A-37 Dragonfly

[Nic C.D.]

Okay, here's the thing. I've been wanting to do a scratch built aircraft for quite some time and I've been looking for a not too big and not too complex aircraft. This Group Build is my inspiration to give it a go. Not sure that I will make it, but with some help, maybe I will. 

 

The aircraft I have in mind is the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly.

 

 

Small aircraft, lot's of cockpit to scratch - which is what I like best. In 1/32 it isn't very big (length is 26,9 cm, wing span is 34,15 cm and height is only 8,44 cm) - so basically it's about the size of a Bf 109.

 

I hope I'll make it, cross fingers! 

 

And good luck to everyone here in the Group Build!

 

Nic

[LSP_Paul]

WOW Nic! Excellent Choice ! And welcome to the group build.    The best of luck with your scratch build, and I'm sure you'll have lots of help here if you need us !

 All the best,

 Paul 

[dutik]

GO,GO,GO!

 

 

 

The further you go ahead, the larger is the chance to see one injection molded kit next year at Nurenberg toy fair

Murphys Law about scratch building, you know. Applied to our benefit

 

Regards

- dutik

Edited May 6, 2014 by dutik

[Hubert Boillot]

Great choice Nic !

 

Funny, this is also what I was thinking about if I had decided to participate with a scratchbuilt project. One comment : you are going to be hard-tasked to find a flat panel on this airframe. Not the simplest of choices if it is your first sratch-build.

 

Looking forward for more !

 

Hubert

[Barry]

Awesome choice Nic!

[Derek B]

Nice one Nic - I have wanted to master one of these in 1/32 for years  (I was considering scratch building one of these for this GB before I decided upon the 0-1 Bird Dog).

 

Derek

[Uncarina]

Nic,

 

Great to see you here, and this will be an inspiring build to follow!

 

Cheers, Tom

[LSP_K2]

Very cool. Good luck with it.

[mark31]

Good luck with your build.

 

Mark

[ghatherly]

This will be very neat to watch.  Any scratch built model is a pure labor of love!!

[Guest Peterpools]

Super choice for the scratch project. Looking forward to following your progress on the Dragonfly.

Peter

[P Stoner]

Very cool subject! This one is going to be cool to watch! Great choice.

 

Paul

[Nic C.D.]

Woow, thanks for all the enthusiastic reactions! So, I guess I better get started with it! 

I'm not sure how it will work out, but the motivation is there, so here is the first step:

 

I made a profile and some of the 90° sections of it. Started cutting plastic card after that! It isn't much, but it got the clcok running !

 

Good luck recognising an A-37 in this ... I hope it'll get better in time.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Nic

[P Stoner]

Now that's a start!! This is going to be a great lesson!

 

Paul

[Starfighter]

Nice subject and a good approach! How are you going to fill the space between the cross sections? I presonally use a mix of PU foam for areas curved in 3 dimensions and plastic card for more or less straight areas. Or are you going to skin the fuselage with plastic stripes? Looking forward to seeing more progress!