LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: Second Air Force on July 15, 2011, 08:09:38 PM
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As I was searching for other projects in storage I ran across this bedraggled Ryan PT-21/STM. I'll do another restoration project on this as time permits.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7529.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7530.jpg)
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Is this the old Testor kit? I have built it as float version as used in the Netherlands East Indies!
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It is beautiful as well it have in many cases highly polished skin ;)
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Yea.. This will be one more great restoration! :-tri
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Have the same thing in my stash, although in 1/72. :-love that bird, but don't know when I'm going to do it...
Whenever, it's definitely going to be in that polished/yellow "cammo" :-jump
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Sympathic airplane... :)
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Is this the old Testor kit? I have built it as float version as used in the Netherlands East Indies!
The thing that prodded me to find this old model in the shed was when I rediscovered the floats in my spares boxes. I'm most likely going to do a Netherlands ship in aluminum finish.
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Stripping the yellow paint (VERY thick coats when I sprayed it originally) was no fun. I'm just glad this is a small airplane or I might have given up on the idea. Not much progress, just reassembled the tailfeathers and engine and test-fit to the original floats that I'd saved all those years ago. I never knew why I kept those pontoons, but now they're back where they were designed to go. Next will be some priming and filling, then a spray of aluminum and some rigging.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7533.jpg)
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There is also some brake fluid which can strip the paint but you did good job :-ok
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I tried a bit of everything, from oven cleaner to brake fluid to acetone/lacquer thinner/alcohol mixed. The big problem was that I didn't know how to paint yellow back in those days and put on many coats to get coverage. Thank goodness I didn't build many yellow airplanes!
Scott
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Removing old paint without damaging the plastic can be done by soaking in Caustic Soda solution.Of course, safety precautions should be taken: avoid all contact and wear gloves when handling the product. At contact with skin flush immediately with plenty of water. If in eyes, flush extensively with water and get medical attention!
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I did not know that Nico, thank you :-ok
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I'll add caustic soda to my arsenal of stripping agents! Thank you, Nico.
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This is the old Testor kit I built many years ago. The 'seascape' came with the kit!!
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Even in 1/48 scale this is small kit ;)
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I can't find my seascape base but I know it is in a box somewhere here. That is great looking, Nico. Perhaps I'll do the camouflaged version since you've done one in aluminum.
I can't find the little beaching wheels, but they were not too great if I recall. I will have to search about for a photo of the beaching gear the Dutch used if I can't find my water-base.
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Nice work anyway...
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Primer applied and more work needed, but it's looking better.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7541.jpg)
Nico, a question.. do you know what color the top surfaces would have been on the camouflaged Ryans? All I've found is olive drab, but I would have thought the paint would be locally applied overseas. There doesn't seem to be much other than that photo you posted of these little birds in camo. I also am wondering what the beaching gear would look like in the real world. As research subjects go, this little gem is pretty tough!
Scott
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As far as I am aware the Ryans kept their bare metal finish even after the outbreak of the hostilities.
See attached print of the wrecked S-19. Dornier Do-24 on background has camo, but STM not though this is land-version. Japanese forces captured a number of N.E.I. STM's and it seems they were not camouflaged at all before the Japanese applied a dark green scheme! Some STM's were still used after the war in private hands. Maybe a nice challenge to use Australian civil scheme, although I have never seen it.
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Nice!!!
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Happy colors :-razz
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Thanks for bringing this thread back to the front page, Tweety. The model has not had any work done to it since July of 2011 and you've reminded me that I need to finish it!
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Two years and seven months later.......I've gotten back to work on the STM! I've decided on the particular airplane to represent and I'm going forward again. First I finished sanding and filling seams and applied a bit of primer, then a coat of Jongblad for the top. The float bottoms then got some black to represent the anti-fouling paint used on the originals.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/Ryanpainted003_zpsd8bf8efe.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/Ryanpainted003_zpsd8bf8efe.jpg.html)
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Great, I almost forget this build :))
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This poor little kit has been sitting inside a plastic bag nestled between kit boxes for a long time! Every so often I would almost bring it out but only got serious last Friday.
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Here is an original Ryan works picture, taken in the United States.
It shows the land version!
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Is there any Dutch samples with floats?
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KNIL/ML had some 60 Ryans on its inventory.
KNIL only used land version; MLD used both.
Some 24 MLD Ryans must have been fitted with floats.
Known example is S-11; which was also the subject of the old Testor 1:48 kit!!
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So it is covered with plastic kit too, nice to hear ;)
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Yes, and photos exist of S-54 on floats--the subject of this build......
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very nice build, very long :-green but very nice !
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Thanks, modellius!
I finished this one up last night to make room on the bench for my new MiG project. This is sort of a restoration/old build rather than a really nice model. I just slapped some paint on the floats I built all those years ago, same with the airplane. I really like the Netherlands East Indies aircraft and this little Ryan will fit in nicely with the Buffalo and Curtisses I've already built.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/RyanFinished001_zps7e0b2310.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/RyanFinished001_zps7e0b2310.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/RyanFinished009_zps6cb65d6f.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/RyanFinished009_zps6cb65d6f.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/RyanFinished003_zps016287ed.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/RyanFinished003_zps016287ed.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/RyanFinished005_zps454031a5.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/RyanFinished005_zps454031a5.jpg.html)
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I like it, very unusual :-ok
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:-ok
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I am resting my eyes on it . Green , my favorite :-jump :-jump :-jump :-jump