Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Frank3k on July 31, 2021, 08:08:45 AM
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This was a quick build of the Avis 1/72 Stout Skycar (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/avis-bx72040-stout-skycar-ii--1262156) II from the 1930s. Not a great kit and the front windshield didn't fit well, but it was a fast build. It's a very small plane. Built OOB except for the exhausts, which were misshapen lumps of plastic on the sprue. Replaced with wire.
(https://i.imgur.com/YVYI85v.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kaPODgh.jpg)
I should dust the lamp...
(https://i.imgur.com/d9bCRsU.jpg)
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Great subject! Avis kit sounds like a struggle ... and it must be tiny!
The Skycar II was impressed as the USAAF's XC-65 (42-7772). I don't know if it ever worn 'stars' but it'll look cool 'in uniform' :D
There some details on the Skycar II/XC-65 in post #18 of this Secret Projects page:
-- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/consolidated-vultee-stout-hall-convair-flying-cars.10122/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/consolidated-vultee-stout-hall-convair-flying-cars.10122/)
Apparently, the airframe was made from stainless-steel sheeting spot-welded to frames. Also said to be "spin-proof ". Cool little machine :smiley:
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:smiley:
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The Skycar II was impressed as the USAAF's XC-65 (42-7772). I don't know if it ever worn 'stars' but it'll look cool 'in uniform' :Dy:
I thought about it, but wanted to tray a combination of airbrushed metallic primer and hand brushed metallic.
Small as it is, the Skycar II was heavier and slightly larger than a Piper Cub!
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The Stout Skycar II with a Preiser 1/72 figure:
(https://i.imgur.com/nwMBLa5.jpg)
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Avis does some mighty interesting (and generally fairly small) inter-war stuff. I still remember the, ah, fun, you had with that annular wing.
Looks mighty nice- the booms sure look weird viewed from the side.
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The booms droop like that on the real plane. Avis is good to terrible; they are related to Mikro-Mir. Kits with all clear fuselages are a nightmare - the clear styrene is hard to work with.