More Tutors! CL-41, CT-114, CL-41G

[cnhalfpap]

I'm game for the Tutor with the RCAF trainer markings !
Probably will look good in my hangar diorama , and setting on the shelf with my other trainers !

[airdave]

I'm just finishing up some wing tanks and then the model will be done.

Then I will start work on the package for the store.
Probably have the kit ready for publish in a few days.
Hopefully I get a new camera before then so I can take some photos.

.........
My pal Mike (Tecumseh) scored me some plastic for vacuforming.
Two big rolls of the stuff.
Thanks Mike.

Unfortunately the thinnest of the two materials is more than .40mm.
Thats about three times the thickness of the hobby plastic sheets used in vacuforming.



I tried making some canopies...it heated and molded okay.
Needed a bit more heat to pull down over the molds, and I had to be careful so as not to overheat.
Any spot that received too much heat, turned opaque white!

The finished canopies looked good, but were not as smooth as previous attempts.



But then I found that they were stiffer and less flexible.
Which means they don't want to conform to the fuselage shape.

Also, the thickness of the plastic does not allow me to get a tight fit
between the canopy and fuselage.
I tried cutting back the plastic a little further, but the canopy frame is very narrow.
Its most obvious at the very front, where the canopy should be tight against the fuselage.

[airdave]

So...this happened...

[MacSongLi]

I love the RCAF paint scheme. Very nice indeed Dave.

Gary

[cnhalfpap]

Pretty slick !!

[Wad Cutter]

Super Dave this is a beautiful model. Very nice and I really like how you made the canopy. The way in which you made it is something I would very much enjoy learning how to do. The boards of the P.F.M. model. Very nice and your camera is really delivering a crystal clean photo. Thank you Dave for creating and sharing. Love I! wc

[airdave]

Just made a couple of (small) changes to my latest Tutor kit that I am working on
and decided to update all the Tutor kits with the same mods.

Small changes, you might not even be concerned.
But, if you bought any of the Tutors (Snowbirds, Tebuan, Golden Cent.)
you can go to ecardmodels and re-download the kits (through your account)
and you'll get the latest version with the mods.

I am just getting ready to publish the fourth CL-41 model, this time it is the natural metal finish RCAF Trainer.
And I have just started work on the fifth instalment...a Red Knight Tutor.

From the very first Tutor kit, I have been promising myself that I was going to adjust those side "deflectors" that fit into the jet Engine intakes.
The deflectors are slightly offset, as they should be,
but I didn't like the very thin pointed sliver of material on one side.
And the very thick section on the other side.
This goes back to the original work Nobi did for me...and I wanted to make a small design change, but never did. My fault.

But after building the new RCAF Tutor I decided to modify the shape a little bit
...you will hardly notice it. But its enough to strengthen the thin side of that part, and move the deflector down a little bit.

And as I said, I have modified the deflectors in all previous kits.

Deflectors in this photo have NOT been modified.


...
And, while photographing this latest RCAF Tutor, I noticed how high the plane sits at the rear.

I must explain, that the original prototype model sat way too low (compared to the real plane).
The tail is supposed to sit a little higher that the cockpit.
And since I was redesigning the Landing Gear (more than once), I compensated and increased the stance of the plane.

But after photographing this latest build, from the side, I see that it sits a bit too high.
The spine of the fuselage should be closer to horizontal.
So, I have shortened the Main Landing Gear a little bit to drop it down.
Not much...about 2mm in total.

Probably not going to notice the change until you view the model directly from the side
but it should be more accurate this way.

And, as said, I have modified all the Tutor kits with the slightly shorter Landing Gear struts.



These aren't big modifications...just little things that bugged me.
But I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the changes and you can decide if you want to replace the kits in your collection.

[herky]

Originally Posted by airdave

Just made a couple of (small) changes to my latest Tutor kit that I am working on
and decided to update all the Tutor kits with the same mods.

Small changes, you might not even be concerned.
But, if you bought any of the Tutors (Snowbirds, Tebuan, Golden Cent.)
you can go to ecardmodels and re-download the kits (through your account)
and you'll get the latest version with the mods.

