Murph's Models Builds

[murphyaa]

If you have any models from Murph's Models built and sitting around (or any pictures), post them here.

[Butelczynski]

I'm finishing off C-32 or rather C-33 now since I added few things.

I should get it done on a weekend and pictures will be here.

[herky]

are recolours ok

[Don Boose]

Here is my model of Murph's A-1H is the markings of the 418th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Wing, South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF), Binh Hoa 1966-67.

It is part of my Vietnam50 project: models of aircraft that I flew in or that supported the Vietnamese infantry battalion that I advised 50+ years ago.

Great design by Murph.

Don

[MichaelS]

Links for you or anyone to my AD-1 build in 1:100

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1VByKqAUV0kXKxKiZWkY1IZ0Rh064aszX

[Knife]

Here are some I just finished up.

[murphyaa]

are recolours ok

As long as you send in the recolor.

[Wyvern]

Here is my model of Murph's A-1H is the markings of the 418th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Wing, South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF), Binh Hoa 1966-67.

It is part of my Vietnam50 project: models of aircraft that I flew in or that supported the Vietnamese infantry battalion that I advised 50+ years ago.

Great design by Murph.

Don

Awesome build, Colonel!

Wyvern

[Wyvern]

Knife- great builds!

Wyvern

[murphyaa]

I'm not gonna put anything up right away. I want to collect a bunch of pictures. Plus I'm working on a secret weekend model (blank page to completed model in 2 days).

[Bob Penikas]

OK, I blew the dust off Murphy's Navion that had been in my garage and also pulled out from the bone yard an attempt at doing it in Soda Can.


Bob Penikas

[Padraig]

Just purchased and printed his Korea era, Marines F-4U Corsair. Very pretty. Some day I'll get to that C-32. I like that I don't have to make a bunch of little cylinders for the motor too.

[Don Boose]

Great models, Knife and Michael!

A beautiful Navion, Bob! Do you or Murph know if it is in the color scheme of an actual U.S. Army L-17 or U-18 aircraft? There are lots of images of it as civil N8995H with that pretty color scheme and the tail number 47-995, but I can't find any evidence of an Army bird with that color scheme or registration. Joe Baugher indicates that the serials of military Navions were 47-1297 to 1379 (1946-1948 USAAF-USAF Serial Numbers (http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html)).

Several site provide images and info on the aircraft as a civil bird, but no info on its military history, if any. For example:
Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American-Ryan Navion, c/n NAV-4-0995, c/r N8995H (http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=139963)
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N8995H
Aircraft Data N8995H, 1947 North American NAVION C/N NAV-4-995 (http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N8995H.html)

Whatever its history, Murph did a great job of capturing an actual Navion in a colorful and attractive color scheme, and you did a super job of building it. I just have this drive to find out more about U.S. Army aircraft.

Don

[Butelczynski]

Finished C-33 (well,almost since aerials aren't there).I did a number of shortcuts like replaced engines with photos of engines and method of wing assembly is almost direct copy of old Maly Modelarz way.Came out really good and it is full size and BIG.At the moment it's the largest airplane I have.It's sort of a gift and it will be hanging in friends office so size did matter.I have to make a few corrections on files before sending them to Aaron.

http://i.imgur.com/c1JhW7qm.jpg (https://imgur.com/c1JhW7q) http://i.imgur.com/zPE1l9Nm.jpg (https://imgur.com/zPE1l9N) http://i.imgur.com/Ttml0sDm.jpg (https://imgur.com/Ttml0sD) http://i.imgur.com/56L1vHNm.jpg (https://imgur.com/56L1vHN)

[Don Boose]

B -

That is a BEAUTIFUL model of a beautiful airplane!

I envy your craftsmanship.

Don

[Bob Penikas]

Howdy Don,

No, but I certainly hope to see it on the full size bird. Such as;
it appears Planes of Fame, Chino CA has completed its rebuild
and the Navion is ready for the paint shop.

Snap shot taken April 7, 2018


Back in 1958 the Fort Eustis, VA Army flying club had two or three, painted white with a red stripe. The cockpits were still olive drab and showed service wear.

Bob

[murphyaa]

I copied the civilian paint jobs, because I liked them. I also found pics of a yellow Navy one, but haven't gotten around to doing the repaint yet.

[C9B]

Finished C-33 (well,almost since aerials aren't there).I did a number of shortcuts like replaced engines with photos of engines and method of wing assembly is almost direct copy of old Maly Modelarz way.Came out really good and it is full size and BIG.

I like how that came out. Very attractive color scheme. I printed my Panagra version and have been studying the parts and reading up on the originals. Thanks for the nice clear pictures.
Jon

[Butelczynski]

If you need any close ups PM me.

[Butelczynski]

I didn't have any Zero and was inspired by MichaelS build of one -here is the result.No changes apart from scale down to 3 page format.Very easy and well fitting model.It's a lot easier than Buffalo imho.

http://i.imgur.com/5sEVp6um.jpg (https://imgur.com/5sEVp6u) http://i.imgur.com/h1QlXJvm.jpg (https://imgur.com/h1QlXJv) http://i.imgur.com/6WZqe84m.jpg (https://imgur.com/6WZqe84) http://i.imgur.com/5wb56ckm.jpg (https://imgur.com/5wb56ck) http://i.imgur.com/sLIdzyim.jpg (https://imgur.com/sLIdzyi)

Too bad there are so few pitures or drawings of post-war captured examples of A6M used in Korea,China or Taiwan (or anywhere else).This model would make nice canvas to make them.

[MichaelS]

Wow! Nice job.

NOT a criticism but was the fuselage start really oriented that way on the real one?

[Butelczynski]

I was wondering who will notice that first :)

Yes,that star should be rotated.Aaron is much better at adjustments like that.I haven't even noticed until I starter rolling fuselage pieces.

[Butelczynski]

My printer is acting up again so this one came a bit pink-ish.

La-9 in livery used by N.Korean AF,likely flown by Russians and/or Chinese pilots.Interesting plane as it brings together original Lavochkin ideas with some American ones and a whole lot of German technologies.All this in really small package,just look up videos of one flying air shows.

Kit came together all by itself with no troubles .It's scaled down a bit.

http://i.imgur.com/ciMG4nem.jpg (https://imgur.com/ciMG4ne) http://i.imgur.com/IcDJYHBm.jpg (https://imgur.com/IcDJYHB) http://i.imgur.com/gdlQdEom.jpg (https://imgur.com/gdlQdEo) http://i.imgur.com/KNVIG2Cm.jpg (https://imgur.com/KNVIG2C)

[colwyne]

Having a crack at Murphy’s SPAD from Saratoga, I think this one is dragging me deeper into the murky world of papercraft, I now have four kits on the go including 1 more of Murphs and two from AirDave

[colwyne]

Forgot to add my photo to the previous

[Don Boose]

Great La-9 and SPAD!

Here is my test build of Murph's T-28 repainted by John Bowden to resemble one of the U.S. Navy North American T-28Bs bailed (loaned under executive agreement) to the Army in 1966, initially to be used by the U.S. Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity (AAEFA) at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) as chase aircraft for the Cheyenne helicopter test program.

The T-28Bs were not fast or agile enough for the Cheyenne program, but three of them (137702, 137716, and 138327) remained in service with the AAEFA on airspeed calibration and miscellaneous test support duties until 1987, when they were replaced by Beechcraft T-34C Mentors.

The Army Airborne and Special Operations Test Board (ASOTB) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, also used T-28Bs as parachute delivery system chase aircraft.

This model (with no serial number, so it is just a generic Army chase plane) is in the Navy color scheme. The first T-28s bailed to the Army were in Navy dark blue, some operated in the white/dayglow orange Navy scheme, and most were repainted in the standard army gloss olive drab and white scheme.

John has done several repaints, so some day I hope to build a set of Army T-28s in the various color schemes.

Don

[MichaelS]

Having a crack at Murphy’s SPAD from Saratoga, I think this one is dragging me deeper into the murky world of papercraft, I now have four kits on the go including 1 more of Murphs and two from AirDave

Look for my SPAD build on here somewhere. I did it in 1:100 and it is one of my best builds.

(Well someone has to toot my horn!!)

MS

[Butelczynski]

Interesting T-28. It looks so good,I should try one as well.

