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Author Topic: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier  (Read 1629 times)

Offline Randy Snow

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A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« on: August 26, 2017, 11:37:20 AM »
This is my Musciano D.H. 4 for Nostalgia Class 2. Power is the O.S. 45 AX. I know it is rather an odd model for carrier, but when I found the photo of the US Navy's D.H.-4 sn. A-5983 being used to evaluate arresting gear I thought why not.

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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2017, 05:37:49 PM »
Very nice. I have always wanted to build a DH-4.  That's the plane my father flew in France during the First World War.  It is also the plane he was shot done while piloting.  His observer/gunner/photographer was killed.  Dad was taken in by some Australian troops after the crash.  I am now working on his life story for my next historic novel. 
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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2017, 01:43:37 PM »
Nice work.  Quite a bit of scale work for a Carrier plane.
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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2017, 09:56:30 AM »
Isn't it called "" Scale Carrier""?

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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2017, 10:05:51 AM »
I used Wylams drawings as reference to produce the DH4 in the photo

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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2017, 10:15:16 AM »
The one most important item I did was fabricate the landing gear in two pieces (( left & right)) from 60/61 aluminum with a 1/8" mw spreader bar/axle. All struts and the gear are attached with 2:56 machine screws. Interplane struts have brass attachment brackets epoxied into the ends. The cabane struts have a sheet brass bracket that is attached to the fuselage with 2:56 machine screws with the strut bottoms attached to it .

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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2017, 11:56:58 AM »
Isn't it called "" Scale Carrier""?

It is.  But Carrier planes often have a short, hard life.  This is the most detail I have ever seen on a Carrier model.
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Re: A Musciano design from 1949 Air Trails for Nostalgia Carrier
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2017, 12:20:00 PM »
Thank you. Working on a BTD-1 for AMA class 2 and a Hellcat for AMA class 1.  I honestly believe that the "" appearance points"" should be proportional to the quality of the model's ability to accurately represent the aircraft being modeled.... just my opinion.. will never happen


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