1/32 DHC-2 Beaver 30 Aug 2020 - 26 Mar 2021

[lastvautour]

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

[Gearup]

👍👍

[Oceaneer99]

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.

[lastvautour]

Thank you Garet. Do they also do Canadian birds?

Lou

[lastvautour]

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

[lastvautour]

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

[lastvautour]

Doing a bit of work on the Beaver.

Lou

[Gearup]

Nice work on the float bottoms. Carving the concave tapering curves are fun, eh.

[lastvautour]

I was given gouges that work very well.

Lou

[lastvautour]

What is wrong with this picture?

Lou

[lastvautour]

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

[Model Maker]

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.

[lastvautour]

I frequently measure twice and still mess it up.

Lou

[Gearup]

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.

[lastvautour]

If you had two banks of 5 it would work.  Unfortunately mine had a single row. Measure measure measure!!!

Lou