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This is a toy P-26 "Peashooter."
It was the US Army Air Corps' first all metal monoplane fighter.
Boeing only made about 150 of them in real life and only two are still in existence.

I think P-26s' have a great 30's vibe with their spatted landing gear and "Yellow Wings" paint scheme and wanted to make a toy version.

The fuselage is made from a 2×4.
The wing and landing gear spats from wine crate wood.
The engine cowling is from an IKEA bed slat.

The pilots are 1 11/16" "little peg people" that I purchased and then painted.

The wing roundels are printed paper glued to the wing and then covered with clear acrylic spray.
Everything is painted with craft store acrylics and then spray coated with clear gloss acrylic.

Not hard to build at all. Bandsaw, drill press and belt sander were the main tools.
Scroll saw for the wing mortise and a couple of Forstner bits for the cowling and the insides of the wheel spats.

Fun to design and build. The kid it was made for is a special little guy and I was very happy to hear how much he enjoys playing with it.

Details of the build are here.

Thanks for looking.

Dan

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Love it, some little bloke will be flying all over the skies….
 

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So beautifuly coloured.I like those pilots - so adorable.
 

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Too cute. Thanks for sharing.
 

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Way!!!! Cute !!!!!
Love the little people, will really help a new flyer get his wings.
 

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Nice work!
 

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A very neatly done PLAYABLE toy!

I like it well!
 

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Fantastic model with great colors.
 
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