[SCEtoAUX]

Here is my completed Murph's Models Henschel HS P.75 from the Bass-Ackwards collection.

http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Hen_HS_P75-13.JPG

http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Hen_HS_P75-14.JPG

http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Hen_HS_P75-15.JPG

http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Hen_HS_P75-16.JPG

I made a few (a lot of) errors, but it came out looking OK. Scale is around 1/35 figured by taking the wingspan and then the length of the model and using the information on the instructions sheet provided with the model. The length of the model is 13.75 inches or around 35 cm.

[Butelczynski]

That's one sleek bird.Doesn't look like that many errors were made.It looks very good.

[MichaelS]

SCE,

Another masterpiece young fella. What's next?

MS

[SCEtoAUX]

Thank you for the remarks.:)

The biggest error was not getting the angle on the main landing gear correct. I have them splayed out too much so the fuselage is lower than it is supposed to be. That made the vertical stabilizer touch before the landing gear. I should have put the vertical stabilizer on before the main landing gear. For some unknown reason I decided to attach the main gear first :rolleyes:. Thought it would be OK since I tried to match the angle of the cut on the end of the strut with the angel of the strut compared to the to the fuselage.

I also had to shorten the nose gear strut, otherwise the main gear would have been up in the air and the aircraft would be trying to balance on the vertical stabilizer and the nose gear.:rolleyes::eek:

Next might be another one of Murph's Bass-Ackwards aircraft. Or maybe finish one of the many partially built paper models staring at me from the perimeter.:)

[MichaelS]

SCE,

Try to finish what you have. That nagging feeling of having s something not finished drives me crazy!

MS

[papermate]

I have beta built that one in 2014, see here http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/425738-post1.html for reference.

Papermate

[SCEtoAUX]

Yep, Papermate, you did and I even commented on it. I must not have used the correct search terms because I was looking for a Murph's Models that had not been built.

Oh well, blnt.:)

[MichaelS]

SCE (and anyone else)

If you do on Google search "site: Paper Modelers (http://www.papermodelers.com) Blah Blah Blah" you can find stuff easier sometimes.

MS

[Butelczynski]

Captured Ki-115 finally finished.

Interesting model.That plane must have been a handful to fly even if on one way trip.

My printer is going nuts again so colors are a bit off.I didn't make interior or transparent glass.I never learned how to do those properly.The only mod I added are separate exhaust pipes instead of those supplied with model.They should have been brown but I can't find my brown marker.

When building model look up pictures of real thing on the net.Comes very handy.

[MacSongLi]

You did a great job. Very nice build.


Gary

[Vinalssergio155]

A great job, it looks great, very well done!

[Don Boose]

Another excellent build. I always enjoy seeing these builds of Murph Machines.

Don

[elliott]

Looks good from here Karol. Nice work!

[murphyaa]

The air museum that I can't get to enough has on of these that they finally put out on display.

[MichaelS]

For posterity this is another of Murph's beauty's.

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/aviation/41503-aichi-d3a2-val-1-100-aaron-murphy.html

Really had a great time building this one. I'm not a Japanese a\c fan generally but am proud to have this on my shelf.

[MichaelS]

And another of Aaron's great design shrunk to 1:100

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/aviation/41091-target-needed-mitsubishi-a6m2-murph-1-100-a.html?highlight=zeke+1%3A100

[MichaelS]

Oops! Found another shrunken beast!!

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/aviation/40900-abledog-murphs-skyraider-1-100-a.html?highlight=skyraider

[Butelczynski]

The air museum that I can't get to enough has on of these that they finally put out on display.

Yes, I have seen pictures of it. Hopefully someone will do walkarould typy set of pictures with close ups. I wonder if brown finish on it is faded paint or rust. Some pictures suggest plane was covered with very thin steel sheet rather than Ali since they show a lot of surface rust.

Thx MichealS for adding links to your bulds.Makes finding them a lot easier for newcomers.

[Butelczynski]

Burnelli UB-14

I wanted to build this model for so long,it got its turn now.Very unusual yet easy to build.I replaced 3 bladed props with 2 bladed type from Lockheed Electra I did a while back.Much more correct look I think.Added exhaust pipes missing.I think front wheels are about 15-20% too large for plane judging from pictures of originals.I'm not sure what wing fillets are for.Model doesn't really need it and there are no gaps anywhere so I left them out.

Model can be recolored to variety of "what-if" possibilities since Soviets did experiments with similar ideas,Chinese (both sides) used anything with wings,so did S.American and Canadian cargo companies.

[Burning Beard]

Here is one of those I did a while back as a "what if". I added wheel wells and a built up engine, a loop antenna and some wires. Alas it fell victim to my four year old grandson's enthusiasm.

[Butelczynski]

That's one very interesting "what-if" . Too bad it doesn't exist anymore, I'd like to see up close detail you added to engines.Do you still have files of that recolor? Can you push it towards Aaron? Maybe he can post it for our enjoyment.

Edit-I'm sure Martin B-10 from FG was no inspiration for that recolor lol

[MichaelS]

Here is one of those I did a while back as a "what if". I added wheel wells and a built up engine, a loop antenna and some wires. Alas it fell victim to my four year old grandson's enthusiasm.

Reminds me of a Popular Mechanics pic I remember as a kid with the passengers looking out the front of a big flying wing whiffer..

[Burning Beard]

The engines I used were off of the A12 Shrike (or something of that general design that Murph uses). All I did was put some wires in front of the cylinders for push rods or whatever. I also put a cover over the engine like you see on a Ford Trimotor. The propellers were something I came up with on my own.

I do all my repaints in Corel Draw and they are taken off the page so I would have to rearrange all that to make it fit Murph's layout system. If there is interest I could to that.

Mike

[murphyaa]

I didn't even think to do it in pre war colors. If you don't send it in, I might do my own.

[Burning Beard]

Its comin to ya.

[MichaelS]

The engines I used were off of the A12 Shrike (or something of that general design that Murph uses). All I did was put some wires in front of the cylinders for push rods or whatever. I also put a cover over the engine like you see on a Ford Trimotor. The propellers were something I came up with on my own.

I do all my repaints in Corel Draw and they are taken off the page so I would have to rearrange all that to make it fit Murph's layout system. If there is interest I could to that.

Mike

Yes. I really like Murph's lil engine modules. Someone could easily do a nice access doors open diorama based on it.

[Butelczynski]

Just finished Boulton Paul Defiant .

This one is a birthday present to me from my brother lurking somewhere here .He redid the skins a bit and completely redid colors to daylight fighter RAF scheme as original was painted with it.It looked just like that when delivered to 307 Sqr PAF and soon after undersides of it were painted black.Some shades were added,some oil stains and overall effect after printing on laser is just like a photograph of a real thing.Very cool effect.

Model itself is easy,hardest part is correct assembly of a turret.I skipped few steps there and did barrels out of .035 welding wire (I should have used thicker one).

This version will be send to Aaron,maybe he will post it for other customers enjoyment.

[joshuajaeseo]

Great build!

[MacSongLi]

A beautiful model. Very nice job.

Gary

[cafe]

That's a great build of the Defiant. What scale is it?

[Butelczynski]

Original scale is 1:31.I scaled it down to 3 pages,10.5 inch wingspan and that gives me about 1:45.

[Butelczynski]

I spend few days home sick so since I hate idle hands 2 models got done.

DH Mosquito fighter will be gifted to a kid in my neighborhood so I omitted few small parts.As usual some of my own mistakes are visible but more I can't help myself wondering if this Mosquito has correct proportions.Looks a bit like a Mossie on McDonlad diet to me.Still,it fits well and engine gondolas aren't as hard to build correctly as I tough they will be.One day I'll turn it into maybe Swedish Mk.XIX.
Model of course is a bit smaller than original.

[Butelczynski]

And here is second build of this weekend: Dutch Brewster Buffalo.

Like P-36 I really like this kit.Builds very nice with no fuss,very much looks the part and it's strangely interesting like odd looking girl in the pub.Scaled down a bit and one mistake I did is of course undercarrige ( I know Aaron doesn't like them either for the same reason).I positioned it too far forward.Other than that it's bang on I think.I have 3 more of those to build-RAF,USAAF and US Navy versions.They will all get done (and maybe more,right Rata?).

[Falco]

Butelczynski I really like your Murph builds... Do you build them stock? Any modifications? Please build more and post pictures, I really enjoy seeing your builds.

[Butelczynski]

I always scale them down to about 75%-60% of original.I usually build the stock,if I do any mods with part or colors I write it down.

