The misses and I were taking a Sunday drive when we came upon this beauty so naturally I took many pictures and just had to have one. in 1/32 scale. That will give me an 18" inch span.
Lou
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Lou, Kenmore Air here in Washington state does a lot of maintenance and upgrades on DHC's from all over North America if you ever need more photos.
Thank you Garet. Do they also do Canadian birds?
Lou
The Beaver is low on my priority list but still received some attention this afternoon. Templates are cut and the fuselage block required splicing to attain the proper depth.
Lou
More blocks. I used my planner for the first time in Newfoundland to reduce the thickness of various pieces. I sure works faster than a chisel.
Lou
Doing a bit of work on the Beaver.
Lou
Nice work on the float bottoms. Carving the concave tapering curves are fun, eh.
I was given gouges that work very well.
Lou
What is wrong with this picture?
Lou
Engine started minus the cylinder heads which would be hidden in the cowl. Thinning the cowl wall for a full engine is beyond my skills.
Lou
Looking great Lou!! Nice approach in using the bare wire and insulate wire for the cylinders.
In answer to your question. - Not many 10 cylinder radial engines. Could only find one referenced for WW I.
I frequently measure twice and still mess it up.
Lou
I Always think of the firing order of a radial engine. There Has to be an odd number of cylinders or doesn't work. 1-3-5-7-9-2-4-6-8.
If you had two banks of 5 it would work. Unfortunately mine had a single row. Measure measure measure!!!
Lou
A twin row Kinner would be cool 😀
Here is the engines I did for a 1/32 scale Mitsubishi KI-46 Dinah. I can't find the post where I built it although I have a picture in the gallery.
Lou
Lots of sanding but nothing worth a photo except for the orange crankcase and sump.
Lou
The engine received a bit of attention.
Lou
The wings are blocks shaped and dihedral built in.
Lou
All looks great Lou.
The main plane is being sanded to shape and the floats are getting a dolly for display purposes.
Lou
Nice Lou. I like how you set the spreaders into the floats for strength. I attached my spreaders with brass pins to the floats. There are many good solutions to model building and I think that is part of the builders challenge.
Fraser
Indeed, variety of approach strengthen the hobby. These are bamboo struts that have greater strength.
Lou
Wings and tail plane test fit. It is beginning to look like a Beaver.
Lou
Sure does! I would be interested how you align the model to get the floats rigged.
Fraser
I will use a block of the proper thickness to support the model while the struts are setting. I usually drill holes for the struts alignment. That is what I did for the 1/24 version.
Lou
The Otter Beaver has been placed on the back burner.
Lou
Beaver back on the bench. Tinkering with the floats and the control surfaces.
Lou
Floats and empennage looks great. My son commented on the floats for the Beaver I'm putting together. He said they never look that good in real life. Then again, 60 years of bush operations can add some character to them....
Fraser
I must agree with your there. I watched a Labrador Air Beaver on float attempt to land on a dolly as the normal beaching area was iced in. He almost made it a few time, but at the end he put her down on wet grass. A few dented panels were the only damage. The aircraft had skis put on and the floats stored for the winter. The next spring, the dented floats were installed and the aircraft took off from the dolly he had tried so hard to land on. Coming in against the wind, I think he may have had a 50 MPH ground speed. Tough birds.
Lou
Slow progress. The wing is designed as a single piece, however ham fisted sanding broke a weak centre portion. Lots of glue and dowels will hold it in place on the fuselage. The tail feathers are test fitted and held in place with wood dowels. 1 mm tape forms the control surfaces corrugation.
Lou
Glue setting on vertical fin for a third time. Knocked the model of the workbench. Putty has been applied.
Lou
;) Still probably fewer rebuilds that a typical Beaver. Still working along on my west coast Beaver. Ill post some stuff soon.
Fraser
Cabin windows on my version are bubbled out so addition of wooden windows was in order. Vertical tabs on horizontal stabilizer are glued. The fit is so good it will not need any putty which is a rare occasion for me. Next is tackling the float struts.
Lou
Coming along nicely Lou
Cheers
Gordon
Thank you Gordon. Progress is rather slow.
Lou
An enthusiastic afternoon. Bamboo struts are glued to the fuselage and will be painted before gluing to the silver floats.
Lou
Lou, that looks great. I just realized the model I'm making has bubble windows on the doors only, so I followed your lead on making bubble windows. Thanks for the help!
Fraser
Although I try to get thing correctly, I often overlook major details. In this case, early photos of my Beaver show a fin under the rear fuselage. It was in the drawings so I made one. My last look at my research photos shows it does not belong on version. The assembly line was halted to remove it.
Lou
Hi Lou. As my son advised me, there are different versions of float kits for the fin configurations. The ventral fins on many beavers have been replaced with the two plates mounted on the stab tips. They call the plate types "dock-savers" as the ventral fin hangs lower and can strike the dock, if the conditions are right, as the aircraft is turned away. Having said that, there are pictures of aircraft with both sets installed too!
Fraser
Addition of scoops and exhaust .
Lou
Wings are glued in place and clamped Next will be fairling the wings to the fuselage followed by priming.
Lou
Fuselage and wing attached, sanded and coated with white primer. I am debating using white semi gloss or continue with the white primer and coat with clear gloss once the orange paint is applied.
Lou
Looks great Lou.
Gordon
The base of the windshield did not go well. I must see what I can do to fix it.
Lou
Looks like a very sturdy model. What ws the window problem?
Fraser
My engine nacelle is too low on the model. Might have to do some major surgery before continuing.
Lou
Must be something about the nose on the Beaver. I ended cutting it off of the model I built twice to try and get it to look right.
Fraser
Surgery completed and rough sanding done. I hope to finish this month.
Lou
Nice fix! I like how you made a generous cut and block to work with.
Fraser
It seems to work. Putty is drying.
Lou
Getting there. White primer and final sanding will be done before semi-gloss white paint.
Lou
Looking good Lou.
Gordon
Thank you Gordon.
Lou
Orange trim being applied with a brush.
Lou
Looking good Lou, regards Paul J.
Coming along nicely Lou
Gordon
Thank you Gordon and Paul. I have been tinkering with it a few minute here and there. I want to clear my bench for other 1/32 projects so I decided to move the Beaver along.
Lou
It's always nice to have a bit of progress.
Fraser
Painting is complete and decals are printed. I require a final gloss coat before applying them. I hope to have it done my month's end.
Lou
This is a pretty big model. I have a few long term projects too. One is about ten years so far. :(
Would that be your B-17?
Lou
:D Good guess. I need a radial engine tutorial.
Ask and thy will be provided. http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=365.0
Lou
Thanks. I will give it a try. :)
Roll out 26 Mar 2021 after 9 months of on off fun with the Beaver.
Lou
Very nice Lou . Well Done !
Gordon
Another great model and colour scheme Lou, regards Paul J.
Thank you Gordon and Paul. This one took a while but all together quite enjoyable to make. It is better if I have a personal connection to the subject.
Lou