100th Anniversary Naval Aviation - Curtiss A-1 Triad 1/48th

[hawkeye2an]

Radiator complete.

 

[Crimea_River]

Beauty! Moving right along there.

 

[vikingBerserker]

The radiator itself is a work of art. Well done!

 

[B-17engineer]

I wish I had that kind of patience !

 

[copcheck]

I'm sure others may agree this is intense waiting for the next pics to be posted.

Very cool indeed!

 

[hawkeye2an]

Thanks for the comments guys. I am having a blast with this one.
The really challenging parts are yet to come.

 

[Wayne Little]

Bl**dy good work so far....

 

[Wurger]

 

[hawkeye2an]

Gas tank

 

[Wurger]

Nice. What did you use for making of the fuel tank?

 

[hawkeye2an]

Large diameter sprue from AMT Staggerwing kit.

 

[Wurger]

I see. Thanks.

 

[brucejscott]

Fantastic!!!

 

[B-17engineer]

More fantastic work!!

 

[Airframes]

Beautiful work Andy, very well done indeed !

 

[hawkeye2an]

Today's project: blocks for holdings the wings in place while installing the interplane struts. With these in place, struts can be lined up and set without the weight of the wings affecting them.

pic 1 - cut-out piece of the plans used to get the proper angles
pics 2 3 - band saw cuts being made. This is a VERY handy tool for scratchbuilders.
pic 4 - blocks have been sanded to the proper size and shape.

The wing struts on this airplane are very close to the leading edge. I will be able to glue them in place right up against the blocks, then slide the blocks out after the glue has set.

 

[Airframes]

I like it! Got a Gladiator and SE5A to do sometime in the future, so will use that method methinks.

 

[B-17engineer]

Got myself a gladiator as well....

great work!!

 

[Gnomey]

Coming along nicely.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Why have I never thought of that!!!