Mosquito and this Buffalo didn't need anything although I'm very suspicious about Mosquitos colors.Code Letters EG Y are of wrong font and color but I noticed that after printing so "you snooze,you loose".When/if I do Mosquito recolor you will see what I mean.

[murphyaa]

I have been getting complaints about the Mosquito colors, but every time I checked my reference material, and tried changing the color in Photoshop, it looked the same. (Which doesn't say much, it could be too subtle a change for me to see.)

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[John Bowden]

Mosquito in text............Spitfire in attachment...........???

[murphyaa]

It;s a general reference of British camo during WWII. They just happen to use Spitfires as an example. Like the US one I have uses a couple different planes as examples.
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[Butelczynski]

When in doubt I look for pictures of a real thing.My problem with real EG Y is that by references it appears it use to be painted slightly differently at at least 2 occasions,however period photos show only one scheme nicely replicated on NZ owned example.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/581/23037388180_d28c37707b_b.jpg

[murphyaa]

My version is actually based on the one at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia. Mainly because a friend of Facebook goes there regularly and could get pictures. And we fall back to the old excuse of me being colorblind. If a color looks white, I'm making it white.

[Butelczynski]

Lufthansa DC-2.A bit of a recolor since original D-ARPF markings Aaron used and black panels on center part of wing belong on DC-3,not DC-2.

Original DC-2 plane stared out as Czech OK-AIB ,it flew with Czechoslovak airline until mid 1939 when it stated service with Lufthansa as D-AAIB.It was one of 3 DC-2s taken over by Germany after take over.It flew with lufthansa until March of 1941 when it was sold to Aero Oy Finnish airline and it flew with them for a while as OH-DLA.Some time later Ilmavoimat took it over and flew it as DO-2 until spares run out.

Problem free model,this time printed on recycled printer I pulled out from scrap heap.It had B&W cartridge working but color capability is gone so I printed it in grayscale hence grey windows.Fin flash was printed in laser along with Dutch Buffalo.I wonder who recognizes those crosses on tail fin.Model of course comes with standard swastika as well.

I'm thinking of doing OK-AIB,OH-LDA and DO-2 as well as LOT version.I did a generic aluminium version so it can be re-marked into many other liveries.Both versions have been send to Aaron so I hope you can enjoy them too.

Douglas DC 2 (http://histaviation.com/Douglas_DC_2.html)

[cafe]

That's a great build, and the double cross looks familiar. Chaplin's Dictator ?

[Butelczynski]

Yup, that's my small tribute to a great and almost forgotten film.Seiing it again pushed me to this DC-2.

[Butelczynski]

Beta build of C-46 Commando.

I thought lack of fuselage formers will be an issue but it wasn't.It falls together nicely and stays true to shape without a fuss.

I did lower fuselage first,upper fuselage parts were glued together into one long assembly with edges rounding in towards lower fuselage like a real plane.I didn't use tabs provided with model as they would be impossible to line up and insert all at the same time.They will come handy if you do one section at the time.

[Butelczynski]

And two more.

[Don Boose]

Great work on this classic airplane. As I have mentioned a couple of times elsewhere, I made two military parachute jumps from Republic of Korea Air Force C-46s at Han River Drop Zone No. 1 in 1971 and 1972, so it has a special place in my heart in addition to its rich history as a military and as a civil aircraft.

Don

[Butelczynski]

If you have any pictures, drawings or anything on how ROKAF Commandos were painted PM me . I have 2 pictures were captured a nose section and that's that. I would love to make one..

[Don Boose]

I wish I had images of the aircraft I jumped from (somewhere in the house are some images of me exiting the aircraft, but the plane is too small to make out markings). However, there is a ROKAF C-46 at the Republic of Korea War Memorial that is, as far as I know, in authentic markings. I haven't been able to pin down an image of the current appearance of that aircraft, but here are some images that show some variations (ROK Air Force vs Tae Han Kong Guki in Hangul, serial on wings or not):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:78053_C-46D_RoKAF_(3222454789).jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:78053_C-46D_RoKAF_(3223346496).jpg

Curtiss C-46 Commando Registry - A Warbirds Resource Group Site (http://www.warbirdregistry.org/c46registry/c46-4477592.html)

The image below comes from Fine Scale Modeler (60th Anniversary Korean War Group Build- extended for the duration - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products (http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/129001.aspx?sortorder=desc&page=45)) and looks just like my 50-year-old memory.

Don

[Butelczynski]

I haven't seen those pictures-Thank you.Problem with Museum owned aircraft is that they are often painted with available paints and have very little in common with reality.However name of the museum is helpful-I'll see if I can find email and maybe they can help.

Anyone ever noticed just how hard it's to find info on aircraft from places like Korea,China,Taiwan,Laos etc?I've been in touch with someone from Taiwanese military and even he couldn't help me.No literature available.Very frustrating.

[murphyaa]

I was gonna try using Google Earth to get a top view of the ROKAF C-46 at the museum (if it's outside). I've done that a few times for planes I can't find a pic of top markings.

[RyanShort1]

I was gonna try using Google Earth to get a top view of the ROKAF C-46 at the museum (if it's outside). I've done that a few times for planes I can't find a pic of top markings.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=C46%20korean

https://www.flickr.com/photos/migr/23105844852/

Doesn't look like you can zoom in much further on either provider:

https://goo.gl/maps/JmME4Y6FSQs

https://binged.it/2Qfc3Z3

if Don Boose can remember any specific bases that the C-46s might have operated from it might help to search some different keywords to see if stuff that doesn't show up with simply inputting "C-46 Korea" might be found.

[Don Boose]

I am pretty sure that the C-46s that I jumped from in 1971-72 were based at Kimp'o (now Romanized as Gimpo), the old K-14 air base, although they might have operated from nearby Seoul Air Base (K-16), now known as Seongnam Air Base. Seongnam is now a special operations base, and, since I jumped with ROKA Special Forces, that could have been the location.

Sidebar: In 1971 and 72, I was a staff officer with the United Nations Command headquarters in Seoul and part of what I think was the smallest airborne unit in the world: the United Nations Command Unconventional Warfare Detachment (Provisional)(Airborne). The two of us wore on our left shoulders the United Nations emblem surmounted by an "Airborne" flash and both of us, along with a few members of the U.S. Army Special Operations unit in Korean and/or the 12th Psychological Operations Detachment, jumped once a month, usually Hollywood jums from UH-1H helicopters, but twice from C-46s along with troops of the ROKA Special Forces unit located near Seoul. The C-46 would take off from Kimp'o Air Field, circle to altitude, and then we jumped at Han River Drop Zone Number 1. Since we used MC-1-1 steerable parachutes, and the ROK SF troopers were jumping in non-maneuverable T-10s, we Yanks would sit cross-legged on the wooden deck of the aircraft next to the open rear doors so we could jump out first and get clear before the avalanche of ROK troopers piling out behind us. Nonetheless, on my last jump in 1972, I managed to tangle with one of the ROK troopers, but that is another story - if I can find the photos that my buddy, then-Major John Shalikashvili, took of the jump, I can show you an image of that half-century-ago aerial incident.

Back to the issue of bases, the major ROKAF transport unit, the 5th Tactical Airlift Wing, is currently based at Gimhae on the southeast coast. Gimhae was probably an air transport base when C-46s were in the ROKAF inventory (1950s to 70s).

Don

[murphyaa]

We always get the best stories out of Don.

[RyanShort1]

Back to the issue of bases, the major ROKAF transport unit, the 5th Tactical Airlift Wing, is currently based at Gimhae on the southeast coast. Gimhae was probably an air transport base when C-46s were in the ROKAF inventory (1950s to 70s).

Don
I'd say there's a chance one of your birds might still be somewhere on display based on this:
Oldprops Curtiss C46 Census (http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/C46%20Census.htm)

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1884189,128.9455483,250m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Interestingly Bing makes that a forest - probably on request of the ROK military...

Ryan

[Don Boose]

Murph - I never did anything dramatic or significant, but if you live long enough, the little experiences add up.

Ryan - Based on the info you uncovered, it looks like C-46s were based at Gimhae, although I think it more likely that survivors of the unit that provided "my" C-46s are serials 8541 at the War Memorial Museum or 78053 at the Air Force Academy at Songmu.

Don

[murphyaa]

A quick google search led to these (possibly) 3 birds:
368419368420368421368422368423

Any of them look familiar Don? What color are they? I'm bouncing somewhere between gray or pale mint green.

Then I found this one.
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Ohhh, the orangeness!

