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Monogram Cessna 180 on floats FINISHED

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  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Washington State
Posted by leemitcheltree on Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:21 PM
Hey!!
Good one!  That 180 looks great - there are simply not enough pics of GA aircraft posted on this forum.  There are some great planes out there, and relatively few models made of them.
Nice job so far - keep us posted as you get along with the build.

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Olympia, WA
Posted by wooverstone8 on Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:10 PM

The aluminum finish looks really good. Keep us updated

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:11 PM
Nice build, makes that old kit look great, wish they would re-release it
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:07 PM

I agree with Fred - good to see some small and civil. Love it so far, she certainly is a looker!Big Smile [:D]

Keep us posted!

  • Member since
    February 2005
  • From: Raleigh (NCSU)
Posted by Jabbe on Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:37 PM

That's a really sharp looking model. That Alclad really shines, and looks quite convincing!

Joshua

  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Anchorage, Alaska
Posted by lerxst1031 on Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:28 PM
Oh yeah! It's about time somebody posts some GA. Especially a floatplane. Looking good so far, be sure to keep us updated.

It'll be quite a few months before I see one of these fly over; everyone's changed over to skis for the winter...
Fred
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Strongsville, Ohio
Monogram Cessna 180 on floats FINISHED
Posted by gbritnell on Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:46 PM

I picked up several old Monogram civil aircraft models quite awhile back. I finally got around to starting on the Cessna. I remember building it when I was a kid (long time ago) so I thought I would try to do it with some of the materials (Alclad) and things I have learned since then. I started by filling the huge hinge slots for the doors on the side of the fuselage and removing the matching pieces from the doors. I was going to leave the pilots door open but it's so hard to see inside that I closed it up. I removed the water rudders form the floats and built my own from pictures that I got from references on the net. I assembled the fuselage and floats and removed all of the seams.(quite a task in itself) I forgot how crude these early models were. The worst part about filling and seam removal is the raised rivet detail that gets removed. I have painted it with Alclad shiny aluminum and plan on cutting the painted areas from colored decal paper after making templates for them. I don't want to try and mask the Alclad and then find I have a problem after I remove the tape. The pictures show where I am to this point.

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