I am just getting ready to publish the fourth CL-41 model, this time it is the natural metal finish RCAF Trainer.
And I have just started work on the fifth instalment...a Red Knight Tutor.

From the very first Tutor kit, I have been promising myself that I was going to adjust those side "deflectors" that fit into the jet Engine intakes.
The deflectors are slightly offset, as they should be,
but I didn't like the very thin pointed sliver of material on one side.
And the very thick section on the other side.
This goes back to the original work Nobi did for me...and I wanted to make a small design change, but never did. My fault.

But after building the new RCAF Tutor I decided to modify the shape a little bit
...you will hardly notice it. But its enough to strengthen the thin side of that part, and move the deflector down a little bit.

And as I said, I have modified the deflectors in all previous kits.

Deflectors in this photo have NOT been modified.


...
And, while photographing this latest RCAF Tutor, I noticed how high the plane sits at the rear.

I must explain, that the original prototype model sat way too low (compared to the real plane).
The tail is supposed to sit a little higher that the cockpit.
And since I was redesigning the Landing Gear (more than once), I compensated and increased the stance of the plane.

But after photographing this latest build, from the side, I see that it sits a bit too high.
The spine of the fuselage should be closer to horizontal.
So, I have shortened the Main Landing Gear a little bit to drop it down.
Not much...about 2mm in total.

Probably not going to notice the change until you view the model directly from the side
but it should be more accurate this way.

And, as said, I have modified all the Tutor kits with the slightly shorter Landing Gear struts.



These aren't big modifications...just little things that bugged me.
But I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the changes and you can decide if you want to replace the kits in your collection.

re-downloaded the two models i bought.thanks for the updates.might actually
get to start building these sometime soon

[herky]

Originally Posted by airdave

Just made a couple of (small) changes to my latest Tutor kit that I am working on
and decided to update all the Tutor kits with the same mods.

Small changes, you might not even be concerned.
But, if you bought any of the Tutors (Snowbirds, Tebuan, Golden Cent.)
you can go to ecardmodels and re-download the kits (through your account)
and you'll get the latest version with the mods.

I am just getting ready to publish the fourth CL-41 model, this time it is the natural metal finish RCAF Trainer.
And I have just started work on the fifth instalment...a Red Knight Tutor.

From the very first Tutor kit, I have been promising myself that I was going to adjust those side "deflectors" that fit into the jet Engine intakes.
The deflectors are slightly offset, as they should be,
but I didn't like the very thin pointed sliver of material on one side.
And the very thick section on the other side.
This goes back to the original work Nobi did for me...and I wanted to make a small design change, but never did. My fault.

But after building the new RCAF Tutor I decided to modify the shape a little bit
...you will hardly notice it. But its enough to strengthen the thin side of that part, and move the deflector down a little bit.

And as I said, I have modified the deflectors in all previous kits.

Deflectors in this photo have NOT been modified.


...
And, while photographing this latest RCAF Tutor, I noticed how high the plane sits at the rear.

I must explain, that the original prototype model sat way too low (compared to the real plane).
The tail is supposed to sit a little higher that the cockpit.
And since I was redesigning the Landing Gear (more than once), I compensated and increased the stance of the plane.

But after photographing this latest build, from the side, I see that it sits a bit too high.
The spine of the fuselage should be closer to horizontal.
So, I have shortened the Main Landing Gear a little bit to drop it down.
Not much...about 2mm in total.

Probably not going to notice the change until you view the model directly from the side
but it should be more accurate this way.

And, as said, I have modified all the Tutor kits with the slightly shorter Landing Gear struts.



These aren't big modifications...just little things that bugged me.
But I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the changes and you can decide if you want to replace the kits in your collection.

if you ever get the urge to do another Gold aircraft

[airdave]

Just wanted to mention that I have added a new set of photos
(of the natural metal RCAF Tutor trainer)
to my Tutor Album on Flikr.
So, if you wanted to see a bunch of bigger photos of the models
you can see them all here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/659362...57660391251542



All my Flikr albums:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65936213@N08/sets/