That's an absolute stunner, Don!

Any hints, tips or cautions for those with the same kit?

gregbale

That's an absolute stunner, Don!

Any hints, tips or cautions for those with the same kit?

In several areas I though the kit was wrong, but checking of other drawings and photos showed it is quite accurate.  Basically I built it out-of-box.  Of course the thread for the rigging is not supplied but the rigging (rotor, wings/lg and tail are shown on the instructions.

I was a bit worried about leaving the engine off until I was done painting the airframe, but it works.  The engine is not hard mounted to much except the cowling.  But I put some CA around edge of cowling and pushed in the engine- it snuggled in okay and seems to be holding well. Note there is a lot of downthrust- that seems to be correct.  I left the rotor unglued and drilled the a hole in the hub so it would sit in place.  The rotor assembly is quite fragile and I can leave it off for transport and attach it at destination (kind of standard with helicopter models).

I rigged with gray thread, drilling tiny holes in wing and fuselage.  Glued each thread on one side of fuselage, ran it down through the wing, knotted to LG brace, across to other brace, up through wing, into fuselage hole- glued it with CA while holding tension, then cut off excess from inside fuselage/cockpit when dry.

Thanks very much for the info. I picked one of these up on "that auction website" some time ago at a nice price. I was surprised to see that Eduard had actually done an etch set for it as well. Your comments on your own build should prove useful.

Cheers.

gregbale

Thanks very much for the info. I picked one of these up on "that auction website" some time ago at a nice price. I was surprised to see that Eduard had actually done an etch set for it as well. Your comments on your own build should prove useful.

Cheers.

Oh, I wasn't even aware of the Eduard set- I should have checked!  Too late now!

nice looking Bird Don..

Ah! The late-1920s, the Shadow, the Cobalt Club, and autogyros!

That is a nice looking Autogiro Dan. The wat you photografed it makes it a very realistic model.

Nice, Don.

Good Job, Don.   I too like the way you pose your models. 

Great work Don! I've heard the Williams Brothers models aren't the greatest kits but you've done a great job there. The bright blue and yellow scheme is certainly eye-catching!

I think it's time for autogyros to make a comeback!!!

That's a stunner  Don and the backdrop sets it off perfectly!

Was the undercarriage tricky to assemble? - all the struttery under there looks super neat!

tupperware av8r

That's a stunner  Don and the backdrop sets it off perfectly!

Was the undercarriage tricky to assemble? - all the struttery under there looks super neat!

No, the undercarriage went together very well.  Fit was good.  Rotorhead was the trickiest part of assembly.  Fit there was not as good.

Sweet looking autogyro you ended up with. I, too, have eyed the complex-looking rotorhead assembly and thought, compared to 1/700 ship rigging, How bad can it really be??? This is on my "get it someday" list, but I plan to get the version with Amelia Earhart's markings. The bright yellow and green paint job on that one kind of scares me.

mfsob

Sweet looking autogyro you ended up with. I, too, have eyed the complex-looking rotorhead assembly and thought, compared to 1/700 ship rigging, How bad can it really be??? This is on my "get it someday" list, but I plan to get the version with Amelia Earhart's markings. The bright yellow and green paint job on that one kind of scares me.

Gee, I didn't even know they made one with EA markings.  Was it also by Williams Bros.?

Yep, these might be new decals brought out by the Brett Industries guys, but they are for the 1/48th yellow and green Beech-Nut Gum autogyro.