stained glass kaleidoscope airplane pattern

#Stained glass kaleidoscope airplane pattern how to

Teal stained glass single winged plane - 9' overall length (including wheels), 8' wingspan, standard 3 mirror system, 2 fused glass wheels. Vintage Stained Glass Kaleidoscope Airplane Handmade Art Blue Toy Collectible (1.3k). ID: 100-2207t Quantity Add to Cart Reward Points 155 points will be rewarded to you when you buy this item.

#Stained glass kaleidoscope airplane pattern how to

See my woodworking web site for more details on how to build this plane. One of the problems of learning how to make kaleidoscopes from great teachers is that it tends to make you more critical of your own work and as a result, one tends to notice errors that you have been taught to avoid. Kaleidoscope Stained Glass Red Opalescent Fused Glass Double Wheel Art Glass Antique Toy Collector Home Office Decor Gift for Dad Mom Kal107. This project is a stained glass biplane with a kaleidoscope built inside the plane. In spite of all the nit-picking, we really like this little Red Baron. However, the average person would probably never see anything but beautiful patterns as they spin the prop. Look through the back of the airplane, spin the two wheels and see wonderful, vibrant images of colors:-) Measures approximately 8 wide X 9 long. If a critical observer carefully studies the image below they might find some minor flaws. Stained Glass Bi-plane kaleidoscope with a stained glass wheel. We noticed the mirrors in this model are not of the highest quality and if we ever assemble our own kit we will probably use different mirror material. A copper ring around the wheel would help support it, but we like the idea of the protruding clear glass panels which make it look more like a propeller. The difficult task here is to fabricate the body as it is smaller at the rear than at the front.Īlso, the secondary (front) wheel appears to be weak and bends easily as shown. Note also that it uses three mirrors contained in a triangular body.

We have actually purchased one of the these kits but not had time to assemble it.

We picked up the little airplane somewhere in our travels either at a flea market or antique store and assume it was made from a kit. Note the 'Red Baron' model has two independent rotating wheels. Since some airplanes have a rotating propeller on the front, they became a logical model for wheelscope makers.