Razorwhip "Race to the Edge"

To break the airplane routine, I finally decided to work on a dragon which has been waiting to be finished for months.
Today featuring Razorwhip, a species introduced in "DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge". A dragon representing the species, Windshear, is one of the main characters in the series.

The fabric used to make this dragon is the same fabric I use to make some of the airplane's leading edges of the wings, stabilizers and engines. It's thick, shiny silver and I don't know the name of it. There's huse difference in using it for straight parts of the airplanes and a very detailed dragon body, for it's really hard to sew through. However, in cases such as Razorwhip the fabric is irreplaceable. In the series, the species seems to have skin and scales made out of metal, and so this has been the effect I wanted to reach in my making.

Because of the fabric being so thick the dragon was pretty stiff on its own, but I've put wires inside the body and the wings so that I can form the dragon the way I want, for the Razorwhip to look even more gorgeous. And it does, really. It's currently standing atop the wardrobe and it's magnificent :)

 I have to admit that the shiny fabric made it difficult to take good pictures, for the light would reflect in it and ruin the picture. That's why the quality might be worse at times.

 

With its wings unfolded

Proudly standing atop the wardrobe :)

Razorwhip as seen in "Race to the Edge" (source: DreamWorks)

Piper Seneca V

Pararell to Tecnam, another airplane was being built - airplane which, too, is to be seen in the region of Polish Podkarpacie. Piper Seneca V, reg. nr SP-TUC - one of Senecas that belong to the Rzeszów University of Technology Aviation Training Center and serve future pilots as a training device.

It's the first twin-engine airplane in my fleet, and the first one to have a triple-blade spinner. Sewing it was a pure pleasure, mainly because I like the airplane itself a lot for its somewhat cubic shape (which, however, is hard to obtain in a stuffed toy), wings clearly bending upwards, uncommon shape of the wings, as well as the airplane's colors - light blue and white, with dark blue details. I also made the black attack edges of the wings and stabilizers (which in reality are made from a rubber).

It's one of these magnificent airplanes which, in my humble opinion, can be called naturally bonded with the sky :)

A tiny bump atop the fuselage is the result of the plane being hung from the ceiling.

Spinners do rotate, of course. Seneca has helped me develop a new system of building the rotatable spinners. The effect is magnificent and mesmerizingly realistic.

A special thing about the writing - pay attention to the white shading.

Tecnam p2008

I'm happy to introduce the first high-wing aircraft which, once completed, has recently joined my fleet. Tecnam p2008, SP-WBI, owned by Air Res in Rzeszów.

In the early sewing process I was close to getting discouraged by the wings that would bend down, but then I remembered from the aircraft's technical draft that it has wing supports. Having them included, the wings stay level the way they are supposed to.


Credit to Air Res Aviation for inspiration :)

Przy lotnisku w Rzeszowie
By the airport in Rzeszów

Rzut oka na wyszywanie logo. Na karteczce pierwowzór
Behind-the-scenes: a brief look at the process of embroidering the logo.

Zdjęcie rzeczywistego samolotu.
Picture showing the original plane.