My first Air-Toon was inspired by Dave's marvelous F-107 and F-100. I think i may have pinched the F-102 fuselage a bit much. But them you have the liberty to do what you want in projects such as these. The F-102 is sitting in my smelly stuff drying area. It really should be in the garage. The sealant is curing for 24 hours, them a light sanding and off to the paint shop.
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Lou
PS. Dave, same stand design as the F-104 but smaller
The F-102 took about 20 hours all together.
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Did you work from some type of drawing or just make things up as you went along?
Lou, great job on a fun model!
Garet
Dave, I used Blackheartart drawings at http://www.flickr.com/photos/31186322@N06/
My next, if there is wone will be a Voodoo seem at http://bcvenablesgraphixx.com/ Another place to look is http://www.caricatureaircraftpictures.com/fighters_&_attack.htm
Above and beyond are egg planes and your method of squissing the drawing and making minor adjustments as required.
Garet, fun in deed. They also have Spitfires and Mustangs and even a biplane or two.
Lou
More Air-Toons on the bench.
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The F-104 looks awesome so far. I want one.
Thanks Dave. The F-104 horizontal stab was off centre and a bit small. I have since replaced it with a more suitable one. The wife's model is coming along as well.
Lou
Progress report. I was out of town for a few days so I am a bit behind schedule.
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The second F-102 is done and the F-104 and F-101 are being painted.
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The F-104 was a joy to make.
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The last of the Air-Toons for a while. There are still two on the bench but they have low priority right now. The CF-101B in 416 sqn colours just before they retired the old girl.
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More Air-Toon photos. This one was built in exchange with a new found friend who is doing a line drawing of a Voodoo Air-Toon.
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The latest Air-toon to leave the bench. The decals are aftermarket decals made for the 1/72 RCAF T-33 Silver Star. The Silver Star is the Lockheed Shooting Star built under licence by Canadair
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One more Air-Toon for my collection. I really have a craving for these. A Canadian Forces CF-188 can now patrol the northern skies.
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I probably would never try carving a "real" F-18, but this one looks like it would be fun to make. How did you come up with a 3-view?
Check out the build sequence at http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v435/Vautour/Air-Toons/
I used a 3 view and sized it so that the fuselage would be the width of a 1" board (= 20mm). I them compressed it until it measured the length of the side view from Blackheartart's F-18. I think it was about 5.5 inches long when I printed it. The wings were sided so it looked good to me. I will see if I kept the drawing and forward it if you wish. It is in my other PC and it is not linked to the e-net. I will try to use your F-101G drawing to make another F-101B. I just need to make the fuselage longer and the canopy a two seater.
Lou
One more Air-Toon joins the Squadron. A BAe Hawk Mk 115/CT155 made from clear pine, painted with Model Master paints and Mike Grant decals. Overall build time about 15 hours. Again a joy to make these Air-Toons. Thanks to Dave for introducing me to them.
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My latest Air-Toon is also my skunkworks project. Clues have been strategically placed in some of the last 5 photos I uploaded.
Low wing or maybe biplane? Early 20th century from the looks of the tailplane.
Garet
I made it too easy. Sharp eye Garet. Painting the last of it today. Decals maybe tomorrow.
Lou
The skunkworks Sopwith Camel rolled out today. A few scrap pieces of wood, some sanding on the belt sander and some wild imagination. I made the rib pattern using the motor tool and it worked out OK. I needed a bigger diameter sanding drum.
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The engine is the flex section of some drinking straws and push rod were omitted due to laziness. The wheels and small winglet is a dowel with the center top and bottom removed. decals on the aircraft are old yellowed decals from the spares box and the wheel stars were home made. I originally wanted to place Snoopy in there but could not find one. Quite a fun project.
Lou
:o ;D :P
A new Air-Toon in the making.
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The CF-101B Voodoo 409 Squadron "Hawk One" will be mounted on a stand with the Falcon AIM-4C flying from under the fuselage. Dave is also making one but is using a different approach.
lou
The 409 Sqn Voodoo is complete and shooting down everything in sight. The markings are a combination of hand drawn, paint over home made decal and spare box decals. Total build time is approx 20 hours.
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The squadron now numbers 10.
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And the beat goes on. I have selected the BAe Hawk as the next AirToon for my collection, but with a slight twist. I will make four of them and pose them as the Red Arrows which will also fit the Aerobatic Team Build started long ago.
Wood has been selected and pieces marked out. I will await Paul J to begin building as I will provide him with a tutorial for his first solid.
Lou
Hey Lou,
Looks like it will be a fun build. I'm sure Paul will benefit from your tutoring as much as I have. What type of wood are you using?
