This Build is inspired by a kit that i bought of the Italian Saiman 200 aeroplane. Among the decal options was a captured aircraft operated by US forces, and named 'The Klunker'.
As I planned to build the Saiman in Italian markings, I came up with the idea of a 'hack' aeroplane, assembled from parts of other aircraft, and used by the US, perhaps as a personal transport for a senior US officer.
As you know, I have lots of spare wings, and tail surfaces, but it wasn't until I bought a kit that had a spare, second fuselage in it, that I could commence this project.
So, without further ado, let's start . . .
The fuselage is from the recent KP Avro 626 kit. This is basically a re-pop of the AZ Models Avro Tutor, but it comes with a spare fuselage for the armed, export version. As I plan to build it as a Tutor, this fuselage is spare.
THe first job is to carefully carve away the fairing for the gun ring, Here are the fuselage halves, with one done,
and here with both halves trimmed.
After some dark grey paint inside, the two halves were joined.
As you cansee from the dark patch just behind the aft cockpit, there was JUST enough excess plastic . . .
The tail surfaces are from a Revell / Matchbox Hawker Fury that donated it's fuselage to another model. These were trimmed to a more nondescript shape, to disguise their origin. Here the taiplane before,
and after trimming.
And the same with the fin. ( I forgot to take a picture of the fin before I trimmed it.)
The next step is to attach these, then I will sort out some wings.
That's All For Now, Stay Tuned . . .
cheers,
Robin.
