HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS - Page 192

JohnReid · 1 April 2007, 07:09 AM

The copper piping and plastic red piping were added by me because the cast parts were missing from the kit.I bought the 2nd Jenny kit from a friend and somehow these pieces were missing.When painted and weathered it won't be noticeable.
Speaking of weathering ,I think that I will heavily weather this one .The engine on the Canuck now looks relatively new , so this engine could represent an engine change having taken place.A broken prop still attached to the shaft would go well with the broken wing tips on the wings.A little moderate damage from a ground loop or nose over.I plan to finish this engine as a type that would have been installed on a JN4Aor D with the exhaust manifolds and carb heat tubing.
Speaking of carb heat ,I never did resolve how the short stack version like on the Canuck,bleed off carb heat to the engine.Any ideas?

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For some reason I always mistakenly thought that the V8 engine was a Ford development of around 1930.Guess where he got the idea!Looks like Curtiss had one in a 1913 flying boat.Ford never did get a ride in the flying boat though,he said his wife wouldn't let him!

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JohnReid · 4 April 2007, 06:39 AM

Except for the carb heat and bottom rad tubes the engine is finished.I added the old prop as though someone had just cut it off with a saw.The next step will be to build some kind of a old stand or wood blocks to put it on.Then it will be on to the weathering which is always fun to do.I think that rather than put it inside the main hangar ,I will set it on the outside loading dock near the engine room, so it will be available for close up inspection of the details by the viewer.This is an interesting little engine and a piece of history all by itself.
In the accident the prop took a lot of damage but the engine itself remained intact with only a few oil leaks here and there .It may be repairable and is waiting inspection in the engine shop now that the Mercedes is just about finished overhaul.

JohnReid · 4 April 2007, 03:05 PM