chrish Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I was going to title this as F-33 just to get views... While awaiting decals for the long legged Connie I have endeavored to start another small scale civil aircraft (a friend owns so, I'm trying to do his) This is the Minicraft Beechcraft F-33 Bonanza. It has range extenders so I thought I'd start there just to see if I could come up with something close. Mine are repurposed Napalm or bomb bodies with the center section removed and profiled. The bottom one is what I'm after, the top is in progress and the tube with the 2 holes is the removed centre section test fitting (A lot of this) I made a sheet of .010" to blank out the ejector pins in the gear bays; Installed; the tail has a shorter fairing and no vent in the side so, some butchery More to follow Thanks for stopping by Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, Rockie Yarwood and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Really nice work! Excited to see this one come together chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Great stuff! Id love, LOVE to see one of these in 1/32nd. Having gone to Osh Kosh several times, Jim Peitz's F33C and his acro performance is as an impressive a display as you can see. Fanes and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Still moving along... Testing early shows the model needs significant weight to sit on it's wheels. I've tried getting creative with lead sheet and blocks squeezed in wherever I could get them. Here I've stuck some weights in front of the gear bays and have begun making mufflers from lead rod to replace the kit plastic ones; Another chunk in front of the seats, below the cabin floor My friends machine doesn't have the small access window. Removed and test fitting windows, another piece of lead can be seen as the front cabin floor; windows fit is...not great I'll get back to the windows... Back to work in the office right now, my friends machine has dual controls, this is the kit part; some plastic bits glued together to add another yoke; and with a splash of paint and some Airscale decals; I've added a grille to the air intake the engine and headers with lead rod for mufflers Aaannd that's what happens when it's dark, cold and snowy in south central Saskatchewan...time well wasted in the hobby room Thanks for looking Fanes, denders, Martinnfb and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Great details Chris, it will make the end product all that much more satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Some great work going on here, Chris! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 8 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Great stuff! Id love, LOVE to see one of these in 1/32nd. Having gone to Osh Kosh several times, Jim Peitz's F33C and his acro performance is as an impressive a display as you can see. +1 on that Brian. The Bonanza: the aircraft everyone else aspired to make... Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 @chrish - that is a really tidy build up you are doing there! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankBuster Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Some great scratchbuilding. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Bonanzas are wonderful airplanes. Beech hit a home run with both the V-tails and the standard tailed airplanes. Your model is true to form: some, especially the early V-tails, tend to be tail heavy to the point that owners would add ballast up around the firewall to keep the CG from going aft of the limit with a full load. They are very pretty and well built airplanes found all over the world. With the various versions extant and the practically unlimited marking options, the AM market for a large scale Bonanza would be a cottage industry all its own. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said: Bonanzas are wonderful airplanes. Beech hit a home run with both the V-tails and the standard tailed airplanes. Your model is true to form: some, especially the early V-tails, tend to be tail heavy to the point that owners would add ballast up around the firewall to keep the CG from going aft of the limit with a full load. They are very pretty and well built airplanes found all over the world. With the various versions extant and the practically unlimited marking options, the AM market for a large scale Bonanza would be a cottage industry all its own. I'd love to have a 1/32 new tool Bonanza...or Cessna 310 II ...401 402 Well...I ok then I woke up. Oldbaldguy, Martinnfb and RadBaron 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 A bit more progress, I've added a bit of detail to the main gear; Looking at other builders posts of the kit (glad I did) the builders indicate the main gear cannot be installed as per the instructions after the upper and lower wing halves are joined, not happy about it but the main gear has been installed to the upper wing halves (placards are from Airscale) The nose gear assembly, I added a bit of detail then went a little off track... My own attempt at a nose gear, the kit wheel and the retract bar are the only components being re-used Work continues Thanks for looking LSP_Kevin, denders, Martinnfb and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) My pedestrian little piston pounder is still moving along. It took some serious concentration on my part but, I made my own windows to replace the very thick poorly fitting kit parts. In all honesty they could be better but I'm going with these. I made five of the rear trapezoidal windows before I was happy with fit on one side, one of my cast-offs fit the other side perfectly so I think the casting may not quite be perfectly symmetrical. The work in progress; Seating for four, I noticed the owner had tucked his shoulder harness into the pouches on the seat back, lead foil in use for belting .005" clear sheet cut to shape, glued in and "Futured" with a hint of Tamiya clear green all the interior components ready for install (done now and, fuselage joined at the time of posting these images) The long skinny strip is the roof console with vents and speakers. Thanks for looking Edited November 18, 2022 by chrish typo Rockie Yarwood, Ben Brown, CODY and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Brown Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Great build! I never had a chance to fly a V-tail, but got to fly an A36 a few times. Great airplane! Ben chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Great work on that nice little kit! And you're, right the windows are the weak part of the kit. Alain chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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