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Wow $1.19, that's fantastic. I use rattle cans frequently and find they give an excellent finish. Ben dere, done dat, but I kinda edge it a bit and stop by the paddle store on the way upstream. ;)

Thanks fellas! Here's the checklist. :bgrin (A friend of mine flies the only operative Martin Mars, dropping water on forest fires. I sent Pete that cartoon as a birthday card one year, called it the Martin Mars prestart checklist.)

Welp, stick a fork in the cockpit, I'm calling it done. A one holer poler must have a proper pole with which to pole the one holer, not this abortion from the kit... :ohmy: ...So I cobbled one together from bits of wire. A new yoke, complete with the little square PTT switch on the left...

Thanks for the kind comments fellas. The ashtray was mounted on the control column a foot or so above the floor. It was a cylindrical affair, the size of a beer can, even had its own mounting clip. Of course from time to time they must be emptied, at which point many were lost overboard and...

You should have seen where they were originally. I had 'em waaay too low, whiplash city, man. :woohoo: Well, the night is still young and I'm so beautiful, I'll do the panel post now. The instrument panel was made up of three sub panels. I made a backing panel from scrap metal and painted it...

Thanks for the kind comments fellas, appreciate that. Fair question, deserves a straight answer. :bgrin Mainly because I didn't think of it at the time, 'Course I could still do it, but I probably not. One, I like to use the kit windows, which will fit with minor modifications. The problem I...

Looks great $1.19. What paint did you use? :thumbsup

Thank you all for the kind comments fellas, much appreciated. Pup, any fule kno they can make one seat. It takes a complete idiot to try and make two the same. :bgrin

I like to build my own cockpit seats out of scrap metal. I like using metal, once it's bent to shape it stays bent and if you pound it into a compound curve it stays pounded. For metal to metal use, ordinary Gorilla CA glue is sufficient where there is little or no stress on the join, but if...

Thanks for the kind comments fellas, much appreciated. Rhino, the Turbo would be a godsend in winter as compared to the piston machine. I would imagine temps down to -40 wouldn't faze them too much. The round engines were something else entirely in cold weather. First, to start 'em you had to...

Wot Duke said. :thumbsup

Gaaahhh!! He's joined Cook on the dark side. ;) Great work Uros. That has gotta be the best defined kit of anything I've ever seen. No flash, everything nice and crisp. :thumbsup

No prob, buddy. If you're building the box version, be advised there was no clear skylight in the cabin roof of the commercial airplane. And cut the water rudders off and glue them back on retracted, otherwise you have to buy the crew a case of beer. :bgrin

Thanks Duke. By the way, did that Norseman kit ever show up, and if it did was it a complete kit? I simply wrapped the box and chucked it in the mail. Later when I sent the second one to Uros, I opened the box, and there was a bunch of parts missing. :ohmy:

Christian I seem to recall there was a company in California that converted a few of the Volpar tricycle examples to turbos but only a few. The best that could be asked of them was to fly small packages or cancelled checks, stuff like that. The airplane wasn't pressurized, so it couldn't be...

Thanks for the kind comments fellas. I have the window openings redone to my satisfaction but little else, so no update this week. I've begun work on the cockpit, fortunately there's little difference between the piston and turbo examples, so I'm on familiar territory here.

Off to a fine start $1.19. I'm betting it's gonna look pretty nice when it's completed. :thumbsup

Those that were expecting a thread about bacon may now leave the room. :bgrin The piston Otter was known fondly as the Stoneboat. I have no idea why, but suspect it was because they cruised at about the same speed. The Otter was an 8000 lb. airplane that used a geared version of the...

Thanks fellas. One can only hope Cameron can twist Lars' arm hard enough.

Thank you ns. Whaddya mean cheap? Blood, sweat, and tears went into the construction of that rig. :bgrin