That's very cool, "warts" and all!   Hey, who doesn't like flapjacks anyway?  I like the unusual builds.

Gary

Nice looking build, i don't envy you with that canopy. As for the tail wheel and the stab, that sounds like one of mine. I don't consider a build complete until i have had to re attach at least a wheel twice.

Nice subject as well. I recall seeing photos of similar aircraft to this. Did this design actually fly?

Thanks guys! Have to admit I did get a little frustrated. And, Bish, yes, this one did fly and was flown by quite a few individuals including Lindberg. Unfortunately, its successor, the XF5U-1 was built but never flown

Thanks for the info. I am a big fan of Luft 46 aircraft myself, so i like the strange and unusual. And those propeller blades are amazing. Kind of remind me of the Osprey.

Very interesting little build. Nice work on the props!

The original aircraft has been restored recently and will spend the next 10 years at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field Airport. (North Texas)

After that it will probable go back to the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum, who handed the aircraft over to Grand Prairie's Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation in 2003 so that it could be restored.

With regards, Ninetalis.

That's awesome Bick! Nice build and I love the way you painted the props wood. And kudos on the yellow, my most hated colour to paint!

I've got on of these kits too, haven't worked up the guts to start on her.

Nice job.  

Thanks all! I'm just not comfortable with 1:72 models yet and this one was a challenge for me. I was fearful of the vacuum formed small canopies and my practice of scoring with a sharp scalpel blade before removing the mask. My first effort with resin parts too. Ordered some new BMF (mine was 12 years old) and will give that a try for masking small canopies. Yellow is not my favorite either. I had primed with MM gray and it become obvious that many coats of yellow would have been needed so I sprayed everything that was to be yellow with Insignia White then two coats of yellow. Seemed to work.

professordeath

I have to ditto the prop work. What method did you use?  That's a neat little subject. Don't feel bad about breaking stuff off. That's my MO too. I would have avoided the build because of the canopy, so I think you beat the bear there. And, yellow is not my favorite paint either. I had primed with MM gray primer and it became apparent that many many coats of yellow would be required. I finally airbrushed Insignia white where it was to be yellow then sprayed two coats of yellow - seemed to work.

The props are done with craft acylics and Future floor finish. I mixed up some 'sand' color, airbrushed the blades with this as a base, then sorta dry brushed with a dark brown acrylic to mimic grain. Next was two airbrushed coats of Future tinted deep transparent yellow with food dye. The red, yellow, and blue bands were masked and sprayed with off the shelf acrylic craft paint. A final coat of straight Future finished the job. From hints gleaned from the web and from an artist friend of mine.

I'm luckey enough that Frontiers of Flight is a local museum for me.  Took these about 3 weeks ago:

that is one fine looking Pancake you have there.

Original Buttermilk Pancake:

FYI There is an article in the current issue of Flight Journal; very interesting and some good photos.