Lindberg JN-4 Jenny

rangerj

That is a great OLD kit. It dates to the late 50s if I recall correctly. I did a few of those kits in Army Air Corp as well as Navy and Marines. The rigging is a bit of a nightmare and the kit cockpit is non exsistant so scratchbuilding a cockpit will be necessary, unless there is an aftermarket cockpit. I always wanted to do the float plane version but never got to it. Keep posting your progress.  

 

I had inticipated doing more scratch work in the cockpit, but the kit had more detailt than I thought. I did have to add the framing along the fuselage sides, and modify the seats to make them taller.  The rudder bars were too thick, so I built scratch ones instead. 

I also build sailing ship models, so the rigging doesn't bother me- even on the Jenny (and a couple of DH-2 kits I did a couple of years ago) it is a lot less work than rigging a two or three masted ship.

That is a great OLD kit. It dates to the late 50s if I recall correctly. I did a few of those kits in Army Air Corp as well as Navy and Marines. The rigging is a bit of a nightmare and the kit cockpit is non exsistant so scratchbuilding a cockpit will be necessary, unless there is an aftermarket cockpit. I always wanted to do the float plane version but never got to it. Keep posting your progress.  

I’m interested in how this builds up.

Your friend, Toshi

A great start, Don.  I have a soft-spot for the old kits ( in my head, I'm sure).   

Gary

I have that kit in my stash. I want to build it in memory of my dad who was a mechanic in WWI stationed in Florida, working on Jennys. He flew them all the time. I think the maintenance personnel working on aircraft had a responsibility to take them up after having worked on them. He also told my brother and me that he landed (crash landed ) in a tree once.

I'll be following your build with the greatest of interest. I have some aftermarket items, the Engines and Things engine and Lone Star Models cockpit but I now would like to get the Tom's Modelworks WWI spoked wheels you mentioned.

I'm all in on your build!

I would like to see how this turns out.  The molds must be from the 1950s or 60s.

This thing is going to be awesome I am excited to see what comes of it.