[Don Boose]

The JASDF bird in high visibility markings should definitely be on somebody's list to recolor.

Tail number 541 looks most familiar to me. The C-46 (or 46's - it might have been the same bird or two different ones) I jumped from was definitely light gray, not mint green.

I have no record of the serial number and do not remember if it had "R.O.K. Air Force" or 대한민국 공군 on the fuselage side. I do not remember them/it as being two-toned, either, and I wonder of the two-tone effect is a trick of the eye.

If I ever find the photographs, it might be possible to discern the fuselage inscription, although they were taken from the ground at an aircraft flying at around 1200 feet.

Don

[Don Boose]

Okay, this is really self-indulgent, but perhaps you will bear with me for posting these family snapshots of my last ROKAF C-46 jump in July 1972.

Regrettably, I never took a photo of the airplane on the ground, and the images of the aircraft in the air are too far away to make out the markings.

1. Jump orders for the two members of the United Nations Command Unconventional Warfare Detachment (Airborne)(Provisional).

2 and 3. Departing the aircraft.

4. Me colliding with a ROKA parachutist, which caused my chute to collapse and gave me a couple of tense moments as my chute slid off the other follow's canopy and slowly re-inflated. In 1972 there weren't many safety measures at Han River Drop Zone Number 1, as evidenced by the farmer passing by on his bicycle in the middle of the DZ.

5. Don III, age 7 at the time, watching the jump. I had just separated from the trooper I had bumped into.

6. Don III ran out to meet me and carried my helmet as we walked off the DZ.

7. Me, 46 years ago.

8. Don III wearing a green beret loaned to him by one of the SF Detachment soldiers, miniature Navy aviator wings given to him by one of our friends when he had his tonsils out, and miniature jump wings (earlier that year, he and his sister had jumped the 34-foot tower at the SF Detachment facility, so he felt pretty Airborne!).

None of this helps with the colors and markings of your ROKAF C-46, Murph, but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane. If you make one that looks like Tail Number 541, it will be close enough for me.

Don

[murphyaa]

You have a deal Don.

[MacSongLi]

Great photos and memories, Don. Thank you very much for sharing.

Gary

[murphyaa]

I'm up to 7 Commandos. I think I'll let somebody else work on some for a while.

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[Robotaleem]

a Buffalo Air commando has a nice scheme

[RyanShort1]

So a little digging... and help from friends is hopefully inbound.

Warbird Information Exchange • View topic - Looking for a Friend - Korean C-46s (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=67065&sid=c257bcad8c4e46ab6e32ccdb9ad87ebb)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kormnd/7438436894

[RyanShort1]

And that led to digging up more:

This has faded color photos that look really good:

BEMIL»çÁøÀÚ·á½Ç - À¯¿ë¿øÀÇ ±º»ç¼¼°è (http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10044&num=204023)

This has two of the same photos and one extra, but small:

Daum 블로그 (http://m.blog.daum.net/hsh7070/15863123?categoryId=652889)

[Butelczynski]

I have a couple of Korean guys at work and asked them about C-46s and got nothing.They were grunts nowhere near airplanes but remarked that "whatever Americans did to their stuff,that's how they used it".They simply didn't have money to do anything fancy like paint and wore stuff down until it fell apart.They don't think planes were any different and what's in museum that's for show and has no relation to actual equipment used.

[Don Boose]

Good images, Ryan. Those operational aircraft of the 60s-70s period all have colors and markings consistent with the example that Murph is working on.

Don

[murphyaa]

I picked this one because of the smaller ROK Air Force markings. The fewer parts I have to line them up on, the easier it is to avoid alignment issues.

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[Don Boose]

Works for me.

Don

[mbauer]

Looks like I will be re-visiting Murph's site for a C-46 next.

Adding some photos of my RV-6 build per the original post request.

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Mike

[mbauer]

Okay, this is really self-indulgent, but perhaps you will bear with me for posting these family snapshots of my last ROKAF C-46 jump in July 1972.

Regrettably, I never took a photo of the airplane on the ground, and the images of the aircraft in the air are too far away to make out the markings.

1. Jump orders for the two members of the United Nations Command Unconventional Warfare Detachment (Airborne)(Provisional).

2 and 3. Departing the aircraft.

4. Me colliding with a ROKA parachutist, which caused my chute to collapse and gave me a couple of tense moments as my chute slid off the other follow's canopy and slowly re-inflated. In 1972 there weren't many safety measures at Han River Drop Zone Number 1, as evidenced by the farmer passing by on his bicycle in the middle of the DZ.

5. Don III, age 7 at the time, watching the jump. I had just separated from the trooper I had bumped into.

6. Don III ran out to meet me and carried my helmet as we walked off the DZ.

7. Me, 46 years ago.

8. Don III wearing a green beret loaned to him by one of the SF Detachment soldiers, miniature Navy aviator wings given to him by one of our friends when he had his tonsils out, and miniature jump wings (earlier that year, he and his sister had jumped the 34-foot tower at the SF Detachment facility, so he felt pretty Airborne!).

None of this helps with the colors and markings of your ROKAF C-46, Murph, but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane. If you make one that looks like Tail Number 541, it will be close enough for me.

Don

Fantastic photos Don!

Boy do they ever bring back memories-you didn't even mention about how to daisy-chain the shroud lines before stowing in the kit bag....For the trip to the assembly area. What? No 85lb - 125lb rucksack to support the daisy-chained main while walking back?

Mike

[Don Boose]

These were Hollywood jumps, Mike. No rucksacks. Can't be compared to your experiences.

Don

[Butelczynski]

Brewster Buffalo in RAF service.

I have to look into getting Inkjet printer.While free laser printer is cool it has its drawbacks as pictures show.
I did few adjustments here and there,1/2 of underside is black now as all pictures of Malaya Buffalo's I found show it.

I should look into making Blenheim Mk1 used in Malaya as well.Could keep buffalo company :)

[Butelczynski]

DC-2 in Aero Oy civilian service in Finland before Continuation War.

This is model of the same DC-2 that was used by Germans as D-AAIB and previously by Czech airline as OK-AIB.It was used by Aero OY in 1941-49 and sold to Ilmavoimat where it served as DO-3 "Pikku-Lassi". Fuselage of this plane still exists in museum.

I sooner or later I will make both OK-AIB and DO-3 versions.I find it incredible to be able to trace history of one and the same aircraft from build till today and it was never shot down,damaged by war,not even armed afaik.

Not to mention incredibly well designed model of DC-2 :)

[MichaelS]

Fabulous young fella!

[yukonjohn]

Great job on that :).


John

[C9B]

Wow! Really nice job. I’ve been looking for inspiration to start my Panagra version. This should do it.
Jon

[TangoVFR]

Awesome DC 2! So clean! It looks like ready for take off!

[Butelczynski]

Here is Romanian He-111 H-3 Aaron did some time ago.It went together perfectly fine and colors do line up nicely with few very small exceptions but you to really look for it to see them.

This must be one of the older designs since there is no fuselage formers or wing spar but due to scale down (it's in roughly 1:100 now) that only made things easier.In fact this He-111 is so cool I'll make one more,maybe Slovak marked example.

This is my first Romanian marked model ,there will be two more coming.

[Texman]

As much as I want an He-111, the mis-alignment on the
port wing fillet camouflage, keeps me from this one.

[murphyaa]

I just fixed that.

[Vinalssergio155]

Great job, very good construction of that colorful bird. Very well done!

[Butelczynski]

Rainy weather gave me a chance to finish few models,one of them is this beautiful Romanian Bristol Blenheim.One of my books says Romanians used them strictly for photo and recon until replaced with newer machines,I think those were Ju-88.They didn't last very long-Romanian losses in Russia were very high often due to causes other than "enemy induced".

Slightly scaled down from original,printed on laser machine (I tried few different settings ,one of them doesn't works and it shows).I printed two sets of engine cowls to get additional valve rocker bulges on cowls-good effect so I will add them to previous Finnish Blenheim.

Good model,all fits well but I still managed to slip up here and there.

[murphyaa]

I used to have a laser printer, and I found that the "Heavy Paper" setting worked best to prevent flaking.

[Butelczynski]

Printer I have access to has about 20 paper setting plus additional 5 for heavy paper/cardstock.So far I found 2 settings working with thinner cardstock for 1:72s but heavier 110lb cardstock seems to work with only one of them and not every time.

