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A P-40E Warhawk ... scale undetermined

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  • Member since
    January 2015
  • From: Katy, TX
A P-40E Warhawk ... scale undetermined
Posted by Aggieman on Sunday, June 18, 2017 9:22 PM

So a few weeks ago I was perusing Facebook.  I came across this fellow's page from Oklahoma, who calls himself Pappy.  He cuts out wooden warbirds and attaches big spinning props to place in your garden.  He calls them "whirlygigs".

I liked them so much that I decided to make one for myself.  The basic idea is to take plans for an aircraft, in my case a P-40, and cut them from wood such as fence slatting. You then sand them smooth and attach the wings and stabilizer.  I probably didn't follow his building methodologies on attaching the wings, as he suggest drilling holes through which you screw the wings to the fuselage.  I instead drilled holes through the fuselage, lined them up to drill mating holes in the wings, and attached via wood glue and short wooden dowels that one finds in the router sections at tool shops such as Sears.

I grabbed a big colorful prop from the dollar store, and a piece of steel rod from the local hardware shop.  I was originally going to paint this in Flying Tigers colors, but decided that was going to be a bit difficult without masking considering I was using Krylon out of spray can in my back yard with all the wind blowing.  I settled on gray for the underside and green for the top side, then hand painted the tiger shark mouth and eyes and the US insignia.

No idea what the scale would be, but it's pretty big, so probably ~ 1/24.  It was a fun project, now I have to figure out exactly where to mount it.  And in a couple of the photos ... spoiler alert ... the eagle eyed out there will devine my next scale modeling project.

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted by ridleusmc on Sunday, June 18, 2017 9:45 PM

I like it!  

I could build one, and prevent a war from brewing over our garden.  My wife wants to keep it a vegetable garden, and my mother-in-law plants flowers.  My mother-in-law does most of the upkeep.  So, maybe I should have some neutral airpower on hand to maintain the peace in the garden.     

  • Member since
    November 2016
  • From: Maryland
Posted by iampiper13 on Sunday, June 18, 2017 10:48 PM

I like it too!

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Monday, June 19, 2017 6:55 AM

I too like it!  That is too much!  LOL!  Just Awesome!  Now add a F4U Corsair!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Monday, June 19, 2017 7:05 AM

I like that a lot. I would how a 109 would go down.

Not to sure about the pesky varmints in the background though.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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