JimRice Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I have several photos in an Imageshack folder of Stearmans my dad and I restored between 1977-1987. Thought folks might like some of the detail shows of an uncovered Stearman. I hope this link works. The Stearman Album is public. https://imageshack.com/a/Vmqd7/1 Out2gtcha and RadBaron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Link works! Great pics, thanks for sharing w/us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRice Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 My kits arrived today. Looks good. First aftermarket part needed is a metal McCauley ground adjustable prop. Despite box cover depicting one, the kit only has the wood Sensenich prop included that I could find. Still, I am tickled to have them! I’ll have to do a quick comparison to Silver Wings beautiful kit later. Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin, Kagemusha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 My tracking is still saying “Processed through Facility KIEV PI-2”. April 25th. According to EBay today was the day of delivery. I think I need to send the seller a note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Mine went from Kiev to New York and is now in Florida. It's sure taking a round about trip to Washington State. The tracking says it should be here Saturday. I ordered some MRP True Blue and Dark Chrome Yellow. From what I've read they should be about right for the Army version. Also got some generic HGW WWII fighter seatbelts that should work well enough. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Got mine today and it looks pretty darn nice. Some parts have some thin flash but no big deal. It will be easy to clean up. I just started an old Hasagawa F4B-4 yesterday but this Stearman will probably be next. I'm excited to get going on it. Some of you guys have said you will get the ICM kit too or instead of this one. I have never built an ICM kit. Are they generally that much better? I can't see how they could do to much to improve over the Roden kit. Of course I haven't tried fitting any parts yet. Edited May 15, 2020 by AlbertD Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 minute ago, AlbertD said: Some of you guys have said you will get the ICM kit too or instead of this one. I have never built an ICM kit. Are they generally that much better? I can't see how they could do to much to improve over the Rodeo kit. Of course I haven't tried fitting any parts yet. The new gen ICM LSPs are stellar. The surface detail, price point, and fit is really great. Kagemusha and AlbertD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: The new gen ICM LSPs are stellar. The surface detail, price point, and fit is really great. I'll take a look when they come out. It would be a good excuse to do one in Navy and one in Army colors. Out2gtcha and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Great to hear you're impressed Albert, the ICM kits are great, but it seems that Roden have raised their game. AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Don’t bother. Once it’s in the hands of the post office there is nothing they can do. My Zvezda 1/48 Mi-24 has been sitting in a Moscow post office since the first week of April. The seller said it’s out of his hands. Exactly what he told me. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRice Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, AlbertD said: I'll take a look when they come out. It would be a good excuse to do one in Navy and one in Army colors. I have two Silver Wings, two Roden and will likely get two ICM later. I can think of any number of Stearmans I’d like to build. In addition to PT-13/N2S-2, PT-17/N2S-3, a few Ag conversions, and several airshow planes (Bill Barber. Bill Adams, Walt Pierce and John Mohr), I could easily see a dozen...if I live that long. I’ll be lucky to get two built in the next year...but that’s about time to retire. I just finished up a rebuild of an old 1-48 Lindberg Stearman duster I built and rebuilt as a 13-14 year old as well as a Revell PT-17. Edited May 16, 2020 by JimRice AlbertD, D.B. Andrus and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) PT-17 in stock at Sprue Brothers https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/rod631.htm Edited May 16, 2020 by Dave Williams AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I am awaiting a package from Russia myself. Could be a long wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, LSP_Ray said: I am awaiting a package from Russia myself. Could be a long wait. I hope not too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Tracking shows that it finally arrived in NY just after midnight. Probably sit there another 2 weeks. AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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