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Title: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Dennis Toth on January 17, 2012, 09:54:02 AM: Guys,
Has anyone built a true "Don Still Stuka" canopy? If so could you give a little description and some pictures of how to build it. I have an old DSS that is ready to be refinished and I wanted to do the real deal canopy.

Best, DennisT
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: John Kelly on January 20, 2012, 12:43:27 PM: ...Hey Dennis, I don't know if you've seen this, (from George's Wennerstrom version NOBLER) or if Don did it the same or similar way. Just trying to help. I'm still looking. Best, John
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Bill Little on January 20, 2012, 01:10:05 PM: Quote from: Dennis Toth on January 17, 2012, 09:54:02 AM
Guys,
Has anyone built a true "Don Still Stuka" canopy? If so could you give a little description and some pictures of how to build it. I have an old DSS that is ready to be refinished and I wanted to do the real deal canopy.

Best, DennisT

Hi Dennis,

To build the "plans shown canopy", you use some thin ply formers and a sheet of clear plastic. The 1952 plans show how it is done. Don't know which plans you built yours from? ???
(I simply used the molded one............ ;D )

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: tom hampshire on January 20, 2012, 01:35:29 PM: Mine has a pre molded one from the late Bill Sawyer.... So does anyone know what happened to his tooling?
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Mark Scarborough on January 20, 2012, 02:14:15 PM: I recall that someone who posts on here bought all Bill's canopy tooling and equipement, but I cannot recall who,, perhaps Bill Little?I really dont remember

I did a quick search and turned up this,, my memory is not as bad as My Girlfriend says it is,, ( at least as far as modeling goes LOL)

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=21868.0
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Bill Little on January 20, 2012, 03:19:20 PM: Quote from: tom hampshire on January 20, 2012, 01:35:29 PM
Mine has a pre molded one from the late Bill Sawyer.... So does anyone know what happened to his tooling?

Hi Tom,

Like Mark said, I have it all now. Unfortunately with the cancer treatments, etc., have stopped me from playing with everything and getting the temps, etc., right. I will have things running by mid Spring, I hope. There are more bucks than I can remember, plus a few already molded examples.

Bill
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Shultzie on February 27, 2012, 04:11:08 PM: Quote from: Dennis Toth on January 17, 2012, 09:54:02 AM
Guys,
Has anyone built a true "Don Still Stuka" canopy? If so could you give a little description and some pictures of how to build it. I have an old DSS that is ready to be refinished and I wanted to do the real deal canopy.

Best, DennisT
below is Don Still model that I snapped with my old Minolta 35 camera with Kodachrome 10 from the mid 60's?
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Shultzie on February 27, 2012, 04:12:47 PM: Don Still and Gary Lesinger's Stuka from around 1967 or so. just for the memories.
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: dankar on March 09, 2012, 09:04:01 AM: Quote from: Shultzie on February 27, 2012, 04:12:47 PM
Don Still and Gary Lesinger's Stuka from around 1967 or so. just for the memories.

Great line up and truly some beauties for sure. When I see a painted canopy on classic stunter its just wrong. They should award an extra 10 pts. for canopy detail.
Dan
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Tom Niebuhr on March 09, 2012, 11:20:00 AM: I can't see adding more points for a detailed cockpit, but consideration of details is supposed to be considered in appearance. I don't like the painted, no detail, cockpits on any airplane, new or old.
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: dankar on March 09, 2012, 11:59:49 AM: Painting a Classic canopy is just a short cut. To each their own I guess. Dan
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: Randy Snow on April 10, 2012, 01:46:03 PM: Hey gang -- as soon as I can get a functional work shop together I wanted to jump into the Stll's Stuka squadron -- and produce a canopy form - don't care for that painted look either -- besides Still's original had interior detail - seats -instruments - rear guns -
Title: Re: True Don Still Stuka canopie
Post by: dankar on April 23, 2012, 09:44:36 AM: Right on Randy canopy detail makes plane look alive. It takes some effort but not hard to do. Even simplw clear dyed canopy looks nice. What ever floats your boat.