Fiddlers Green Super Cub

**avro202** · #1 03-01-2013, 11:49 PM

Hi Folks.

I have been fooling around trying to repaint the Fiddlers Green Super Cub for the past 3-4 days. Actually I started out with the L-4 Grasshopper, as it had a much better black and white version than the Super Cub, which is an older model (the Grasshopper has been more recently redrawn). This is the result. Its a model of the PA-18 as used by Israel from the mid 1950s till recently as a primary trainer.

This is the first test build I did. Notice how I flipped the emblem but then forgot to flip the text back on one side? Doh!! The rest looks pretty good. And since its Fiddlers Green it builds really fast.

Now I just have to fix it up in photoshop and build it one more time for Real.

**MacSongLi** · #2 03-02-2013, 07:08 AM

That looks great, a very nice clean build.

I was adding the PA-18 to my list of must do's. My uncle used to own a small airline in Steinbach, MB, and had a couple of Super Cubs.

Did you find any fit issues?

Thanks,
Gary

**ringmaster** · #3 03-02-2013, 08:36 AM

Are the tires paper ?

**ghshinn** · #4 03-02-2013, 08:42 AM

Nicely done. I, too, am curious about the tires.

Garland

**avro202** · #5 03-02-2013, 08:45 AM

Thanks. The model is mostly the "old" version of the FG Grasshopper, but with the FG Super Cub engine cowling. I had to resize the cowling a bit, but it seems to fit OK. The rest was fine- no real issues.

The wheels are colored wooden ones from the local hobby store, with the paper model tire sides glued on.