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Great rig Graham! Thanks for sharing it.

Looks like something from a steam punk novel. I want a real one! ?

The “wires” on these are steel colored carpet thread. I drill all of the holes prior to assembly. The wires are coiled up and taped to the inside of the wing halves before assembling the wings. Leave approximately 1/4” sticking out to grab onto later. A large knot in the inboard end keeps the line from pulling out completely when tightened. I leave the engine/cowling and wheels off until final assembly. This allows me to pull the rigging out from the wings and thread them into the corresponding holes in the fuselage and wheel pants after paint and decals are applied. Pull the lines taught with tweezers through the open end of the fuselage and wheel pants. Secure the lines with CA and trim the ends when dry. The tail brace wires are taped inside one side of the fuselage with ends protruding from both sides. After painting, pull these up through the horizontal stab, thread them through the opposite sides of the horizontal stab. The ends of the lines will cross as they pass through the top of the vertical stab. Pull them tight from each side and secure with a drop of CA. It takes some pre-planning but I find it to be worth it as there is little risk of damage to the finished model. On biplanes you can do a similar technique by starting at the outboard “N” struts and working towards the fuselage.

Looks great! Nice job on these two!

As always I will be following your incredible work. Thanks for sharing another masterpiece in progress!

Looks good Pat, that camo had to be tedious,?

Jooks great. thanks for sharing your work!

1/72 Airfix kits of the smallest Grumman twin engine fying boat: Left to Right: Turbine Widgeon conversion, USCG J4F-1 and civillian G-44 Turbine conversion with modified cowlings, nacells, engines and props in place of original Ranger in-line engines. Modified fin and rudder to improve stability and control with added power.

Thanks guys, i have Super Corsair race 57 started, Paul Mantz' red P-51and Cobras I and II still in the box. I don't get much time to model now days...even working at home these past few weeks. Too many projects?

My guess is that it is "Box Scale". The boxes were the same size as their 1/32 WWII fighters and the one piece upper wings of the Camel still fit nicely. I had the Spad as well but it was destroyed in a move.

Further down the shelf in the cabinet 1/48th scale racers to follow later!

1/48 Monogram AT-6 modified for airshows. Clipped wings with tip plates and "Smokewinder" smoke generators, DC-3 propeller and P-51A spinner. 1148 Monogram "Miss America". One of the best looking Unlimiteds! 1/48 Testors (Hawk) F8F Al Williams "Gulfhawk 4" 1/32 Revell P-40 Built for a "Barn Find" diorama that never happened. The back story is a war surplus P-40 converted to dual controls for ride hopping and air racing. A ground loop has put an end to the fun with only the wingtip and aileron being repaired before the money and the interest dried up.

More from the dungeon: 1/32 Williams Bros Caudron 1/32 Williams Bros "Firecracker" 1/32 Williams Bros Gee Bee Z 1/32 Williams Bros Gee Bee R-1 1/32 Williams Bros Wedell-Williams 1/32 Laird-Turner Meteor 1/32 Williams Bros Seversky S-2 Racer

Thanks guys! I have built over 500 aircraft models. It has been fun pulling things from the case for photos this week. I've only touched one and a half shelves in the first of three display cases that I have for Aircraft and then there is another display case that is all cars and trucks.

Great build of an old classic kit. The three models make a great vintage race team!

Looks great! Thanks for posting a neat concept?

Here are a few more from the collection:

You can build it Snake! Take the Merlin from the Airfix 1/24 Mustang (very detailed engine but the P-51 is blaaah) and build a trailer. Toughest part would be the radiator-looks like maybe an AVRO Shackleton unit?

The Williams Bros kits are not too bad to build. Thet are like a typical short run kit with some flash to clean up and sometimes vague parts location but easy to figure out and the large size helps. The Wright J-5 comes with flexible vinyl tubing for the carb heat ducts. these have cracked over time. I would replace them with styrene rod or tube if building another,

I Saw this at Oshkosh and believe me if I had $3mil it would be mine!!! My friend and I were pretty proficient at flour bombing and airborne TP application years ago. Just think of all the fun to be had making it rain on your buddies' picnic on a grand scale! ?

That is a cool family connection to the "Black Cats". Treasure those stories and photos and pass them down so that the memory lives on! When I built this one I intentionally did not weather the engine cowlings to hint at a recent engine change. No one worried about making them pretty, only what was essential to keep them airworthy.

Thanks Pat! There sure is an elegance around the old passenger flying boats. Although I didn't get to fly on it, my son and I had an opportunity to go aboard Kermit Weeks' Sunderland while it was moored on the lake at Oshkosh many years ago. Had to swear my son to secrecy regarding walking around on top of the wing with the crew chief(what Mom doesn;t know can't kill us)! Once in a lifetime opportunity I am sure. Will have to dig out and scan some (pre-digital) photos. ?

A brief history of aircraft engines in scale: 1/8 th scale Le Rhone rotary engine. Until you have seen one run it is hard to believe that the crankshaft is fixed while the crancase and cylinders rotate around it. 1/8th scale Le Clerget. Still a rotary but now a whopping 130 horsepower! 1/9th scale Wright J-5. One of the first truly reliable radials, it carried Lindberg across the Atlantic. 1/9th scale Pratt & Whitney Wasp 1/12th scale Wright Cyclone The turbines spelled the end of the big old radials...even if they did still have a prop on them! Still waiting for the rest of the C-130 to be released in this scale

Sure did! Always been fascinated by the Boeing Clippers. It is amazing what Pan Am did with these to aid the war effort and a crying shame that not one example escaped scrapping right after the war ?

600 hp vs. 450 for the Beaver and a much higher gross weight in their original configurations. The Norseman is an impressive beast in all of it's fabric covered, oil slobbering glory! Beaver trivia: the odd shape of the cabin doors is to allow a 55 gallon drum to be loaded either standing upright or laid on it's side. Norseman trivia: big band leader Glenn Miller dissapeared in a us military Norseman in WWII The Beaver and Norseman were designed for a single purpose of hauling freight into the bush as economically as possible. Simple and rugged were the top priorities.