Piper PA-18 Cub N693JB
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Sanding off the underneath of the balloon tires to simulate the low pressure tundra tires
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Airscale instruments and scratch-build radio and transponder
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Drybrushing
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Painted instrument board with airscale decals
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The "cargo" and the garmin gps unit 😉
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Garmin GPS unit
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Cockpit with the HGW seatbelts
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Engine
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Engine front
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The fit is really not good. A lot of work with putty ahead.
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After a lot of sanding I primed the cub with grey vallejo surface primer.
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Had problems with some clocking while spraying the primer. Which leads to even more sanding..
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Second coat of vallejo yellow. The preshading is still very pronounced.
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About six laxers of yellow later..
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Needs another coat of yellow in certain areas. But my yellow is empty.
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Added the decals.
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Some imperfections due to the varnish.
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Added some details to the gear
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Added details to the strut.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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@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