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lastvautour · September 04, 2012, 10:23:43 PM

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 · September 05, 2012, 08:55:05 AM

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

lastvautour · September 05, 2012, 05:15:14 PM

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 · September 08, 2012, 07:54:52 PM

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 · September 08, 2012, 08:18:55 PM

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 · September 08, 2012, 10:37:38 PM

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 · September 09, 2012, 09:05:35 AM

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

lastvautour · September 09, 2012, 12:01:18 PM

You are welcomed Paul.

Lou

buccfan · September 21, 2012, 08:56:12 AM

I see you got a mention over on Laurent Chassard's Blog, and a special woodgrain Texan II

.Regards Paul J.
http://winglets.over-blog.com/

lastvautour · September 21, 2012, 03:19:55 PM

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

Lou

lastvautour · October 14, 2017, 08:24:09 PM

Just adding to the collection.

Lou

Peter · October 14, 2017, 08:58:20 PM

Awesome Lou!

lastvautour · October 14, 2017, 09:57:10 PM

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

Lou

lastvautour · October 14, 2017, 10:02:51 PM

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

Lou

lastvautour · October 20, 2017, 02:04:34 PM

Looks better with undercarriage.

Lou

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