Marcleon Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 That is a beautiful clean build, great detail and an lovely paint scheme! Regards, Marc Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 Thanks a lot a few more pictures of the little piper Thanks for looking patricksparks, John1, MikeC and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Superb! Particularly glad to see you've made a success of the cowlings, I know how hard it is to get them to fit properly. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Great build, chrish, and a canadian plane to boot!! Cowl was a battle for my build, "deleted" a lot of the engine details to fit cowl, didn't help i got alignment of the engine wrong. Don Martinnfb and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 9 hours ago, MikeC said: Superb! Particularly glad to see you've made a success of the cowlings, I know how hard it is to get them to fit properly. 1 hour ago, dmthamade said: Great build, chrish, and a canadian plane to boot!! Cowl was a battle for my build, "deleted" a lot of the engine details to fit cowl, didn't help i got alignment of the engine wrong. Don Thanks a lot! I think I got lucky, I wasn’t aware there were cowling fit problems but, fitting the engine mounts as suggested in the instructions (very early on) seemed like a bad idea to me so I pushed it back to closer to the end of the build. I assembled the top and bottom cowls to the nose piece and before the glue dried and while the assembly was still adjustable I assembled the mounts to the firewall and engine to the mounts, then set the cowl assembly on loosely (not glued) overtop to set the assemblies as straight as I could get and went for a walk…leaving it all alone. I could then later remove the cowls, mask the engine and finish the paint work. The cowls are at this time fitted with PVA glue. I guess that looked after the cowl fit problem? Again, I’d say more by luck than design. Alain Gadbois, MikeC, dmthamade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Lovely! Really makes me want to get mine out of the stash chrish and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, chrish said: Thanks a lot! I think I got lucky, I wasn’t aware there were cowling fit problems but, fitting the engine mounts as suggested in the instructions (very early on) seemed like a bad idea to me so I pushed it back to closer to the end of the build. I assembled the top and bottom cowls to the nose piece and before the glue dried and while the assembly was still adjustable I assembled the mounts to the firewall and engine to the mounts, then set the cowl assembly on loosely (not glued) overtop to set the assemblies as straight as I could get and went for a walk…leaving it all alone. I could then later remove the cowls, mask the engine and finish the paint work. The cowls are at this time fitted with PVA glue. I guess that looked after the cowl fit problem? Again, I’d say more by luck than design. Your way does make more sense. I had built and mounted the engine to firewall. Cowl was assembled, allowed to dry. When i tried to dry fit these two, fit was way off. In the end, i cut away most of the engine, glued the oil cooler to the lower cowl, and used IIRC one of the disc brake parts to locate the prop. I do remember the engine was a nicely detailed assembly, doing a cowl off build with a detailed engine would make a nice diorama scene. Don MikeC and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Damn that was fast and really well done too. I guess I'll start the gallery! chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Beautiful work! chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 What a beauty! I like the vintage looking red trim a lot. I can almost hear the sound of little waves clapping along the floats on a Canadian lake. Alain Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: What a beauty! I like the vintage looking red trim a lot. I can almost hear the sound of little waves clapping along the floats on a Canadian lake. Alain Thanks mates just wait Alain, there’s a bit of a diorama going with the little Piper right now involving some “Woodland Scenics” water and a rocky shoreline, pictures soon…maybe Edited September 17, 2021 by chrish Typo Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Chris, you absolutely nailed the non-skid surfaces on top of the floats. I am loving it. I have had the privilege of working on a fair share of Super Cubs, and I must say your model made me smile. Thanks so much for sharing! Thor chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 23 hours ago, chrish said: Thanks mates just wait Alain, there’s a bit of a diorama going with the little Piper right now involving some “Woodland Scenics” water and a rocky shoreline, pictures soon…maybe Need to include a canoe, maybe a Loon or two...box of Molson Ex, eh. Don Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Hi I'm back again with the last touch up's I built a bit of a base, my first attempt at this kind of thing so, be gentle. sharp eyed may note the glue around the veneer (balsa) stained with Vallejo leather brown is still a bit milky in it's drying stage. Thanks for looking Greg W, Out2gtcha, daveculp and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I think it look terrific!! Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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