Trial and error just like picking girlfriend :)

[Butelczynski]

BAC Lightning from refreshed OBP file.

Very nice fitting model.A bit simplified but omitted details can be scratch made in no time if pictures of real ones are followed.

http://i.imgur.com/V0okm9Um.jpg (https://imgur.com/V0okm9U) http://i.imgur.com/1P3KAbjm.jpg (https://imgur.com/1P3KAbj) http://i.imgur.com/MNqohQim.jpg (https://imgur.com/MNqohQi) http://i.imgur.com/PFQYNycm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PFQYNyc)

[yukonjohn]

Very nice build. Always liked this one.

[murphyaa]

For 2020, I'm going to drop the rigid list of "models that need to be finished", mainly because I didn't finish any of them. Instead, I'm going to go back to doing models that trigger the "cool" response. I had a lot of those this year, but shelved them to focus on "the list" and forgot about them. Hence I barely had any new models this year. One thing I want to do is develop some sci-fi ships from Star Wars and the such. I've been reading the Legends Hand of Thrawn series this month, and I kinda want models of the Wild Karrde and the Lady Luck. Maybe Jade's Fire as well.

[papermate]

But can you clear your commissioned models first?

[Falco]

I need this for my collection...

[nikischutt]

But can you clear your commissioned models first?

For 2020, I'm going to drop the rigid list of "models that need to be finished", mainly because I didn't finish any of them. Instead, I'm going to go back to doing models that trigger the "cool" response. I had a lot of those this year, but shelved them to focus on "the list" and forgot about them. Hence I barely had any new models this year. One thing I want to do is develop some sci-fi ships from Star Wars and the such. I've been reading the Legends Hand of Thrawn series this month, and I kinda want models of the Wild Karrde and the Lady Luck. Maybe Jade's Fire as well.

Sounds good, also agree with Papermate though. Lockheed S-3 Viking, hint hint.

[murphyaa]

That's a given. I'm always working on the commissions. But when I hit the wall on them, I'm gonna switch to something I wanna do.

[Butelczynski]

USMC F2A Buffalo.Don Bose might know what period this livery is from,I found only one picture showing Buffalo in Hawaii but markings on pic are very obscured.

Again a well fitting model.I tried few new things here,most of the model is done with clear elmers glue ,not my usual mix of white/carpenters glue.Good glue for some things,not so good for others.

Note to builders: cowling needs a strip of spacing material glued a bit inside cowl edge to simulate space between cowling and fuselage.Gap should be even all around the cowling and it's clearly shown on all close up pictures of F2A I have seen on net.

http://i.imgur.com/3SLTncRm.jpg (https://imgur.com/3SLTncR) http://i.imgur.com/Tyg14C8m.jpg (https://imgur.com/Tyg14C8) http://i.imgur.com/E9YtxAQm.jpg (https://imgur.com/E9YtxAQ) http://i.imgur.com/fKQyMTCm.jpg (https://imgur.com/fKQyMTC)

I did some pictures on very gray day in roof of my car.Interesting effect I think.

http://i.imgur.com/T9Ay0m3m.jpg (https://imgur.com/T9Ay0m3) http://i.imgur.com/PdiQppzm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PdiQppz)

[Don Boose]

Fine model, as always, Karol! And a favorite airplane of mine.

The colors and markings locate the aircraft between January 1942, when the red and white peppermint stripes were applied (in accordance with a 5 January 1942 directive) and May 1942, when the red and white stripes and the red centers to the stars were deleted in accordance with a 15 May 1942 dispatch. So your Buffalo is in the markings it would have carried during the time of the early carrier raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea, although it would not have participated in those actions, except possibly for a 7-14 January 1942 sortie southwest of Pearl Harbor by USS Lexington .

It seems likely to me that your model is an F2A-3 of Navy Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard Lexington in January 1942. At that time, VF-2 was the only carrier outfit flying the Buffalo, and they turned their F2A-3s over to Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-212) of Marine Air Group 21 at Kaneohe, Hawai'i and re-equipped with Grumman F4F-3As on 26 January 1942.

So your airplane could also have been assigned to VMF-212 at Ewa Field in Hawai'i January - March 1942, or VMF-212 at Efate (then in the New Hebrides, now part of Vanuatu) March-May 1942, or to VMF-211, which flew (ex-VF-2) Buffaloes in those markings from Palmyra Island in April-May 1942.

Of course, it could also be from a shore based unit, but I think it would be more fun to assume it is either a VF-2 aboard the Lex in January '42, when it might have participated in shooting up a Japanese submarine, or a VMF-211 or 212 bird.

Whatever it is, it sure is a pretty model!

Don

[Butelczynski]

I knew I could count on you Don :)

One thing apparent on picture is use of Wildcat prop,not standard F2A prop so that can be a good clue.

Buffalo is one of my favorite models by Aaron,I'm planning to do/commision few more recolors ,maybe Belgian,some other Finnish (post-war Humu?) and definitely one participating in Battle of Midway .

[yukonjohn]

Very nice build.



John

[Wyvern]

Real sharp Buffalo.

Wyvern

[yukonjohn]

BTW, the Buffalos that did not make it to Belgium had a stop in Canada on the way to the RAF.
Maybe someone with more skill that I have would like to take on a dazzle scheme also.


John

[Butelczynski]

As far as I remember dazzle scheme from US tests were done in paper only once on one of earlier P-51 models.I can't recall what publisher did it ,Marek maybe?It would be very difficult to line up all those lines without 3D program.

[YankeeBoy]

I think it was an AirDave recolor of Marek's early P-51. Just checked my inventory - yes, 1:33 P-51A Marek/AirDave.

[Texman]

IIRC, someone did a repaint of a Marek Buffalo in the Dazzle/Barclay scheme

[murphyaa]

Hmm. I might have to see if I can pull that one off. Fortunately I still have the 3D model.

Anybody have any idea of the colors used?

[Butelczynski]

Looks like one of the USN blue-gray stock colors+white.

Based on amount of pictures there must have been great many patterns (and possibly colors).One done here looks like one of the simpler ones.

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3251

Many of B&W pictures have been retouched for printing in press so it's very hard to judge what shade of gray was actually used.At one point I pondered making dazzle on B-18 Bolo but i gave up.

[murphyaa]

Yeah. I found pictures of one with a brownish color mixed in, and the dazzle pattern on the wings as well.

[Yale]

… Many of B&W pictures have been retouched for printing in press so it's very hard to judge what shade of gray was actually used.At one point I pondered making dazzle on B-18 Bolo but i gave up.

True. Another complication was the old-style film, which was sensitive only to blue light. This film made the blue field of the US flag seem lighter than the red stripes. So it's virtually impossible to determine the actual shade of grey used on the real plane.

Panchromatic film, BTW, became available in the 1930s. It was still black and while, but sensitive to all colors, so gave a much more accurate grey scale. But it cost more, so the old-style film remained in use pretty much throughout WW II. Only if a photo includes flags or insignia can you know for sure which film was used for a picture.

[Don Boose]

There is a good source for anyone who wants to do a recolor of either or both of the Brewster F2A-1s that were painted in the Barclay schemes for the 1940 Carrier Division 1 camouflage tests: Peter Freeman, Wings of the Fleet: US Navy & Marine Corps Aviation 1919-1941, On Target Special, Ardington, Oxfordshire, UK: The Aviation Workshop Publications Ltd., 2010.

Freeman did extensive research to produce four-view color paintings of the two F2A-1s, the two Douglas TBD-1s, the two Vought SB2U-1s, and the two Northrop BT-1s that were used in the tests. In addition to his four-views paintings and scrap views, he provides several clear photographic images of each aircraft. The colors are based on the standard Navy paint formulas used in the test, which are well documented.

The book seems to be out of print and used copies are rather expensive, but you might be able to get a copy through a library or interlibrary loan.

Don

[yukonjohn]

Can always trust Don to have info on the most obscure subjects :). Way to go! Wonderful resource - yep, interlibrary is a great and cheap way to get info. Thanks for that.



John

[Don Boose]

Well, SOME obscure subjects. I wouldn't dare to presume to expatiate on, for example, Canadian aviation history.

Cheers,

Don

[murphyaa]

*Looks up "expatiate*


*Sense of awe grows*

[Don Boose]

Yeah, but the coin of the realm in this Forum is the ability to build and design paper models. I get about a C+ in the first category and I know from nothing in the design category, so I am usually the one in awe over the models displayed here.

