I would ask my British friend to see if they have drawings of the Bristol Brittania. The Yukon was a pretty close to being just a stretched Brittania and would do for drawings.
Lou
Received some awesome detailed drawing of the Bristol Brittania from Garet. I have already made a prototype stretched drawing representing the Yukon in 1/72 scale. The fuselage is 2 inches in diameter and just over 23 inches long. Not a small project by any means.
Lou
The drawings have been enlarged to 1/72 and the Brittania has been stretched into a Yukon.
(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/normal_005___CC-106_Yukon_Canadair_CL-44.JPG)(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/normal_003__CC-106_Yukon_Canadair_CL-44.JPG)
http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3797
The Beech 18 is to provided scale size reference.
Lou
It looks to have a lot of potential as a finished Yukon, Lou, but, I'm also intrigued by your Beach C45 because, as you know, I'm still having concerns as to how to treat silver. How did you achieve such an outstanding finish to the "Bug Smasher"?
Cliff.
Sorry Cliff, the Beech 18 is a plastic model. However, a smooth surface coated with gloss and them sprayed silver/chrome does an adequate job.
Lou
Thanks again Lou. I've just received a downloadable Manual on Testors and Model Master Paints. While very informative - in fact the group could benefit from the info contained - it adds to my confusion.
What is the web site address?
Lou
The Yukon is finally on the move with the wood having been selected, marked and cut. The fuselage block is starting to take shape. Roll out date is not expected to be before the end of the year.
Lou
A few more strokes with the hand planer and some sanding are showing results.
(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_DSCF2360.JPG)
Roll out anticipated to be early 2011.
Lou
<arogers@testors.com>
is the site for the Testors info that I refered to some time back. I seem to miss some messages.
Cliff.
Moving right along.
(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_DSCF2506.JPG)
The dihedral break has been marked but is yet to be cut on my scroll saw.
(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_DSCF2507.JPG)
The mating of wing and fuselage will not occur until the engine nacelles are attached and dihedral break has been completed.
Lou
Is this basically a streamlined Argus? It is a good looking plane.
The Argus and the Yukon were both taken from the Bristol Britannia.
Lou
Things have come to a crawl with the Yukon. Final sanding is always a pain for me.
Lou
Carried out some work on the Yukon wing to fuselage joint. A work around to using putty or small pieces of laminated wood to make the wing leading edge filet was not feasible. If this works out, it will open all sorts of other projects I feared due to large filets.
Lou
Yes I see what you are doing there Lou,a module in itself for the fillet,most interesting,best of luck it looks promising.
Barry.
The filet is working out. A bit more carving and sanding and the project should be ready for the final priming before paint.
Lou
The filet looks good.
Your separate fillet idea works well Lou,I am going to use this idea in the future myself.
Barry
The trailing edge filets have been installed and await the wing before final fairing into the fusleage. The wing/fusleage joint has since been glued and clamped. Putty and sanding will follow. Thanks to the wooden filets, putty use will be minimal.
Lou
Which brand of putty do you use Lou ?
Barry.
I use Elmers wood filler.
Lou
The glue has dried and putty has been applied.
Lou
The tan area in the above photo has been sanded and a bit more putty added to complete the training edge filet. A total prime job is just around the corner. Due to its size, the Yukon and Argus will have to move to the garage for painting.
Lou
The Yukon has been sanded and require just a few touch ups around the wing root area. The Yukon roll out should be later this summer. The white top fuselage and tail have been primed in white and will be painted gloss after the touch ups have been done.
Very impressive model,the fillets really have worked well.
Barry.
No one was more surprized than myself. Chalk one up for Paul D.
Lou
Are you going to suspend these large models Lou ? or make monster stands for them.
Barry.
I have not thought that far ahead. I need to re-organize or even enlarge my display area.
Lou
After having primed the entire aircraft I noticed the forward fuselage did not quite look right. Rechecking against the templates and judicious use of coarse sandpaper brought things back in line. I am once again in the paint booth and applying white primer as an undercoat to the gloss white.
Lou
Sorry no pics.
Primed, sanded and painted gloss white. Masking will follow shortly for application of a metallic finish. Decals have been drawn but not printed yet.
Lou
Looks beautiful Lou.
Thanks for posting.
Mark
It certainly is a beautiful model, Lou.
Perhaps, although I believe that you've informed us already, it would be interesting if you could find the time to elaborate further on your approach to making decals.
Cliff.
Cliff, we have several decal post in http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?board=9.0 If those don't answer your questions I will gladly explain further.
Lou
Masked and siting in the paint shop. A second coat of red is forthcoming and them masking and metallic paint. the red panels were to assist locating the aircraft should it go down in the great white north.
Lou
Masking removed. Now for some cure time.
Lou
Well worth the wait Lou,it is surprising how long some paints take to flash off,with modern paints the shelf life is extended with dryers that take a tad more to go off.
Great paintwork,the red panels really set the scheme off.
Barry.
She's looking good, Lou. Like a dufus, I'm wondering where the blue paint went in the latest pic. What a bone head. Clicked on the link and figured it out.
Ken Pugh
Decals drying as we speak.
The attached doc hold the home made fuselage flashes. The RCAF lettering is on the other PC and will be seen only after it is applied.
Lou
I have saved that file Lou,it could come in handy for the future.
Barry.
The Yukon is finished and proudly mounted next to the DH Comet.
Lou
I have a set of prop disc on the bench to replace the props.
She looks good, Lou. Especially next to the Comet.
Ken Pugh
Thank you Ken. Very satisfying to have this one done. I started it in Feb 2010. Now all that remains of the procrastinated projects are the 1/48 Argus and 1/32 Sabre.
Lou
Beautiful Lou,I like your dedicated display area which looks very neat,is that adjoining your work area or in the house itself ?
represents thousands of hours work.
Barry.
Thanks Barry. I closed off a section of the basement in an attempt to control the dust. The stand behind me was my old PC work sation, but alas that crashed two days after the up stairs PC let go. I now have an ACER PC that does the minimum which is what I really needed. Oh, by the way, I managed to open my portable drive once and retrieved all my pictures and data. I received a replacement portable drive which will be used solely for backup. Me and electronics don't always agree. Must be my aura.
Lou
Lou,
Glad you were able to retrieve your pictures and data!
Dust is always an issue. I finally convinced my son that he needs to clean up after his projects, too. He's carving a wooden octopus now.
Garet
Lovely Lou. I like the multi toned panels on the nacelles. Thanks for posting.
Mark
Garet, dust will do us in with the misses rather quickly so cleaning up often is the key. Let us see that octopus!
Mark, thanks, a bit of jet exhaust and steel paint does a neat job of highlighting various areas. I don't normally do this but I decided to give it a try.
Lou
Twirlies.
Lou
Overall a very nice model,Lou. But I especially like the props. They look very realistic.
Cliff
Thanks Cliff.
Lou
But you do have silver on the bottom part of your models, Lou. How do you manage masking over silver? I've been using silver enamel and then trying to seal the silver by over- spraying with "Glosscoat." But even then the masking tape removed the coating of "Glosscoat" but leaving the enamel!!!!!!!!
Cliff.
Lou,those props are gyrational ! what a stunning model,great pictures as well.
Barry.
Cliff, if you look at the upper photos, the model is painted gloss white overall first and then I mask the white and spray the silver after. I do the same for the red panels.
Barry. Thanks. The credit goes to Ken for starting the twirleys.
Lou