DerekB 184 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Starting another build based on the 1/32 Kitty Hawk Texan kit... Back in 1993, Guido Zuccoli fitted a pair of CAC Boomerang outer wings (built from detailed drawings by Matt Denning) to his Harvard III VH-SNJ! According to Matt, this resulted in a "Hotrod" Harvard which had 10% faster cruise speed, 50% faster roll rate and aileron deflection loads 40% lower! Below is a drawing of a standard Harvard III with the Boomerang outer wings overlaid... Harvard with Boomerang outer wings fitted by Derek Buckmaster, on Flickr Apart from the swapped outer wings, the aircraft was stock, and painted in its original RNZAF colours as NZ1085. Luckily the Kitty Hawk kit includes RNZAF markings, so the fuselage and wing centre section will be quite straightforward and OOB. The canopy framing will need to change. LSP_Kevin, D.B. Andrus, MikeMaben and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 33,193 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Love it! Link to post Share on other sites
DerekB 184 Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 OK, work has started. I've added some stringers to the insides of the fuselage side panels and started some interior green painting. And now some playing around... here is the Kitty Hawk Texan kit with a set of CAC Boomerang wings from the cool Alley Cat resin kit... this gives an idea of where this is going... P1080728 by Derek Buckmaster, on Flickr The colours of VH-SNJ are exactly as shown for RNZAF colours in the Kitty Hawk kit. OK, no, I'm not really going to donate the wings from my Alley Cat Boomerang! I'll be converting the Kitty Hawk kit wings to match the Boomerang wings... LSP_Kevin, MARU5137, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
DonH 1,564 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Wow, what a cool idea. Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 14,540 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Derek.. Watching this with enthusiasm.. Awesome project. Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 29,738 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Great project, Derek! Kev Link to post Share on other sites
KUROK 599 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Interesting idea for a project. I'm following with my interest! Link to post Share on other sites
ericg 9,304 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Nice! Will watch this one with interest. Cheers, Eric. Link to post Share on other sites
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