Curtiss Goshawk COMPLETED - Pics

You are looking for Mark Buchler, he makes real good stuff:

https://www.flightlineengineering.com/index.html

Bonair1

Can you repost your images as for some reason they are not pulling up on photobucket.

 

They are not showing up because this is an 11 year old post, and the OP probably pulled them off of Photobucket once they required payment to use....

Super neat-O! You've done a beautiful build on that one.

Nicely done, Charles!  You've sent a message to any detractors out there, that the Lindberg kit is not a bad kit, it just takes a little more work.

Someday we should have a Goshawk group build...

THank you much Jere, Wayne, Mark, Rick, Frank, SC, Arki, Drew Marc, Karl:

Wayne: I used some brass wire that was in the stash. I was in a hurry to finish and forgot to paint some of them silver. THey are a tad on the thick side. In retrospect I should have taken a trip to the store to find a finer wire.

Arki:  That was indeed a bad pun!

Marc: When you buy one I'll be looking for you at airshows!

Karl: The resin parts really make a big difference. Left by itself, the Lindberg kit is really sparse (although the fit is nice). What really grabbed me was the colorful scheme.

THanks again, everyone. I really appreciate the comments.

Mucker, you turned a sow's ear into a silk purse.

Love the colour scheme, I can't call bright green and yellow a camo scheme!

Karl

mucker wrote:

...which would Goshawful if it weren't...

Goshawful?  LOL!  Boo! That's just terrible.

Nice work on the plane though!  Gotta work on your puns.

Nice build of an often overlooked subject. Just looking at it makes you feel like it's 1935 agian. Well done and great colors.

                                                                                Soulcrusher

Looks great Charles.  Very nice work .

Regards,  Rick

mucker wrote:

... and thank you, Mark for all of the help, instructions, support and products! ...

Wow!!!!! great build my friend! I love the colourful birds, and the paint job looks flawless

congratulations!!

 Jere

I finally pieced anough time together between December and now to completethe Goshawk! This is the Lindberg 1/48 Curtiss Goishawk with the ModelNerd resin set and custome ModelNerd decals. I really like the vintage feel of the stand, andthe vibrant between war colors.

I have found a few touch up areas needed that the photos always reveal, but otherwise I consider her done! Thanks for looking and thank you, Mark for all of the help, instructions, support and products!

Charles-
Requested photos inbound to your private e-mail address.

The only Goshawk pictures I have are the ones I could scrounge up on the internet. Wouild any of you out there have pics of the engine, specificaly of how and where the exhaust pipes attach? The True Details engine is very nice, but it lack insturctions of how to attach to the Lindberg kit...

Any help is appreciated

It definitely wasn't a 'easy' build, but then having built a 2 older CA kits before, I was prepared for the ill-fitting engine, butt joints wings, etc... So it actually went easier than I expected. One of the rigging snapped off after everything was done, so that was a bit frustrating. In any case, here's some pictures of the finished model. Hope you find them of interest.

waikong wrote:

Great looking paint job! I just finished building the Classic Airframe version of this kit in Chinese Air Force markings. I even have another CA kit in my stash - but perhaps I'll wind up selling it as there's just so many new kits to build. In any case, the resin pieces do look great. BTW, I bought his book on resin casting, great little booklet that explains everything very clearly if you ever want to cast your own resin pieces.

Please feel free to post a pic here of your build...I'd love to see it! How was the CA kit? I hear it is nice but not "easy".

Great looking paint job! I just finished building the Classic Airframe version of this kit in Chinese Air Force markings. I even have another CA kit in my stash - but perhaps I'll wind up selling it as there's just so many new kits to build. In any case, the resin pieces do look great. BTW, I bought his book on resin casting, great little booklet that explains everything very clearly if you ever want to cast your own resin pieces.

That's going to be gorgeous, mucker! 

That plane is one of my all-time favorites.  Such a classic look.  Keep us posted

Love the colors! Can't wait to see the finished model.

Tom

Great work Charles, the progress is looking quite good!

Brad, your assessment on the Lindberg Goshawk is very correct. The only thing I would differ on is that the tail assembly should need very little puttying with careful test fitting/mating. The other notable inaccuracy in the Lindberg kit is the shape of the "turtleback" behind the pilot - my research shows it to be too squared. I hope to have replacement turtlebacks for both the F11C and the BF2-C in my retool of the resin kit, currently in the works.

For designing the interior, I used photos of the Pensacola BF2-C for reference. I believe there should be no real difference between it and a F11C, since my research indicated the BF2-C's were field modified primarily with the high turtleback and the additional rear/side windscreen. However as Brad pointed out, there's relatively little info available on these planes.