DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
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DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Completed in October
Frog 1/72 Kit Decals still good after all these years. Vac canopy replaces the original
Converted from the 1/72 Roden C-123 consisted of resizing/reshaping the tail and tail planes,
moving/adding several windows and a door, Engines from a B-36 (pylons had to be cut down).
The Roden kit is very nice...I've already started on the Coast Guard version
And...things to come:
Frog 1/72 Kit Decals still good after all these years. Vac canopy replaces the original
Converted from the 1/72 Roden C-123 consisted of resizing/reshaping the tail and tail planes,
moving/adding several windows and a door, Engines from a B-36 (pylons had to be cut down).
The Roden kit is very nice...I've already started on the Coast Guard version
And...things to come:
2012 A:12 B:13 C:0
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Some really great work on these threads you put up. Valom Tornado? How you finding it? I'm finding it very errrrrr "Valom" to say the least.
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Gord
Desperately trying to find his MOJO, don't know where I left it
Gord
Desperately trying to find his MOJO, don't know where I left it
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Great models - and an interesting production line.
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Well Kit...as you say, some modeling skills required. Three issues so far: 1) the aft tip of the canopy is, in reality, part of the fuselage and didn't touch the fuselage when mounted. Corrected with scribing and filler. 2) On my kit, the tail was torqued 3-4 degrees to the left and I didn't notice it until the fuselage was all glued up. I cut through the fuselage on the left side under the aileron root, partially through on the right (you can see the scar), forced the tail vertical and blocked the cut open with plastic, then filled, sanded and polished to fix the damage. 3) The landing light should be on the left nacelle instead of the right. The box art is correct, but the instruction sheet is not, so I glued the nacelle fronts on the wrong sides. Easy enough to correct. The tail issue was the only thing that required a little work.
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Lovely work with both!
Best wishes
Jim
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
That big transport is awesome!!!
Your to-do pile has some neat looking stuff too.
Is that a thunderflash in there? Italeri?
And a Lockheed Vega?
Cool!
Your to-do pile has some neat looking stuff too.
Is that a thunderflash in there? Italeri?
And a Lockheed Vega?
Cool!
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
It's the XF-84H Thunderscreech Ralph, and the new Northrop Delta from Azure.
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Dang, that C-123 is sweet!
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Thanks James. My first major conversion, and I could only find 6-7 pics of it online. It is a nice looking airplane though, so I was a little surprised that Amodel didn't include it in their string of C-123's.
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Great work, and all very interesting!
Cheers,
David
Cheers,
David
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Re: DeHavilland Hornet and Chase XC-123A
Those are lovely!
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