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
8 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Craig Abrahamson said on February 20, 2018
Progressing famously, sir….you are a true modeler in every sense of the word.
Marc Barris said on February 20, 2018
Thanks Craig
Greg Kittinger said on February 20, 2018
Coming right along! Nice choice on the color scheme – that’ll look great when done.
Marc Barris said on February 20, 2018
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
Robert Royes said on February 20, 2018
Looking great!
Marc Barris said on February 20, 2018
Thanks Robert
Anthony Conway said on February 20, 2018
Thats a mean looking aircraft Marc and will look fantastic in that scheme.
Marc Barris said on February 20, 2018
I think so too Anthony, great blue color, I like it too. Thanks for the comment.
Michel Verschuere said on February 20, 2018
Keep up the great work Marc! Looking fwd for the next pilatus post… Have a good time in DRC!
Marc Barris said on February 20, 2018
Cheers Michel, thanks for the comment.
George Williams said on February 21, 2018
You’re keeping up a high standard of work on this project, that beer obviously helps.
Marc Barris said on February 21, 2018
It does indeed George, thank you for the kind comment
Louis Gardner said on February 21, 2018
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.
Marc Barris said on February 21, 2018
I think its going to look good in the blue, thanks for the kind comment Louis.