David Calhoun's Allied Models
1/48 Curtiss JNR 4D Jenny built
from the Lindberg kit. It represents the first aircraft used by the Mass. Air
National Guard in 1922, based in Boston and still wearing markings from the 1st
Aero Squadron. Nose was converted to Hispano using styrene & putty. Wheels
are from Eduard Fokker E.III. Rigging is stretched sprue attached with Elmers
glue. All else is out of box. Only references that I could find were a b/w photo
of actual aircraft, a close up of the nose of the JN 4D at Rhinebeck, and a rigging
diagram.
Ansaldo SVA-5 built from SMER kit in 1/48 scale. Windsock datafile was used for
plans. @ kits were used to get proper sized wings, fuselage measured OK. Sheet
styrene was used for control surfaces. Interior was scratchbuilt, as were bombs
& jackets for Vickers guns (evergreen styrene). Fuselage was covered with Superscale
medium wood grain decal. Wings were hand painted using 1/4" bristle brush & a
stippling motion, dark green & red brown were painted over CDL. Roundels are from
Americal/gryphon, and black lion & letters & numbers are home made decals done
on a photocopier. The orange & yellow flag decal was hand painted on clear decal
sheet. A lot of work, but the end results are well worth it. Hand carved wood
prop was added, but I think it looks a little chunky. Model won a few awards at
local contests, including "Best WW1 award" from John Marcos at the 1995 Patcon
show.
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