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And yes Michael Kranitz, I am a certified LamaHead!

This is for anyone looking at the purchase of a Vario Lama. The smallest one is the Baby Lama (1:8) 600 size, next up is the Lama 1.8 (1:6.3) 800 size and finally the Starwood Lama (1:5). There is another that's labeled a 1:6 but it's actually a bit smaller than the Lama 1.8

Starwood RTF
Lama 1.8 Under Construction
Baby Lama RTF, just have the cabin removed to make some adjustments.

Here are 40 full scale photos I took today of the remainder of the last Canadian Lama in operation. Sadly it had a mishap a couple of wees ago so now Canada no longer has any. These are now just skeletons. These are real working Lama's so nothing fancy here. These were used for fertilizing British Columbia forests.

These will be used by me to assist in achieving the best possible detail in the Vario Lama 1.8 that I am presently building.

I just received my next project from Vario. (just waiting for the motor and blades) I am looking forward to the build. This is my first scratch build so it should be interesting and educational. I may be calling for help here and there.

The only things done so far have been to clean up the tig welds on the skids and a partial assembly of the mechanics (I need the motor before I can continue the mechanics but can work on the canopy in the meantime).

An update.

I have now installed the mechanics, partially set up the FBL and set up my Jeti CB-200 etc. Frame is now powder coated for the forward section and red and yellow paint to the aft of that. Canopy is now all cut out, primed and first coat of paint. I also started working on scale detail such as the 538 panel screws and installed the glass. Now this has to be taken all apart for detail finishing and more. Lots of fun.