Peter
Just using scrap pieces of clear pine and maybe one piece of white pine. I don't like white pine as much but beggars cannot be choosers.
Lou
Have a few minutes to burn - hence!
Moving right along.
To quote the younger texting* generation. OMG the last post was July 2011. I guess I had better get going on this one. Once the yellow is sufficiently opaque I will apply the blue over top. Markings may be a problem as yellow does not cover well.
Lou
* This word does not show up in our site dictionary. The dictionary must have been made for our generation!!!!!!!!!!!
Following Paul's lead on the Blackburn Buccaneer, I have started my own. Parts are rough cut on my new bandsaw. Thanks to Peter for some assistance in smoothing the operation. There are two fuselage plugs as there was no wood of sufficient thickness to do the job so lamination is in order.
Lou
Made some progress with undercarriage and stores.and tail group is now glued and crack fill drying. My camera suddenly decided it did not like flash mode and overexposed everything I tried from up close. Hence for the near future some blurring will occur until I figure out what the heck is going on.
Lou
F-18 is painted and awaits my home made decals which are basic for the late 1930/early 1940.
Lou
Bucc and F18 both looking good Lou, I might have a go at the F18 myself.Regards Paul.
The 18 is a pretty easy one to do.
Lou
I posted pictures some time ago at http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v435/Vautour/Air-Toons/
I have the templates on line somewhere if I can only find them.
Lou
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Lou
Hi Lou, I have downloaded your F18 Photobucket album as a zip file to save your step by step , I hope you dont mind. thanks for the templates.Regards Paul J.
I am glad you could make use of it. There are a few areas that are not to clear so if you have any questions feel free to ask. I drew out five more F-18 on a piece of wood last night. The board I use is 20cm thick. I have to measure my original but I believe that the engine nacelles should be 10cm thick. The wings have a warp and are made from 5cm thick piece. The remaining pieces are 2 - 3cm thick. If you wish I will redo the original AirToon post to clarify what I missed the first time around.
Lou
Hi Lou, having looked at you photo,s I think I should be ok, but if I get stuck I'll give you a shout.Regards Paul J.
The wings have been glued as well as the pitot boom. The inflight fuelling probe is temp removable as it stick out more than Paul's. Lou
The weapon stores have been constructed, a triple bomb rack for the Bucc and some Sidewinders/Sparrow missles and a torpedo a la 1940s for the F-18. The Hornet is in the paint booth getting a fresh coat of gloss following the decals. The Bucc undercarriage is also ready although it is quite combersome in comparison. The S shape piece is my main undercarriage door.
Lou
The two F-18 are not quite the same size with the 410 Sqn being slightly smaller. I plan on redoing to the same size as the Centennial bird. The camera is still not cooperating.
The Centennial is decked out in three tone blue with red dotted stars. I don't know if this is a correct colour scheme with the white and red tail feathers. All decals are home made. I will need to get some better pictures but I am at a lost as what happened with the camera settings.
Lou
Buccaneer looking great Lou, I like your landing gear, I feel a bit of a fraud now using mine from the spares box! The Centennial F18 colour scheme look great as well.. Regards Paul J.
Hi Lou,Could you tell me what length the fusilage should be so I can print the sheet to the correct size, also your engine temp has a stepped flat on it but in your photo it doesn't, did you find a different method for assembly. I am not starting to make this yet but I thought I would get the templates done.
I modified the template after having made the original model. It is a better method of ensuring a solid fit between the wing and the fuselage. I now have 5 sets of rough cut blocks for the F-18 fleet.
Lou
The image should be inserted into a word doc and streched so that the image lines up with the edge of the page. This should give you a fuselage lenght of 11.8cm plus whatever you will be using for engine nozzles. I used some 1/48 scale plastic exhaust from an F-4. Revell always added 2 different sets for each kit. The template has the nozzle added but a additional piece needs to be added to the inside area if you are using this block to complete your F-18. The templates are for the Centennial size bird while the picture are from my first attempt at making a CF-188. I will do a tutorial on this new batch of F-18s.
Lou
Thanks Lou, I look forward to the tutorial. Regards Paul J.
The F-18 tutorial will be placed in the group build section and the Bucc will be completed here. So far I have painted the Dark Green and Ocean as well as the reddish radome. The undercarriage is glued to avoid placing the new paint job on the bench. I found my 12 Sqn decals from the Airfix Bucc I made some time ago and it looks like things will work out.
The decals from the kit were all dried up so I made my own except for the 12 Squadron Crest. I want to thank Paul for his help. I enjoyed building with another member. More pictures will be posted to the group build area.
