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Started by lastvautour, August 21, 2009, 12:36:26 AM

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lastvautour

The AirToon elves have been busy. An RCAF CT-156 Harvard II equivalent to a USAF T-6 Texan II. (Part 4)

As per most of the projects, the CT-156 is made from clear pine and painted with Model Master paints. Decals are from Mike Grant's wonderful CT-155 1/48 scale decals sheet with some allowances with home made decals for doing a CT-156. The Harvard II consists of a main wing with dihedral carved in, a fuselage, a vertical tail and three piece horizontal stab. Undercarriage are dowels of various sizes. Doors are thin mahogany from my stock of recycled baseboards. The AirToon profile is based on a drawing by Laurent Chassard at http://winglets.over-blog.com/. The model now resides with others of her kind.

Lou

buccfan

Excellent work Lou, the Toon Airforce is certainly growing.Regards Paul J.

lastvautour

Thank you Paul. Your comments are well appreciated. At last count I have 23 AirToons on my shelf. I need to make cabinets to control the dust a bit better.

Lou

buccfan

How did you make your prop blades Lou, and how did you attach them?. I have some thin birch/beech than can be soaked and twisted or have you shaped them? Regards Paul J.

lastvautour

I shaped each blade starting with a 2mm X 4mm X 25mm piece of wood. I inserted a 3mm piece of straight pin at one end for attaching to the spinner. Trying to explain is hard so I will do a blade tonight and take pictures.

Lou

lastvautour

Paul, I placed a tutorial on blade twist at http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1013.0
I hope this helps you out.

Lou

buccfan

Thanks for the link Lou, I must have missed that when I was exploring. That's easy to follow thanks. Regards Paul J.

lastvautour

You are welcomed Paul.

Lou

buccfan

I see you got a mention over on Laurent Chassard's Blog, and a special woodgrain Texan II  ;D.Regards Paul J.
http://winglets.over-blog.com/

lastvautour

Nice to get recognition on other sites. Thanks for the heads up.

Lou

lastvautour

Just adding to the collection.

Lou

Peter


lastvautour

Thank you Peter. These are always a pleasure to build.

Lou

lastvautour

An earlier F-18 will receive undercarriage to join the remaining F-18 fleet.




Lou

lastvautour

Looks better with undercarriage.

Lou