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LHC Fairchild 24R & 24W

Roger

Roger

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Another great classic from Lionheart Creations on it's way...All shots in Dx10/Steve Parson's shaders...

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Beautiful! Between this, the GAS Stinson Reliant, and the Alabeo Staggerwing....there are some very good golden age planes coming down the pike! :icon29:
 
A great model an great shots! But suddenly I realise that I have forgotten to show you the picture below. It is a picture from the Fairchild UC-61K Argus, taken in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels. I thought there was a sign explaining the history, but I'm afraid there wasn't. For those who didn't recognise it, it is the aircraft in Roger's first screenshot.

Before the aircraft ended in the museum, it had flown with a French and Belgian civil registration. The aircraft has construction number 951 and is the ex F-BAMB and ex OO-LUT.

I haven't got a clue what the marking on the right side of the nose stands for.

Cheers,
Huub

 
Great screenshots, Roger!


huub vink said:
I haven't got a clue what the marking on the right side of the nose stands for.

Cheers,
Huub
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I have no idea on that squadron patch either, Huub. I doubt that is official. I left it out of the paint scheme. No photos appear that show it in detail either.[/QUOTE]
 
There were so many versions of cowlings on these so I shot for the most popular. The earliest long nose had a 'shorter' nose with a cool, stylish S line for the back edge line of the cowling, which was also a vent, but a smaller engine, thus smaller airspeed. Dads was a long nose, but had 6 stacks, (like this green one), but most had two exhaust manifolds instead of 6 stacks. The short side scoops were on some as well, like again on this green one, but most didnt, so I left those off as well. Some cowlings had the wide opening at the prop for a big British spinner, like dads had, but I left that off also as most didnt have that, nor the big spinner.

The radial also had variations, like some had wider gaps at the join between fuselage and cowling. Some radial cowlings had a small bump at the bottom of the cowling, some had a bump on the right side. Most didnt, so I made the 'didnt' version.


So many versions of cowlings. That was nerve wracking. But at least the wings and fuselage were all mostly the same.
 
Wow, what a spectacular model!! Plus the Ranger and Warner engines!! Really looking forward to this one.
 
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