Dwarfs Part X: More Gyrocopter

The next part of rebuilding the heap of a Gyrocopter I bought is fabricating a new blade assembly.  I decided to make it in one piece for strength, and to magnetize it so it could be removed for easy packing in a transport case.  I started by grabbing some scrap cardboard out of the recycling bin and sketching a blade shape that I liked:

...then I cut it out and used it to transfer the pattern to a sheet of plasticard:

The middle was a bit wobbly, so I reinforced it with a bit of plasticard, then added some Green Stuff to mount the magnet to:

Next, I grabbed some styrene tubing and build a "frame" - the plan here is to paint these with a "wood grain" effect so they look like wooden poles:

I sculpted some ropes out of Green Stuff, to look like they're tying the frame together and to hide the gaps a bit:

Next, I used some scrap plasticard and a small hole punch to make some "rivets":

Primered:

I used black paint, P3 brown ink, & Vallejo Game Ink smokey brown for the wood effect:

I picked up a pack of flight bases at my FLGS and sculpted a mounting spot for one:

Finished model:

Overall, I'm pretty pleased (especially considering what I started with!)