Cessna Skymaster- finished

[chrish]

Hot on the heels of the Dash 8 I'm going to try doing to this what I did to the Bird dog.

The box top;

and knowing how soft Rodens plastic is and the nose weight I'll probably need, I decided to try making my own main gear spring (brass stock)

 

 

 

hopefully a good representation of the main gear, some spare resin wheels from my stash

Thanks for looking

[LSP_Kevin]

Cool project, Chris! And great work on the brass landing gear, too. I think you might need to shave down those tyre bulges, though!

 

Kev

[chrish]

12 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Cool project, Chris! And great work on the brass landing gear, too. I think you might need to shave down those tyre bulges, though!

 

Kev

Agreed, those tires are seriously low on pressure!

[Ol' Scrapiron]

3 hours ago, chrish said:

Agreed, those tires are seriously low on pressure!

 

Maybe they were based on the ones seen at the Tillamook Museum... some serious underinflated rubber on the 1947 Bellanca 14-13-2 Cruisair Senior #1438 on display

 

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And there definitely others there...

 

The Nord 1101 Noralpha #175 might have been too low for consideration.

 

Edited December 22, 2021 by Ol' Scrapiron

[Out2gtcha]

Ah, neat! Will follow along here, as I lovethe O-2.

[mattcour]

That's good project, not seen very often I think. Pleasure to follow 

[chrish]

I spent a bit of time...other than time spent drinking spice rum and eating turkey tinkering on the Cessna. Almost everything (surface wise) needs a sanding, at least for the projected gloss white paint I'm hoping to put on later. I was going to make my own 3 blade props until I realize I had to make 3 more backwards from what I'd done. Forgot one engine is backwards I guess (don't ask how I've managed to live this long) So, back to the original kit parts with 2 blades per engine (I can't imagine how noisy this real thing must be)

Anyway, a bit of progress here;

engines

 

My abortive attempt at 3 blade props

 

engines with a bit of paint

 

 

 

And that's it for this update

Thanks for looking

[The Madhatter]

Nice one Chris! I have been contemplating getting the civil version and making it into the one from The Nightflyer, but from all the review articles I've read about this kit, I'm not sure I want to torture myself that much. I shall enjoy watching your build for now in the meantime

[TankBuster]

Nice work on the engine's. Cheers.

[chrish]

As of tonight I have fitted the cabin interior (except the I.P.) and engines, so far everything has been a good fit to this point.

I also added seat rails from T stock just for a bit of contrast on the floor, instrument decals are "Airscale"

 

all laid out ready to glue up

 

and finally, all stuck together

Thanks for looking

[Out2gtcha]

Awesome, looks great!

[Rockie Yarwood]

Looking fantastic, Chris!

[RLWP]

 

Those tiny pegs are incredibly useful, I have quite a few that I have cut just like yours

 

Richard

[chrish]

Thanks for looking in, a bit pedestrian compared to the fast movers and bomb carriers being built here I know.

Well with -46 Celsius but that's with the wind, only -41 without the wind...I've decided it's a great day to stay inside, sip spiced rum and fill and sand some seams.

This is the last time this engine will be seen;

smearing and sanding seams has begun

 

The fun continues

Thanks for looking in

[KiwiZac]

I'm really enjoying this. As big a soft spot as I have for the Bush War Lynx, I love that you're tackling a civilian subject. I always enjoy seeing GA represented here.