Cheers,

Don

[murphyaa]

Don't sell yourself short Don. 75% of designing is having the correct information about the model.

[Butelczynski]

Here is done test build of RCAF recolor of CBY-3 by Yukonjohn.Everything fits and lines up as needed-excellent work .

Good looking if unusual plane.Amazing 360 views available on Alamy site.

https://www.alamy.com/search.html?qt=cby-3&imgt=0

Model on pictures is about 75% of original size model.

http://i.imgur.com/UaZaZ6rm.jpg (https://imgur.com/UaZaZ6r) http://i.imgur.com/inwffGQm.jpg (https://imgur.com/inwffGQ) http://i.imgur.com/fBNYVYNm.jpg (https://imgur.com/fBNYVYN) http://i.imgur.com/avKiSpAm.jpg (https://imgur.com/avKiSpA)

[Don Boose]

Looks great in that color scheme!

Don

[MacSongLi]

Great build, and a nice re-colour.


Gary

[yukonjohn]

Very clean build. I am sure Aaron will appreciate one of those pictures. Thanks.
John

[papermate]

Bravo, good job, recolorist and builder.

[Butelczynski]

I felt like something different and this one was printed for a while so here it is.

President GHW Bush TBF Avenger.

Scaled down and I played around a bit with wings,in process of course I missed star w/bar on right wing.It shouldn't be there.Also I'm almost sure I got turret wrong way around and main undercarriage legs are too short.One thing that bothers me is prop.It looks nowhere near like props used on TBFs.I should easily source one from some DC-3.

BTW-there are many really good pictures of plastic models of this particular plane with complete set of antennas and HVAR rockets.They can be used for adding a lot of details if you like.

Otherwise it's a very cool model,I will do one of "Flight 19" someday since "Close Encounters.." film shows them and it's a really good film.

http://i.imgur.com/yjZ2LWcm.jpg (https://imgur.com/yjZ2LWc)http://i.imgur.com/2bpg9lBm.jpg (https://imgur.com/2bpg9lB)http://i.imgur.com/eKes9Gam.jpg (https://imgur.com/eKes9Ga)http://i.imgur.com/1fis751m.jpg (https://imgur.com/1fis751)

Free model-free pictures Aaron :)

[yukonjohn]

Very nice clean build. Are you going to do a budworm bomber for Aaron next?


John

[Butelczynski]

What bomber?There are few to choose from .

That reminds me-Avenger marked "Atlantic Theater" has early style stars.There is a logo on front of fuselage.What plane is this supposed to represent?One of those stationed in Iceland?

I'm playing with C-119 Boxcar now.Unarmed transport in RCAF colors.

[Vinalssergio155]

Superb work Karol!

[yukonjohn]

What bomber?
I was thinking of this simple repaint, but under more pleasant circumstances. It is the right colour :).
John

[Butelczynski]

Ooo,fire bomber :)

Sure,fire away.I know some people on CanadianGunNutz forum that will love this.I think there is a guy there that flew some firebombing Avengers from Gander NS.

[yukonjohn]

Ooo,fire bomber :)
Nope, not air tanker, though there were certainly some used for firebombing. These were used to spray for spruce budworm in New Brunswick.

John

[Butelczynski]

Chem sprayer.We had a bunch of those in Poland,mostly AN-2 at the tail end of service life since our chems were very corrosive at the time.Belphegor (also made by Murph) was in part developed to fit need for aircraft with longer life when used with such chemicals.At high concentrations they were just eating tail ends of airframes.

Like I said,fire away when ready.

And Gander is of course in Newfoundland,not Nova Scotia.Someone told me it looks and feels a lot like Finland.

[Butelczynski]

Finished test build of RCAF recolor of C-119 Boxcar.

I've seen one of survivors of C-119 in Geneseo, NY .Big machine.Literally boxcar with wings.
Model is known,so is airplane so I'll go with just pictures:

http://i.imgur.com/7RCOnGcm.jpg (https://imgur.com/7RCOnGc) http://i.imgur.com/XFAE0axm.jpg (https://imgur.com/XFAE0ax) http://i.imgur.com/6YMfI6hm.jpg (https://imgur.com/6YMfI6h) http://i.imgur.com/ZCf0oW1m.jpg (https://imgur.com/ZCf0oW1) http://i.imgur.com/HBIL4Gim.jpg (https://imgur.com/HBIL4Gi) http://i.imgur.com/RS9nVFom.jpg (https://imgur.com/RS9nVFo) http://i.imgur.com/lmLaLMgm.jpg (https://imgur.com/lmLaLMg) http://i.imgur.com/O20WUc9m.jpg (https://imgur.com/O20WUc9) http://i.imgur.com/VhfgvfZm.jpg (https://imgur.com/VhfgvfZ)

[Don Boose]

Outstanding C-119, Karol!

Don

[rifleman]

what a great build

[Texman]

Nice clean build!

[Butelczynski]

Nice clean build!

Not really.Making pictures in full sun makes glue smears disappear.I glued inner wings,booms and horizontal stabiliser in one shot and made mess in the process.I had to do it to make sure everything lines up.

I think this is one of the more challenging of Aarons kits I did so far.I generally have a hard time with twin boom aircraft much like with biplanes.Too many parts have to come together in one shot.

[murphyaa]

Is that the secret? I usually prefer poorly lit rooms with the camera slightly out of focus.

[yukonjohn]

Very nice job on that. Did you build to original size?
John

[PacificWind]

Nice work on that C-119.
To my eyes, it looks really good in these photos.

[MacSongLi]

WOW. That C-119 turned out beautiful. Great repaint.


Gary

[yukonjohn]

I glued inner wings,booms and horizontal stabiliser in one shot and made mess in the process.I had to do it to make sure everything lines up.
Try a lego jig - very adaptable for this kind of thing.
John

[Butelczynski]

Out of curiosity-how much convincing would it take to design C-89 Packet based on C-119 Boxcar?

I'm thinking of "Flight of The Phoenix" 1965 film.One of the more popular and widely known aviation films known.

Wings and booms are the same,so are engines (need to add air intakes on top of them),vertical stab is of same shape just much taller.Front of fuselage forward of leading edge needs to be new and rear undercarriage has single wheels.

[yukonjohn]

Maybe you could remind Aaron that there is a C-82 at PIMA and there are some photos of NACA Packets for some repaint versions :).
John

[murphyaa]

I'm not immune to bribes either. And stuck at home for the near future until I get the all clear to go back to work.

[papermate]

I'm not the schadenfreude guy but it's good for you as you have at least 14 days to clear up your backlog of bribed or un-bribed projects.

[yukonjohn]

"schadenfreude" as everyone scrambles to google. Oh no, not us, tho' we know Aaron's health will improve even as his to-do list lightens. Speaking of which, I better get to that NASA Convair - it really is next on my list after the current distraction gets done.
John

[Butelczynski]

Finished test build of Aaron's recolor of B-25 in RCAF colors.Original B-25 in this scheme is on display in The Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Very straight forward build.As usual everything fits and wing geometry is right on.It's a gull wing,not that easy to do but well designed spar makes it so much easier.There are many pictures of this plane on the net so you can add more details if you wish.

http://i.imgur.com/cYGau9sm.jpg (https://imgur.com/cYGau9s) http://i.imgur.com/T0jbKQrm.jpg (https://imgur.com/T0jbKQr) http://i.imgur.com/D2HtjQfm.jpg (https://imgur.com/D2HtjQf) http://i.imgur.com/kRAiagAm.jpg (https://imgur.com/kRAiagA) http://i.imgur.com/FY4m2jQm.jpg (https://imgur.com/FY4m2jQ) http://i.imgur.com/bxhfPPUm.jpg (https://imgur.com/bxhfPPU)

[Brent]

Nice build Karol, it is always nice to see Canadian planes.

Brent

[Butelczynski]

thx Brent.RCAF did managed to use some great color schemes,some more interesting than others.One day I'm hoping to make Canadian C-47 (along with Finnish one lol).

[nikischutt]

Beautiful build and colour scheme. Well done.

[yukonjohn]

Great looking build.


John

[Texman]

Very nice and tidy build.

[willygoat]

Beautiful build Karol!
Seeing your post on this thread reminded me that I forgot to post the T-39 pics here. And, here they are:

[Butelczynski]

I think you posted those before.Still very nice work there.

Thx guys.Post your builds here,I'm sure some pictures would cheer Aaron a bit :)

[PacificWind]

Nice T-39, willygoat! Also I really like the photos.

