Avro Arrow CF-105 Build - Updated 8/26/08 - New pics!

Hi!! great subjet you choose! it´s a beatiful bird.

and so far so good, I will love to see it finished soon

best regards

Jeremias

Now THATS a cockpit. Freeking awesome work fella. Have that one as a standalone and buy another for the kit LOL.

...Guy

Excellent work on the pit Brian .

Regards,  Rick

Beautiful work!

I hope you plan on having the canopies open to show off that great detail. With them closed you won't be able to see much of anything...

Sadly, the Arrow is one of those aircraft that we can only speculate as to what its legacy would have been , had they allowed the program to continue...

Luftwoller wrote:

Now THATS a cockpit. Freeking awesome work fella.

that!  Well done Brian, thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for the kind words!  Having seen examples of all your work, I am truly honored!  I can't say enough good things about North Star, this kit is as awesome as it looks.  The CF-105 has clam-shell type hatches instead of a canopy, and I will be installing them in the wide open position;  this gives as much visibility as can be had without cutting out the fuselage.  more progress pics will be coming up in a day or so!  Thank you all once again!

Brian 

Awesome work, friend! This one will look great parked next to your B-58.

Kev 

Thanks for the kind words, Kevin!  I gotta post over on Agape as well, and while it will look nice next to the Hustler, I gotta build a heavy duty display shelf to hold both of them !

Brian 

Unreal! Really nice!

Is that opening in the seatback for passing notes?

  That may well be, bondoman, but I'm thinking it was the "butler's pass through" for the Canadian whiskey and soda.....  Thanks so much for the kind words!

While I am here,  here are a couple of quick update shots:

More to follow in a couple of days.....

Brian 

Hey Brian,

 WOW.... I really like your pit!! I fully agree on the level of detail that company provides..How is the kit over all in terms of detail, flashing and such?

Which unit are you going to dress her in?

PS, what other interior's do they do besides for the CF-105? Lookin forward to updated pix!!

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

Thanks for the kudos, Viper and Mike!  The Hobby Craft kit itself is actually pretty spartan, but so far, the fit has been excellent - no filler needed for the forward or main fuselage!  The North Star company is pretty limited in scope so far, but I really hope they will expand their line

Northstar Hobbies

Have alook at their website!

Brian 

Butz wrote:

Which unit are you going to dress her in? Mike Rangers Lead The Way

Actually, there never were any units, all five completed were destroyed as well as another five which were partially completed in 1959. 

Brian, don't know if you have it or not but a "really good" reference book is "ARROW" put out by Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1998. It is a  reprint of "The Arrowheads" published in 1980. their email is: gdsinc@genpub.com.

Well, there is no secret to it really.  The dials (in this kit) were very crisply molded, so after an overall flat black paint job, I used a very sharp artist's oil pencil (white) to pick out the raised elements then a drop of Future to seal it and give the impression of a glass dial face.  The switches and such I just used a very fine oint brush and regular Testor's bottle enamels.  A good magnifier helps unless you have eagle eyes (not me!)

Butz, as MechTech stated, this bird never got beyond prototype stages and almost no reference pics are around, so I am guessing that the standard colors like zinc chromate green work in the wheel wells.  If you have seen the box art, the CF-105 is overall white with arctic red contrasts, a pretty flashy bird!

Brian 

Here are soem new progress pics on the CF-105 Arrow:

Wings on, intakes pending

Intakes and exhaust nozzles on

Still needing very little filler, just a bit around the bottom of the jet exhausts - I wish all the kits went together this well!  Comments and constructive criticisma are always welcome!

Brian 

Thanks once again for your kind words, fellows, you humble me! If you want historical info on the CF-105, I posted a brief history of it on the RCAF group build thread.  As to the pink putty, it is just a trick of the lighting, as I didn't use any puty at all, what little filling I needed to do was CA.

Brian