Scale aviation modeller international

mule was very appealing to me. It

would also be a good chance to try to

achieve a faded look to the canvas.

CONSTRUCTION

Construction begins with the

cockpit. It isn’t as busy as WWII

and later aircraft, but there’s

quite a bit of detail there that

will be visible after completion.

All of the internal parts have

fantastic detail, everything looks

great, and the fit is perfect.

I began by painting the side

frame Tamiya XF-78 Wooden

Deck Tan. I toyed with the idea

of spraying the parts with a clear

yellow to simulate a varnish, and

as I think it would have added more

to the appearance, in hindsight I

wish I had at least tried this out.

The next big step is building

the Liberty V12 Engine. A lot of

care and engineering is put into

Wingnut engines and the fit

with this one is fantastic. Simple

things, like all the wires for the

plumbing fitting perfectly, make

their engines a delight to build.

I began my engine by painting

the bottom tub Tamiya XF-16 Flat

Aluminum and the top Tamiya XF-

Flat Black, followed by oil washes.

For the silver areas I used black to

simulate grease, oil, and grime,

and a nice brown on the cylinders.

The sad part about all this is

that despite all that beautiful detail,

the sides of the fuselage cover the

entire engine. However, there is

a removable top section that will

show some of the engine, even

if the majority of it is hidden.

Next came a little modification.

Parts A5 and A6 make up the divider

between the front and rear cockpit,

but a test fit showed that it was a

little too big. These pieces need to

be sanded down once the fuselage

halves come together. This was the

Side wall with throttle

Dual foot pedals and

control columns

Cockpit assembly

Engine mounting bracket

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