Picked up Airfix tri-motor!

Good going, Don!

Have you picked a livery yet? I've had one of the same kit in the pile for a bit, and I'm leaning toward the "Royal Air Truck." But finding good photos is a challenge.

I might know of a good paint scheme...;)

gregbale

Good going, Don!

Have you picked a livery yet?

Yeah, the guy had already bought Draw Decals with Northwest markings, and included those with the kit.  I was intending to use the kit's AA decals, but this is Northwest territory and the Draw Decals are very nice, so I'll just go with the NWA scheme- all bare metal with the NWA decals.

Will be interested in seeing this build Don.  They used to fly one from the islands in Lake Erie.  Would be neat to model that one.

Mike

Don, I have tthe artwork for EAA's 4AT, created in Freehand. It can export in a number of formats, though,if you wanted to try your hand. Plus, plenty of detail photos if you need any.

That's a nice kit. The one buggo are the working baggage doors under the wings. The AA markings are for the one in the Smithsonian.

Getting the decals down is a real adventure, as is any masking.

Ashley

Don, I have tthe artwork for EAA's 4AT, created in Freehand. It can export in a number of formats, though,if you wanted to try your hand. Plus, plenty of detail photos if you need any.

When I did a google image search,  the EAA bird was the most frequent picture.  For interior shots- not that many of those- I did get access to a Tri-motor myself a few years ago, so do have lots of interior shots.  Considering that that aircraft is not exactly that obscure, it seems strange that there are no currently produced kits of it.

Great then! I got the impression from GMorrison's post that the Airfix kit is a 5AT, EAA's is a 4, so there are some differences. I have built numerous copies of the Revell kit of the 4, (we sell that one in the merchandise trailer) and it requires some mods to represent NC8407. Most noticeable is the windshield and canopy, plus our center engine has been moved back several inches (I used to know how many!) and the cabin door has a square bottom. Landing gear is a little different as well. All in all, though, the Revell kit isn't all that bad.

Ashley

Great then! I got the impression from GMorrison's post that the Airfix kit is a 5AT, EAA's is a 4, so there are some differences. I have built numerous copies of the Revell kit of the 4, (we sell that one in the merchandise trailer) and it requires some mods to represent NC8407. Most noticeable is the windshield and canopy, plus our center engine has been moved back several inches (I used to know how many!) and the cabin door has a square bottom. Landing gear is a little different as well. All in all, though, the Revell kit isn't all that bad.

My biggest gripe with the Revell kit is the engines.  They are not that great, and the scale difference is just enough that resin 1:72 scale engines look oversize.

I may have to try an Airfix kit as well. Sure wish there was one in 1/144.

kg4kpg

I may have to try an Airfix kit as well. Sure wish there was one in 1/144.

But at least there is  FOKKER trimotor in 1:144.

Part of the whole theme- civil aircraft just get no respect (with most modelers).  Things that kill people are much cooler.

Don Stauffer

But at least there is  FOKKER trimotor in 1:144.

Don’t forget about the 1/144 Ju-52 also out there.

I picked up one of the AirFix Ford Trimotors several years back with a most sadistic plan rattling around in the head.  I wanted to build a Bushmaster 2000 from the Trimotor kit but quickly realized attempting to create/match the corrugated surfaces from sheet stock was well beyond my ability.  It sat in the stash before being sold off to make room for L188 Electra.

deattilio

Don Stauffer

But at least there is  FOKKER trimotor in 1:144.

 

Don’t forget about the 1/144 Ju-52 also out there.

I picked up one of the AirFix Ford Trimotors several years back with a most sadistic plan rattling around in the head.  I wanted to build a Bushmaster 2000 from the Trimotor kit but quickly realized attempting to create/match the corrugated surfaces from sheet stock was well beyond my ability.  It sat in the stash before being sold off to make room for L188 Electra.

I had heard of a 1:144 Ju52 coming out, but never heard any further.  Whose kit is it, and is it a civilian version or one easy to convert to civil version?

Don, I'm trying to do the Revell as an AAF C-9, and am trying to find R-975's for it.  So the 1/72 engines really look out of scale.  I was hoping they would work. My premise for mine is that the last C-9 (29-226) was not used as a test subject in a machine gun fire test. It became a hack and was sent to the Philippines for use by the 24th Pursuit Group and to eventually haul supplies into Bataan. So I want to try to put in some semblance of an interior.

Don,

This thread got me motivated to dig out my monogram 4AT and repaint it like the Evergreen 5 in the Spruce Goose museum. Not totally correct but close enough. It can sit on the shelf next to the Southern Cross.

Don Stauffer

I had heard of a 1:144 Ju52 coming out, but never heard any further.  Whose kit is it, and is it a civilian version or one easy to convert to civil version?

Hmmm- that JU-52 doesn't have any gun turrets or anything.  Looks like it would be reasonable to convert it to a civil version.  I'll have to look into getting one!

Found out that Eduard kit is the one I had long been awaiting.  The guy I order my kits from forgot I had been waiting for it.  So I just ordered it.  So now I will have three tri-motors to build!  There is the Ford that was the subject of the thread, a Fokker that is on my shelf, and I am sure I will get the Ju-52 before I get started on the Ford.