Piper PA-18 Cub N693JB

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January 17, 2020
Sanding off the underneath of the balloon tires to simulate the low pressure tundra tires
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February 9, 2020
Airscale instruments and scratch-build radio and transponder
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February 14, 2020
Drybrushing
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February 23, 2020
Painted instrument board with airscale decals
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February 23, 2020
The "cargo" and the garmin gps unit 😉
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March 28, 2020
Garmin GPS unit
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March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020
Cockpit with the HGW seatbelts
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May 2, 2020
Engine
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May 2, 2020
Engine front
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May 4, 2020
The fit is really not good. A lot of work with putty ahead.
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July 24, 2020
After a lot of sanding I primed the cub with grey vallejo surface primer.
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July 24, 2020
Had problems with some clocking while spraying the primer. Which leads to even more sanding..
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July 30, 2020
Second coat of vallejo yellow. The preshading is still very pronounced.
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August 1, 2020
About six laxers of yellow later..
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August 1, 2020
Needs another coat of yellow in certain areas. But my yellow is empty.
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August 10, 2020
Added the decals.
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August 10, 2020
Some imperfections due to the varnish.
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September 3, 2020
Added some details to the gear
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September 3, 2020
Added details to the strut.
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September 14, 2020
Still have to do some minor clean ups and the weathering. I want her to look really muddy just like a real bush plane. Not sure how it will combine with the yellow.
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Kommentarer

15 17 January 2020, 22:36

Gordon Sørensen
Love the Super Cub! Watching!

17 January 2020, 22:47

airjuneau
Thanks Gordon. We surely like the same planes 🙂

21 January 2020, 03:10

bat-213
looking good

23 February 2020, 05:55

Marco Gallmann
I am check in to this build. Got this kit in my stash too and your progress looks very good.

23 February 2020, 07:02

airjuneau
Thanks a lot bat-213 and Marco Gallmann. I have another one in my stash too because I want to build the alaska state troopers version aswell

29 March 2020, 01:40

airjuneau
Thanks John. I'm still trying things out 🙂

4 May 2020, 13:33

Rui S
looking good 👍 I'm in.

25 July 2020, 22:13

airjuneau
Thanks Rui 🙂

26 July 2020, 23:41

Jasper Breur
Impressive work so far, and a very interesting subject!

3 September 2020, 07:19

Gordon Sørensen
The yellow turned out good. One of the hardest colours to get to lay-down evenly.
What are the "details" on the front of the struts.? Not sure what those lines would be for?

3 September 2020, 11:46

airjuneau
Thanks Jasper and Gordon. Applying the yellow was a nightmare. I think it took about 8-9 coats and the color ran and created puddles.
I'm really not good at airbrushing and I still need more routine. I'm not sure about the funkion of the cables on the strut either. But I saw them on some reference photos and thought it would be a nice addition.

3 September 2020, 16:03

Tom Beighley
The aileron control wires run up along the front of the struts. Great work so far can't wait to see it finished!

3 September 2020, 16:16

Gordon Sørensen
Aileron cable runs behind the strut. Was thinking maybe an Antenna co-axial cable for radios for the State Trooper version...

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3 September 2020, 16:41

Tom Beighley
Ah good catch, not sure then either.

3 September 2020, 16:59

airjuneau
@Tom Beighley: Thanks 🙂

I can't find the reference picture anymore. But I'm pretty sure it showed a black cable on the strut and the aileron cable behind the strut on a yellow cub - Probably some weird custom modification (There is a lot of crazy stuff out there - I even found a cub biplane during my research). Can't tell if the cable supplied an radio antenna or so as the picture just showed the strut viewed from the cockpit.
It's just a test build (I got another cub, I will build at a later stage) - not 100% accurate - just to try things out, improve my skills and learn something new. I made way too much mistakes already. Today it slipped out of my hands, fell on the desk and got damaged (But I could repair it). Hope I will get it ready by the end of the week so I can start something new😉

9 September 2020, 04:07