my dads project some of you might like

[M0nkey_Man]

Guess im the only one who noticed the turtle in the background

[homersipes]

Was this a kit or was it home built (plans/parts cut by your dad)?
I ask because I want to know how he got the canopy/plastic parts? (did he find someone who made them then design the plans around the scale of those parts?)

he bought the plans for it from Don Smith, Smith also makes the fiberglass cowls and canopies not sure what else he does that is premade for it, but its all plans built.

The one pic looked like a small .40 size or something like that.

It was designed around 1.20s but I THINK he is using DLE 55 gasoline engines
they have 2 sulcata tortoises that weigh almos 100lbs apiece. didnt even notice them in the pics
he has built two 1/5 scale p-40s, a 1/4 scale jug, 2 1/5 scale spitVs, 2 fw190a8s, and a big corsair.couple others he has done.


sad thing is is that he doesnt even fly, he just builds and has friends fly them

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

That's OK, hes just a crew chief then. 



At least people get to fly and enjoy them, and more important, they bring them back in one piece.

[Babalonian]

he bought the plans for it from Don Smith, Smith also makes the fiberglass cowls and canopies not sure what else he does that is premade for it, but its all plans built.It was designed around 1.20s but I THINK he is using DLE 55 gasoline engines
they have 2 sulcata tortoises that weigh almos 100lbs apiece. didnt even notice them in the pics
he has built two 1/5 scale p-40s, a 1/4 scale jug, 2 1/5 scale spitVs, 2 fw190a8s, and a big corsair.couple others he has done.
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sad thing is is that he doesnt even fly, he just builds and has friends fly them

Nice job on the PT-19, we just finished some extensive maintenance at my local museum on one that looks exactly like it.

[Slash27]

The fix was the stationary guns in a teardrop. Many had the whole thing removed and a fuel tank installed in it's place.

I don't think the fuel tank option was used that much. I'll have to go dig my book out but I do remember a pic of a Generals bird that was unpainted and it did have the fuel tank.

[Sabre]

     Very nice Widow 

Looks more like a "widow maker" to me...bet his wife would agree.

[homersipes]

 

Looks more like a "widow maker" to me...bet his wife would agree.

nah she made him finish part of the garage to build in now, but the first p40 he built was a widow maker.  my mom is picky about the cleanliness of her house and when he was sanding on it the dust would get on everything and she used to say she hated that plane lol.