Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: ysi_maniac on October 11, 2013, 12:53:21 PM
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I am planing to build DC-7D http://www.prop-liners.com/DC7D.jpg (http://www.prop-liners.com/DC7D.jpg) from the DC-7 Revell kit at about 1/123.
http://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/5404/dc-7d?page=1&scrollTo=49069 (http://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/5404/dc-7d?page=1&scrollTo=49069)
Can any of you help me to conceive engine gondole shape?
Thanks
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For starts - Glencoe 1/96 Vickers Viscount engines & props might serve as most of what is needed.
Maybe to small. Requires measuring.
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He is a money making opportunity for our resin experts. We all agree on common TP model and we all order a few 100 each.
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I'm looking to cross the Revell DC-7 with the engines from ther P-3 kit; the scales are close and it should be a nice look.
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Puff the Magic Dragon II
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Another must-build just for the JMN's at the next IPMS show.
F-86 canopy on the Kenting DC-4 CF-KAE in Gander 20 January 1973.
(http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/skyeboat_photos/CF-KAE.jpg)
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camera in the nose ... what about a prone-pilot position like the B-17 version ? ;)
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What was the F-86 canopy doing on top of the DC-4?
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What was the F-86 canopy doing on top of the DC-4?
Reminents of an airborne collision. ;D
Canadian ice patrols. A brief description on page 8 here (http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/IA_ECCA/Sea_Ice_Climatic_Atlas_East_Coast_of_Canada_1971_2000.pdf).
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I always thought those bubbles for the navigator to use his sextant were too small, this is a more convenient solution for him.
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I always thought those bubbles for the navigator to use his sextant were too small, this is a more convenient solution for him.
Let's hope the ex-F-86 jockey did not have a control stick connected to the flight controls. :o
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Odd thought: How about the Revell C-54/DC-4 with the North Star conversion in the markings of a support aircraft for an RCAF aerobatic team of the period, much like the C-54/R4D aircraft supporting the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels of the period?
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Evan= I recall some guy that has a whif artwork page that has IIRC a North Star in Golden Centenaires markings. However, I don't remember the website.
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Evan= I recall some guy that has a whif artwork page that has IIRC a North Star in Golden Centenaires markings. However, I don't remember the website.
I believe that was Karl Mesojednik's work but his websites are down/missing. Anyone else have details on why?
http://www.karlsaircraftart.com (http://www.karlsaircraftart.com)
http://www.canadianwings.com (http://www.canadianwings.com)
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I was browsing through a listing of US military aircraft and came across a couple interesting but unbuilt designs, the Douglas C-114 and C-115. The C-114 was a C-54 powered by four Allision V1710 engines while the C-115 was a C-54 powered by four Packard V1650 engines. I could see the North Star conversion being used to model a C-115 and perhaps something like four P-40E, or later model P-40, engines, cowlings, and props used for a C-114 (alternatively, blend in with F-82 upper cowlings and props to use later model V1710s).
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Or perhaps nacelles like those of the XB-38:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/XB-38.jpg/1280px-XB-38.jpg)
http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/beatoxb38.htm (http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/beatoxb38.htm)
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IMHO, I think that is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
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Or perhaps nacelles like those of the XB-38:
([url]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/XB-38.jpg/1280px-XB-38.jpg[/url])
[url]http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/beatoxb38.htm[/url] ([url]http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/beatoxb38.htm[/url])
Is that conversion available in 1/72? Alternatively, could you perhaps use P-38 engine installations with late-model P-40 (P-40D and subsequent) radiator installations? It almost looks like the nacelles have chin oil coolers similar to the later model P-38s with leading edge radiations between the nacelles.
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The one shown at the link in Jon's post is 1/72. There was also a 1/48 conversion available from Rebellion Creations (see below), though it is fairly rare (Anyone know of one, please let me know):
(http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/r/Rebellion%20XB-38.JPG)
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The one shown at the link in Jon's post is 1/72. There was also a 1/48 conversion available from Rebellion Creations (see below), though it is fairly rare (Anyone know of one, please let me know):
Personal experience with the Rebellion Creations XB-38 resin conversion. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PIECE OF SHIT!
Nothing in the kit was useful. I made the mistake of purchasing two of these conversions and have since passed along the remains to Alvis and the Howling Mouse. Neither of them were impressed with what was in the kit and we all agreed it is money spent that could have been put towards something more interesting and useful.
Trust me, the person running that shitshow at Rebellion Creations needs to pull his head out of his fourth point of contact and retool his master to make it actually work or pull it from the market as it is JUNK!
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IMHO, I think that is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
Isn't though! It just screams Art Deco.
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IMHO, I think that is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
Isn't though! It just screams Art Deco.
Absolutely nothing 'Art Deco' about it, Deco was all about straightlines and applied decoration.
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Subtle whiff: what about a DC-4 taildragger?
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Subtle whiff: what about a DC-4 taildragger?
Yeah! like an Avro Tudor --- like that idea Greg :) :) :)
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Twin tail DC-7
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/DC-7twintail.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/ysi_maniac/media/Drawing/DC-7twintail.jpg.html)
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Twin tail DC-7
([url]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/DC-7twintail.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/ysi_maniac/media/Drawing/DC-7twintail.jpg.html[/url])
Nice! How about a triple tail like the original DC-4E prototype?
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Absolutely nothing 'Art Deco' about it, Deco was all about straightlines and applied decoration.
Wrong. Think Art Deco of the 30's, when this aircraft was made, and you'll find it fits the style perfectly.
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Absolutely nothing 'Art Deco' about it, Deco was all about straightlines and applied decoration.
Wrong. Think Art Deco of the 30's, when this aircraft was made, and you'll find it fits the style perfectly.
Wrong, you're conflating Streamline design styling of the '30s with Art Deco which was of the 1920s.
Anyhow, Streamline as a style is not applicable to aircraft as it was a design motif inspired by the aviation
industry engineering and aerodynamics, aircraft were not, and are not, styled in the of automotive styling.
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I'm not confusing anything; streamline is a school of Art Deco.
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DC-4ski with Soviet rough field undercarriage and engines.
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Apply DC-4M conversion to a DC-6 for a DC-6M? Markings could be either RCAF or one of the Canada-based airlines.
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Apply DC-4M conversion to a DC-6 for a DC-6M? Markings could be either RCAF or one of the Canada-based airlines.
I've been thinking more of a DC-6G, using Shackleton nacelles. 'Course it would have to have the contra-props too -- right ;)
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But, of course.
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Random idea: DC-4 given BT-67 style conversion with 4 x PT6As (though I would probably go for the big PT6A-67F variant rather than the PT6A-67R used there)
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Random idea: DC-4 given BT-67 style conversion with 4 x PT6As (though I would probably go for the big PT6A-67F variant rather than the PT6A-67R used there)
Group build idea. Engine swaps.
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:smiley:
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I have Formaplane ATL 98 Carvair.
Replace the wings with those from a Heller DC-6/C-118 kit. Kit is easy to find. Makes the kit an easier build as well.
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Mate Carvair nose to DC-6 as a "Carvair II"? A similar exercise with the DC-7 as a "Carvair III"?
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Mate Carvair nose to DC-6 as a "Carvair II"? A similar exercise with the DC-7 as a "Carvair III"?
Nice. May I use your idea?
With a DC-8, it becomes the Carvair IV! ;D
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Mate Carvair nose to DC-6 as a "Carvair II"? A similar exercise with the DC-7 as a "Carvair III"?
Nice. May I use your idea?
With a DC-8, it becomes the Carvair IV! ;D
By all means, feel free to use these ideas. I certainly won't have the opportunity to use them.