Ford Tri-motor

[billy.leliveld]

I have finished this test build of the paper Ford Tri-motor It's a digitally redrawn of the 1980ties original by Peter Zorn

It has been quite interesting how this kit was born (again)

Somebody over at Papermodellers.com was building it and it draw the attention of Peter Zorn,the original designer, who gave permission to scan the original kit and make it available for the forum members,

So I scanned it, put it on my server, and then Ruben Andres from Colombia stepped in, he did the enormous job of not only digitally redraw the complete kit, but he added all kind of liveries , 11 in total, at this moment Peter Zorn is adding another livery, as it appeared in the Indiana Jones movie, complete with the right interior, when that is done the kit will be available for free at Papermodelers.com in the next 2 weeks or so

[billy.leliveld]

Bit clumsy,I posted twice, maybe a moderator can delete one

[LSP_Kevin]

Wow, that is fantastic! What scale is it Billy? 1/33, like most card aircraft models seem to be? Please post the download link when it becomes available!

 

Bit clumsy,I posted twice, maybe a moderator can delete one

 

Done.

 

Kev

[big matt]

Awesome! That is too cool. Definitely looking forward to the link!

[billy.leliveld]

It's 1:33, but the templates are made for printing on US letter/A4, if you print those on A3, you have a 1:20 scale model, the artwork is good enough for that.

I'll post a link as soon it comes available

[Tomek]

I sincerely applaud your collective effort to bring back this interesting kit back to life.

 

I know that not all hand drawn kits translate well into a digital version. Such computer "lifting" gives sometimes false expectation regarding kits accuracy, while building manually designed one we're ready to tweak a thing or two. Could you tell, as a test builder, how it is in this case?

 

I'm looking forward to giving it a closer look.

Edited August 30, 2011 by Tomek

[billy.leliveld]

Hello Tomek,

You are right about that, it still has this 'hand drawn feel', but as this was a super model 30 years ago, I think it still is, I found some minor fitting problems, but if this is not your first paper model anyone should be able to solve those with some common sense, actually the original instructions are clear, in some cases Peter Zorn is telling to dry- fit and trim parts if necessary, when you stick to those you'll end up fine

[OldTroll]

Billy's actual occupation is "Silk Purse from Sow's Ear Maker" and he is one of the premier test builders in the paper modeling community. His ability to find, fix and communicate build problems back to the designer is without peer. Take a little trip over to his home turf and do a search on his name. You will see some epic test builds (of epic designs) there. The Zorn Tri-Motor project has been a labor of love for several members of the paper modeling forum and the results (shown in Billy's superb photos) demonstrate that. No need to blush, Billy, you know it's all true! Thanks for posting here at LSP.

Edited August 30, 2011 by OldTroll

[ssculptor]

www.Papermodellers.com did NOT work for me.

So I tried the American spelling, www.papermodelers.com and it worked fine.

Stephen

[billy.leliveld]

It's available now;

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=1080

I think you have to register and say hello, to prove you're not a spam-bot, but it's worth it, a 308 pages, 11 liveries , and IMHO one of the best free models around

[Tomek]

Thanks, Billy!