AREA 88: Cessna Skymaster

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December 14, 2021
Not sure why, but I really like this box.
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December 8, 2021
There's the spures. It's neat that they give you options for the fuselage. Seeing the window holes for the O-2 option nearly gave me a heart attack at first, until I saw there were three fuselage halves. 😉
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December 8, 2021
A quick dry fit to get an idea of where we're going.
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December 8, 2021
Let's get to work on the cabin. Some sink marks need to be handled.
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December 8, 2021
Not perfect, but I doubt you'll be able to see much at all through the cloudy and thick windscreen.
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December 8, 2021
Seats and controls now in place. Looks pretty good from here.
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December 8, 2021
Now for the fuselage. Tricky to line up along the seam... a few sink marks... and the rear tails seem to be a bit warped. Perfect!
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December 8, 2021
Nothing a ton of putty can't cure, right?
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December 9, 2021
That's looking better... well, relatively speaking.
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December 12, 2021
Don't want a tail-sitter, so let's slide some weight into the nose.
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December 13, 2021
I opened up the air intake on top by adding a bit of styrene square tubing around the edges. Windows masked, let's get some primer on this baby.
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December 14, 2021
Well, it's white. And no one can say any different!
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May 26, 2022
Just a bit of masking for the black on the nose, added the propellors, the lights, and the antenna.
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May 26, 2022
You can't really tell, but it's now got a clear coat of Future and ready for some homemade decals.
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May 26, 2022
And there we go. I used homemade decals for the numbers (based on the scene from the manga), but then I decided to add a splash of colour you don't find in the B&W pages. I took the easy way out though and cut up some blue/blanc et rouge stripes from my many Academy Spad XIII leftover decal sheets. A couple of flags on the tail, and we're done. Thanks to Doc's Decal Solution for keeping them snugged down on a raised panel line surface!
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Comentários

24 8 December 2021, 02:11

bughunter
I'm in here too!

8 December 2021, 06:41

Greg Baker
Haha! Welcome to the front row. Hope you like putty and sanding… the fit is a bit suspect. 😉

8 December 2021, 07:10

Alex K
I was eagerly waiting for this... I do have the Grip incarnation of the kit, really want to build it but still afraid... I will surely enjoy Greg's show! Ah! There's even an Eiffel tower in prospect!

8 December 2021, 10:43

Łukasz Gliński
Following, hoping to buy this kit one day.

8 December 2021, 12:47

Greg Baker
I actually started with a very old Airfix bagged version of this kit (well, the O-2) but ended up switching to the ARII box when I realized how many pieces were broken/missing. So far, besides all the sink marks, getting the wings and the tail aligned has been the biggest challenge.

8 December 2021, 14:35

Michael Kohl
Looks like this is going to be some classical modelling.

8 December 2021, 15:08

Alex K
Ah! That (the Airfix O-2 initially started) explains the scattered 337 pieces in the background! 😄

8 December 2021, 18:24

Daniel Klink
Following once more!!

8 December 2021, 18:42

Skyhiker
👀

8 December 2021, 21:13

Cuajete
Wow... I have to take a seat.

8 December 2021, 21:27

Greg Baker
Got the wheels on and then realized this was going to be a tail sitter… luckily I could pop the cowl off and insert some weight.

12 December 2021, 07:58

Greg Baker
Added a bit of styrene to the air intake to give it some depth. Other than that, we're ready for the first coat of paint… even though I assume there will be more putty and sanding required.

13 December 2021, 07:01

Cuajete
Well done so far, Greg! 👍

13 December 2021, 10:59

Greg Baker
Starting to dig out a few things from the back of the shelf… 🙂

26 May 2022, 05:53

Łukasz Gliński
👍

26 May 2022, 06:14

Daniel Klink
Very cool Greg👍
That Skymaster is rarely seen😉
Aby issues with the kit?

26 May 2022, 08:22

Greg Baker
Thanks Daniel. I did have some issues with the kit. The fuselage halves didn't line up well at the rear (near the propellor), the landing gear had to be massaged into place, the fit of the windows was dodgy, and the assembled tail section was warped and I could only partially straighten it. Other than... great! 😉

This is one that I'm glad made it to conclusion. I had planned to paint the cheat lines, but in the end I opted for cutting up some extra decals from my Spad XIII collection and just making things easy. A neat little plane though.

26 May 2022, 14:00

Cuajete
Looking so good, Greg. Good job 👍
Congrats!

26 May 2022, 18:07

Alex K
Glad to see this one finished - thumbs up! 👍 👍 P.S. No Eiffel tower?

27 May 2022, 01:20

bughunter
This Cessna looks nice, I think this is more often seen in gray?
But why you add the wrong scale on the nose? 👀 😉

28 May 2022, 15:45

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