Karol, great work on that Canadian B-25. I don't think I've ever seen Mitchell in RCAF markings.
Very interesting and unusual model.

[Butelczynski]

A bit of history of Canadian B-25 Mitchells.Lots of good qality pictures.

Harold A. Skaarup Web page (http://silverhawkauthor.com/canadian-warplanes-3-the-second-world-war-and-postwar-north-american-b25-mitchell_731.html)

[Vinalssergio155]

Both the B-25 and the T-39 look fabulous.Very well done gentlemen!

[Butelczynski]

Blue A3D Skywarrior.

Uneventful build.Generally easy model,it could have been made easier if there was a box spar provided for wings.No worries,I made my own from scrap card.

This must be one of the very few jet navy planes that didn't have provisions for any stores under wings.I looked at many pictures and not a singe one had anything hanging under wings aside from engines :)

Practical note: being dark navy color I made model lighter by 60% when in PS.Printing solid,dark color on laser jet will possibly crate issues with print flaking/cracking when rolled and panel lines will disappear nearly altogether.This was a test and it worked nicely and there are no cracks or mess at all.Last try was Avenger-I made it 30% lighter (3 tone camo) and it worked kind of right except for navy blue on top.

http://i.imgur.com/Gb1nWJCm.jpg (https://imgur.com/Gb1nWJC) http://i.imgur.com/53VombXm.jpg (https://imgur.com/53VombX) http://i.imgur.com/mVRLEVzm.jpg (https://imgur.com/mVRLEVz) http://i.imgur.com/XGGI1zYm.jpg (https://imgur.com/XGGI1zY)

I have another 4-5 of Aarons models printed long ago so stay tuned,they will trickle here sooner or later.

Cheers

[Butelczynski]

Got myself on a roll here,I hope it keeps up.

Hardest part of the kit is was bomb (many small parts),.Undercarriage covers were a bit tough too and I should have done it different way.Instead of cutting out front movable part I should have made them separately and black out inside parts with marker.They would stay in shape better this way.

http://i.imgur.com/BPRFMdjm.jpg (https://imgur.com/BPRFMdj) http://i.imgur.com/8e1yEwbm.jpg (https://imgur.com/8e1yEwb) http://i.imgur.com/1MUXPoBm.jpg (https://imgur.com/1MUXPoB) http://i.imgur.com/gVDl35pm.jpg (https://imgur.com/gVDl35p)

Here is better view of undercarriage ,bomb and one mistake found in colors where wing fillets go.That white gap on fuselage is on both sides.

http://i.imgur.com/skdix24m.jpg (https://imgur.com/skdix24) http://i.imgur.com/ERdLCvim.jpg (https://imgur.com/ERdLCvi)

[yukonjohn]

Nice build on that.


John

[Don Boose]

I like the A3D and the BT. Nice work on both.

Don

[Butelczynski]

Philippine Air Force T-28 Trojan.I think they used them for counterinsurgency so I hanged 4 rocket pods under wings.

http://i.imgur.com/2Nijpbom.jpg (https://imgur.com/2Nijpbo) http://i.imgur.com/e94RmDom.jpg (https://imgur.com/e94RmDo) http://i.imgur.com/UYs7Tc6m.jpg (https://imgur.com/UYs7Tc6) http://i.imgur.com/rRfF65sm.jpg (https://imgur.com/rRfF65s)

[Don Boose]

Looks good!

Don

[chaparral2d]

Beautiful work on all!

Dave

[mbauer]

Wow, incredible designs Aaron!

Really like the colorful paints as well!

Great thread to visit. The best part is; as more and more models get added, looking forward to reading the stories others add about each model. What a wealth of experiences and knowledge, and not just about one type of aircraft...

The workmanship is incredible!

Mike

[Wyvern]

Great build on the BT-1!

Wyvern

[murphyaa]

I've been thinking of pulling a blast from the past and having a repaint contest. I haven't figured out which model yet, but I am thinking something civilian. and as a twist, there has to be a historical story to the repaint. (Even if it's made up)

[C9B]

I've been thinking of pulling a blast from the past and having a repaint contest. I haven't figured out which model yet, but I am thinking something civilian. and as a twist, there has to be a historical story to the repaint. (Even if it's made up)

Yes, please. Civilian planes have a lot of stories to tell.

[Butelczynski]

Cleaned and spruce up a bit Mig-15UTI in Finnish colors.

Finns got 4 of them MU-1 to 4 as part of purchase of Mig-21 F-13.They were used as trainers and for familiarization with Soviet procedures of area defence (long story).
I think one of them is still flying,or was flying,since there are videos of it on YT.

http://i.imgur.com/f6jLtpym.jpg (https://imgur.com/f6jLtpy) http://i.imgur.com/B7OVsmmm.jpg (https://imgur.com/B7OVsmm)http://i.imgur.com/C7xXCQGm.jpg (https://imgur.com/C7xXCQG) http://i.imgur.com/KhTDyF1m.jpg (https://imgur.com/KhTDyF1)

[Vinalssergio155]

Excelent job Karol!

[Butelczynski]

DH 100 Vampire F1 in Swiss colors.

This is full size test build,when finished measures 15 inches wingspan and 11.25 inch length.

http://i.imgur.com/tuScL6Jm.jpg (https://imgur.com/tuScL6J) http://i.imgur.com/RHso70Ym.jpg (https://imgur.com/RHso70Y) http://i.imgur.com/r7cVg86m.jpg (https://imgur.com/r7cVg86) http://i.imgur.com/3O2Yn1Cm.jpg (https://imgur.com/3O2Yn1C) http://i.imgur.com/6T6vkz3m.jpg (https://imgur.com/6T6vkz3)

[Don Boose]

Nice job, Karol!

Don

[gomidefilho]

Very fine work my friend!!!

[nikischutt]

Good updated build!

[Butelczynski]

Thanks guys :)

[yukonjohn]

Very nice clean build.


John

[cafe]

That's a great looking Vampire!

[rifleman]

great build well done

[Butelczynski]

Aarons recolor of B707 to CC-137 used in Canada until 1997.Wiki says most of that fleet is still in existence as rebuild E-8C with USAF.

Model has wingtip refueling pods and full undercarriage but parts are too small for me to handle and model will be operated by 10 year old so I skipped it :)

http://i.imgur.com/PYypR4jm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PYypR4j) http://i.imgur.com/WU5KmtYm.jpg (https://imgur.com/WU5KmtY) http://i.imgur.com/xFmNXxOm.jpg (https://imgur.com/xFmNXxO) http://i.imgur.com/wt44ehom.jpg (https://imgur.com/wt44eho)

[yukonjohn]

Very nice and clean build.


John

[Don Boose]

Good-looking troop transport, Karol!

Don

[MacSongLi]

Another beautiful build. Great looking repaint too.


Gary

[Butelczynski]

Here is test build of Rutan 202 Boomerang.It's a refresh of earlier OBP model with number of extra parts.

Not an easy build for me but I nearly always have troubles with twin boom aircraft and you can see them on pictures.Troubles or not model is worth effort since it's really eye catching and very,very different from all other planes I ever made.

Some of my customary mistakes are present,some of Aaron's mistakes might be visible but I'll correct those and send file to him asap.Hardest part-wing spar.Due to size it's made in few parts and getting them all glued together with proper (rather large) dihedral was tricky.I didn't get that part right.

Model on pictures is done full fize as designer intended and measures 15.5 inch wingspan and 13.5 inch length of main fuselage.

http://i.imgur.com/b6TOZYUm.jpg (https://imgur.com/b6TOZYU) http://i.imgur.com/B9bAyMzm.jpg (https://imgur.com/B9bAyMz) http://i.imgur.com/X2gQsIom.jpg (https://imgur.com/X2gQsIo) http://i.imgur.com/0ib7aAum.jpg (https://imgur.com/0ib7aAu) http://i.imgur.com/pZLFWoOm.jpg (https://imgur.com/pZLFWoO) http://i.imgur.com/PLklWUkm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PLklWUk)

[Don Boose]

Nice work on that asymmetrical creature, Karol!

Don

[Butelczynski]

That's an understatement Don :)

The only thing symmetrical here are windows and vertical stabilisers.Oddest plane ever.

[murphyaa]

This one went beyond a refresh. It's a completely new model.

[Butelczynski]

Since I was building Bf-109s recently it would make sense to make Bf-110 just for kicks.Here it is.

