The Piper Channel at iModeler (3 articles)

The Piper Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Piper
3 articles
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Směr Piper L-4 Cub / Grasshopper – 1/48

by Andrew H on October 23, 2020
in Aviation — 23 Comments

I bring you a recently completed model that took neither much time, nor much effort, but which has produced a cool little airplane. To begin, I bought this kit after seeing one in person at a local airshow last month. The airshow (or fly-in)[...]

The Little Yellow Cub

by G. Ley on January 18, 2020
in Diorama — 5 Comments

Memories of the J-3 Cub. There was a time during my childhood the name “Piper Cub” was pretty much synonymous with the word “airplane.” In those days, a young boy might see a C-124 passing overhead whereupon he would exclaim, “Look, a Piper Cub[...]

A snapshot of a dope and fab shop

by G. Ley on May 3, 2018
in Diorama — 16 Comments

This is a scene from my past, the "dope and fabricating" shop. As shop mechanics "dope" (paint) the Super Cub's control surfaces, an old guy, maybe the shop super, sits in a chair, reviewing how it used to be "back in the old days." The Cub's[...]