casings from World War 2 that my grandfather made and my father gave me once my grandfather died.
Hey, uh, are you sure those were casings? Those look like they’ve got bullets in the casings, which makes me a bit worried they might be live. It should be fairly safe anyway, but make sure you don’t drop it or subject it to any shocks or excessive heat, otherwise you might get a nasty surprise.
Looks like the .45 cartridges that make up the engines were welded to the .50 cal rounds making up the rest of the fuselages, so no gunpowder was gonna survive that. Then even if it is just glue, the central one with the cockpit is the bullets only, so clearly OP’s grandpa was comfortable deconstructing the ammo. I don’t know what the base is, but it’s probably the bottom of some big ass artillery round. the pedestal is not instantly familiar to me either, but given that this model is based on the P-38, I’d bet it’s from a 20mm Hispano autocannon. I suppose it’s possible there’s still powder in there, but I’d say it’s exceedingly unlikely.
While I’m speculating, I wonder if the wings and stabilizers were cut from the rest of the casing that supplied the base. The thickness makes it look plausible, but my words are creeping closer and closer to my ass the longer this goes on, LOL.
The heat needed to solder these parts together would have ignited the powder.
It would have to be removed before assembling.