Lou
It looks chunky and cheeky,the Buccaneer lends itself well to the Air-Toons treatment.
Barry.
I'me loving that Lou, it turned excellent. i'll have to make my own U/C when I do another one. Fantastic work. Regards Paul.
Thank you Barry and Paul. This is my first AirToon with undercarriage. It beat having to make a stand. I will look further into retrofitting my fleet.
Lou
An F-4J on the bench. This is the prototype for the Phantom so things may change before the final cut.
Lou
I like that Lou, looking good.Regards Paul J.
The Phantom looks good as a Toon,well done.
Barry.
Thanks you both. It is a challenge to get it to look right. I feel the wings are a bit off but then it is an AirToon and anything goes.
Lou
The post in Cook-Up mentioned 480 parts, I was wrong, in forgetting the 10 flow fence and 10 boundary fences which brings things up to 500 pieces.
Lou
Decals for the Spanish Hornet roundels came from an old ESCI aftermarket sheet that has been laying around for over 25 years. The decals are brittle but workable if you are careful. All other decals are home made on clear decal film and the variance in shade is due to the background setting and degree of gray applied to the original image. I used many colour images that were turned into grayscale for this project. The weapons array feature two Harpoon anti-shipping missiles as well as the usual two Sidewinders and two Sparrows. The gun is represented with a decal.
Lou
The roundel decals for the Swiss Hornet came from an old ESCI aftermarket sheet that has been laying around for over 25 years. The decals are brittle but workable if you are careful. All other decals are home made on clear decal film and the variance in shade is due to the background setting and degree of gray applied to the original image. I used many colour images that were turned into grayscale for this project. The weapons array features two long range tanks, two Sparrows and two Sidewinders.
Lou
The Australian Hornet decals are entirely home made. Again a colour image was grayscaled to make the tail markings. The Aussie F-18 sports six Sidewinders as well as two Sparrow missiles.
Lou
They look great Lou, a proper Hornet meet. I've got some decals for mine from an Egg plane, you get a choice of two schemes. They are certainly cleared to take a good variety of weapons. I shall save these images to file as a reference for my build if you don't mind.Regards Paul J.
RCAF 410 Squadron Hornet is the sole twin seater F-18 in the collection to date. Decals are all home made on clear decal film. The "Cougar Bird" has two Sidewinders and four Sparrow missiles. 410 Squadron is an Operational Training unit capable of deployment to the combat arena if needed. It was also my last unit prior to retirement from the Canadian Forces.
Lou
PS The Balkan Rat F-18 was covered in the group build.
Thank you Paul. I really enjoyed making them. I can supply you with some weapon templates if you want them.
Lou
Weapon temps would be great Lou thanks. What colour did you use for the exhaust nozzles, my ref calls for burnt steel, regards Paul J.
I used Model Master Acrylic "Jet Exhaust".
Lou
PS Templates forthcoming.
Thanks again Lou.Regards Paul J.
Great paint jobs and decalling.
Barry.
Thank you Barry, these are really fun to make and decorate.
Lou
Latest addition to the Squadron.
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The AirToon elves have been busy. A RCAF CT-156 Harvard II equivalent to a USAF T-6 Texan II.
The AirToon elves have been busy. A RCAF CT-156 Harvard II equivalent to a USAF T-6 Texan II. ( Part 2)
The AirToon elves have been busy. An RCAF CT-156 Harvard II equivalent to a USAF T-6 Texan II. (Part 3)
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
Excellent work Lou, the Toon Airforce is certainly growing.Regards Paul J.
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
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.
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
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
Thanks for the link Lou, I must have missed that when I was exploring. That's easy to follow thanks. Regards Paul J.
You are welcomed Paul.
Lou
I see you got a mention over on Laurent Chassard's Blog, and a special woodgrain Texan II ;D.Regards Paul J.
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Nice to get recognition on other sites. Thanks for the heads up.
Lou
Just adding to the collection.
Lou
Awesome Lou!
Thank you Peter. These are always a pleasure to build.
Lou
An earlier F-18 will receive undercarriage to join the remaining F-18 fleet.
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Looks better with undercarriage.
Lou
The current F-18 squadron is at 7 and will probably grow as time goes by. I just noticed that other than the Centennial bird I have no USN or USMC F-18s. Yuum.
Lou
Two more added to the AirToon Squadron. A CC-130J and an A-4S.
AirToon RAAF BAe Hawk 1 Aug 2021.
Lou
USAF F-106A and F-100F AirToons.
Lou
They all look great, but I really like that F-106A.
Thank you Dave.
Lou