Project Information
This is a project I wanted to do for quite a while. I was thinking about a weather vane that had a plane on it and I first was going to make an A-10 Warthog but it had no prop. Then it was P51 Mustang and I finally settled on a PT17 Stearman bi-plane. I flew twice in one and it was great so that settled that.
This is about 1/17 scale according to the specs for the real one. The fuselage is maple, the prop is Osage Orange and the wings are aluminum, the landing gear and the struts are steel and the motor and wheels are nylon. I even had the automotive paint custom mixed to match the original color scheme on a lot of them.
It is 18 1/2" long and the wingspan is 22". If it were not perched on a pole, it would roll on the landing gear.The prop shaft is stainless and mounted on 2 bearings and the prop turns freely but it takes a lot of wind to move it because it is so small. It does swing in the wind freely on the bearing in the block right under the plane.
The fuselage is coated with West System epoxy and then it is painted with automotive paint and clear coat because it will live outdoors.
This was fun and took a lot of scaling photos of planes on Google!
I lost all my process shots …....................Cheers, Jim
This is about 1/17 scale according to the specs for the real one. The fuselage is maple, the prop is Osage Orange and the wings are aluminum, the landing gear and the struts are steel and the motor and wheels are nylon. I even had the automotive paint custom mixed to match the original color scheme on a lot of them.
It is 18 1/2" long and the wingspan is 22". If it were not perched on a pole, it would roll on the landing gear.The prop shaft is stainless and mounted on 2 bearings and the prop turns freely but it takes a lot of wind to move it because it is so small. It does swing in the wind freely on the bearing in the block right under the plane.
The fuselage is coated with West System epoxy and then it is painted with automotive paint and clear coat because it will live outdoors.
This was fun and took a lot of scaling photos of planes on Google!
I lost all my process shots …....................Cheers, Jim