Technically those are wrong colors for this model.Model is of BF-110C and Romanian 110 was model F with very different engines and camouflage.Radiators and radar antenna are also missing.

If I was into it this model would make good base for early war German night fighter before radars were introduced.Afaik all of those fighters were semi gloss black.

http://i.imgur.com/MclCgIzm.jpg (https://imgur.com/MclCgIz) http://i.imgur.com/6okug3Km.jpg (https://imgur.com/6okug3K) http://i.imgur.com/PxVS1Txm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PxVS1Tx) http://i.imgur.com/wjPjKd9m.jpg (https://imgur.com/wjPjKd9)

[Cybermac]

Wow,!

Great job Mr. Butelczynski!
As much as I don't like 'black cross' machines, they look great in other air forces colours!

[PacificWind]

Nice work!
I don't think I've ever seen a Romanian Bf-110 done in paper before.

[Don Boose]

Your models always look good, Karol.

Don

[Butelczynski]

I use to see Nolinor B737-200 on YYZ pretty often.They were usually charters to northern Ontario hauling freight and people (they were often in combi configuration).

Here is a model of one courtesy of our own Tigertony.I'll send files to Aaron after necessary corrections.

http://i.imgur.com/h32s2r8m.jpg (https://imgur.com/h32s2r8) http://i.imgur.com/ainJaHQm.jpg (https://imgur.com/ainJaHQ) http://i.imgur.com/PyBZQhUm.jpg (https://imgur.com/PyBZQhU)

[Don Boose]

Nice work Karol!

Don

[Vinalssergio155]

Very nice job Karol!!!

[yukonjohn]

Very nice repaint and build.


John

[MacSongLi]

A great looking 737. Nice work.


Gary

[Butelczynski]

This past long weekend gave me a chance to finish this build of YukonJohn recolor of Fiat G.50.This one is in basic green color when plane was flown by one of Finnish aces Oiva Tuominen.He was leading ace on Fiat fighters in Ilmavoimat service.

http://i.imgur.com/k7hIumgm.jpg (https://imgur.com/k7hIumg)

http://i.imgur.com/dJspWgqm.jpg (https://imgur.com/dJspWgq) http://i.imgur.com/AZaVMoqm.jpg (https://imgur.com/AZaVMoq) http://i.imgur.com/ISM0n7Em.jpg (https://imgur.com/ISM0n7E) http://i.imgur.com/3uP8Brfm.jpg (https://imgur.com/3uP8Brf)

[Don Boose]

Excellent work, Karol!

I like the way you inset the image of Oiva Tuominen.

Don

[yukonjohn]

Very clean build, Karol.


Regards,
John

[Bob Penikas]

Howdy Butelczynski,

Neat Fiat G.50 build.

By any chance did Tuominen serve over the Libyan Desert ?
Are you aware of any G.50 pilot who did?

Thanks,

BP

[yukonjohn]

Are you aware of any G.50 pilot who did? BP


I think some RAF pilots did :).


John

[Butelczynski]

Howdy Butelczynski,

Neat Fiat G.50 build.

By any chance did Tuominen serve over the Libyan Desert ?
Are you aware of any G.50 pilot who did?

Thanks,

BP

I doubt Oiva Tuominen ever made to Africa even for vacation after war :)

I checked few here and there and it looks like those Fiats have been relegated to secondary duties by the time Libyan campaign took off.Advance training,recon,that sort of thing.

It looks like last time G.50 was used in first line was Greek/Albanian campaign with exception of Croatian Fiats-those flew in first line operations all the way till the end.

[Bob Penikas]

Your work prompted my response.
I’ve held onto this painting unable to add an historic background to the scene.
Also have a number of improvement sketches depicting the G50.

Paraphrased from Internet research:
In Africa, although the G.50s were mainly outperformed, G.50 pilots sometimes managed to shoot down the faster and better armed Hurricanes and P-40s.The type never flew very high over Africa, with the usual ceiling not exceeding 4,500 m. The aircraft were still lacking radios and the desert sand, despite their air filter, could cut the engine lifespan to only 70–80 hours.

BP

[Butelczynski]

Short engine life was an issue with all aero engines in Africa,ME and India since beginning of aviation there.I don't know if that was ever resolved.

G.50 was known to be troublesome plane back in Spain.Something must have been wrong with cockpit set up or that section of fuselage since entire part was redesigned.Strangely enough some of original closed cockpit G.50s ended up in Finland (of course minus closed canopy parts) and their shape does stand out from other,newer series.

[Butelczynski]

Finally finished Air Inuit B737-200 repaint by Tigertony.What a beautiful plane that is imho.Like Hurricane I lost some parts and had to reprint replacements but it all worked out.

I'll bend files to Aaron when I clean them up.

http://i.imgur.com/bplWKtel.jpg (https://imgur.com/bplWKte) http://i.imgur.com/tg4kgajl.jpg (https://imgur.com/tg4kgaj) http://i.imgur.com/aHLtsJdl.jpg (https://imgur.com/aHLtsJd)

[murphyaa]

I like that one

[MacSongLi]

Great repaint. Fantastic build.


Gary

[Bob Penikas]

Cool!


BP

[tigertony100]

Until you dared to finish it Karol !! Looks fine to me from every angle. I'm in the task of making ALL B737-200 in Canadian Service. Regards, Tony.

[tigertony100]

Just right out of the oven!!! I finished this beuty made by Aaron Murphy which I bought for US $2 Dollars. Many recolors, especially from South America and the Antillean Islands. Recolors available from the month of May. Best Regards, Tony.:):):)
http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC03324.JPG (http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14642&title=dsc03324&cat=500)
http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC03327.JPG (http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14643&title=dsc03327&cat=500)
http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC03328.JPG (http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14644&title=dsc03328&cat=500)

[Butelczynski]

YukonJohn kindly let me have a shot at another of his repaints,this time Bf-110C that was repaired ,flown and evaluated by RAF.Sadly AX772 was scrapped in 1947.

Model will be gifted to neighbours kids so it's build sans wheels and props.Kids tend to fly them a lot.

One thing YukonJohn added are underwing engine radiators.They fit well and look the part magnificently-I hope Aaron can retrofit them into other models.

http://i.imgur.com/Ll1gOy6m.jpg (https://imgur.com/Ll1gOy6) http://i.imgur.com/KHP680am.jpg (https://imgur.com/KHP680a) http://i.imgur.com/tFeXHzAm.jpg (https://imgur.com/tFeXHzA) http://i.imgur.com/1rA3gsNm.jpg (https://imgur.com/1rA3gsN)

It is really cool and simple kit of pretty famous aircraft.I'll be making a repaint of one flown by Wolfgang Falck.

[Don Boose]

Another good one, Karol. I like the 110 in those RAF colors!

Good collaboration with our friend from Canadia.

Don

[murphyaa]

Working on the site rebuild of my site, and I've discovered that I'm missing a lot of model pictures. Right now I need 747 model pictures. Does anybody have any built 747 models they can snap a picture of?

[papermate]

Hope you'll find them useful.

[murphyaa]

They do help. I need the rest of the versions though. I've got the Prototype, American airlines, NASA shuttle transporter version 1, Dreamlifter, and E-4 Nightwatch already. I'll even send a model to anybody willing to throw together a quick build.

[papermate]

Please check your email regarding your B747 AF1 that I sent you yesterday.

[N96HBK]

Hi, I remember doing the AA model you very kindly provided. Looking back, it's not a very good build and I really should have taken better photos, but I hope these would be useful for the time being... ;)

[papermate]

Dong-Woo's build of the B747 American Airline, photoshopped.
Hope it helps, Murph.

[N96HBK]

Dong-Woo's build of the B747 American Airline, photoshopped.
Hope it helps, Murph.
Oh wow, this looks so much better!! Super. :cool:

[Padraig]

As I was building this, I decided to go with a clear canopy - initially just a "void" was planned ... pushing the surface inward and painting it black. As I was cutting the area and pushing it down, what was appearing was easy enough to upgrade to something better. The pictures show exactly what happened, and it turned out pretty awesome if you ask me. The "Mockpit" is a single strip of paper, folded and colored as a simple interior.

[murphyaa]

I'm currently finishing up the refresh of the B-57 models. I rescaled everything so they'd be the same scale, and you can see the differences between the B-57 and WB-57.
482053
I've got one more WB-57 to build, then I'll release the whole lot.

[papermate]

You built them yourself? Looks terrific!