Pilatus PC 21, 1/32 Scale Scratch Build, Part 8
Well in the spirit of Rob Anderson, I decided to have a craft beer while I was taking pictures for part 8 of this build, I picked up a few bottles of beer when my Wife and I, as well as our dog Baily took a drive to the West Coast this week end, and we stopped over at a place called Darling, and the brewery was naturally called Darling Brewery, this brand is called Rogue Pony, and it sure kicks like one,
Back to the build so far,
I was planning on doing the cockpit detail, and instead started with the undercarriage, there are not much pictures on the net, so I zoomed in on some pictures, and also used the planes for scale and size.
Firstly I cut out the shape of the landing gear struts, 4 off and laminated them together, when that was dry, sanded them to shape. I then made the undercarriage hydraulic cylinders out of brass and aluminum rod.
I then made the nose gear strut out of Brass and aluminum tube, added a bit of detail, and installed the strut.
This does not sound like much, but it was a lot of work to get it to look ok.
I am going to make and aircraft that has been bought by the French Air Force, hence why I have already painted the propeller, I think it look pretty cool.
Off to the DRC tomorrow for a week and a half, then I will get building again.
Hope you like the progress so far.
Marc
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Progressing famously, sir...you are a true modeler in every sense of the word.
Thanks Craig
Coming right along! Nice choice on the color scheme - that'll look great when done.
Yip, I like this color scheme, I have too many models that are red, so this is a welcome change, thanks for the comment Greg
Looking great!
Thanks Robert
Thats a mean looking aircraft Marc and will look fantastic in that scheme.
I think so too Anthony, great blue color, I like it too. Thanks for the comment.
Keep up the great work Marc! Looking fwd for the next pilatus post... Have a good time in DRC!
Cheers Michel, thanks for the comment.
You're keeping up a high standard of work on this project, that beer obviously helps.
It does indeed George, thank you for the kind comment
Wow Marc ! The details in the landing gear bays, AND the actual landing are simply amazing... I'm glad you picked the color scheme you did. I was hoping for that one.
I think its going to look good in the blue, thanks for the kind comment Louis.