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1/32 Tamiya f4u-1a Corsair

Posted by Paul On May - 29 - 2020

5/14/22. Today I'm starting on this Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1a Corsair. This is one of my favorite aircraft from WW2.

I am using quite a lot of aftermarket items this time.

I first started on the Prat & Whitney R2800 radial engine

I've added some extra detail with some small wires at the top of each cylinder, and also all of the iginition wire. For reference I used some photos I found online.

For a video of the finished engine – go HERE.

Next I started the Eduard cockpit.

I am planning on displaying this very detailed version of the F4U-1A cockpit since it will be so hidden in the finished model.

For a video of the partially built cockpit go HERE.

Here are some pics of the final cockpit

6/15/22 Here are some photos of the finished cockpit. The cockpit is by Eduard and the instruments are by Quintas. Since the cockpit is mostly hidden in the finished model, I decided to make this into a display model on it's own stand.

Below the pictures is a video of the cockpit

The video of the finished cockpit is HERE.

I also started on this 1/32 resin R2800 engine from resin2detail.com. This is just amazing in detail.

Here is a video of the incluided parts – go HERE.

To see a video of the finished DETAIL2scale 1/32 R2800 engine on it's stand go HERE.

6/19/2022 Here is a video of the finished kit cockpit – it's stock except for the Eaglecals cockpit decals and the BarracudaCast resin seat with seatbelts – go HERE.

Roy Sutherland (owner of Barracuda Studios) is a great guy and I just love his products which I have noted above. I also will be using his EagleCals to depict Capt. Dean S Hartley Jr's plane from VMF-225.

Here are some pictures of the finished cockpit:

7/12/2022 For a video of the finished model on the turntable – go HERE.

Here are the photos of the finished model.

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1/16 Wright Flyer

Posted by Paul On May - 7 - 2020

5/7/2023 I've just started this 1/16 scale model of the Wright Flyer by Hasegawa. It's part of their Museum Model Series; in the past I've built their 1/16 Sopwith Camel (fantastic model). This model is now qjite expensive, I purchased it several years ago. As I recall it came from the aeronautics department of a univeristy back east. They evedentely ordered it, but never got around to building it – good for me! The kit consists of parts made of metal, plastic and wood and is very nicely presented with great instructions.

The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation.

The aircraft is a single-place biplane design with anhedral (drooping) wings, front elevator (a canard) and rear rudder. It used a 12 horsepower gasoline engine powering two pusher propellers. Employing 'wing warping' it was relatively unstable and very difficult to fly.

The Wright brothers flew it four times in a location now part of the town of Kill Devil Hills, about 4 miles (6 kilometers) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The airplane flew 852 ft (260 m) on its fourth and final flight, but was damaged on landing, and minutes later powerful gusts blew it over, wrecking it.

The aircraft never flew again but was shipped home and subsequently restored by Orville. The aircraft was initially displayed in a place of honor at the London Science Museum until 1948 when the resolution of an acrimonious priority dispute finally allowed it to be displayed in the Smithsonian. It is now exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.