Bellanca CH-300 drawings

Modeling Subjects Airliners and Civil Aircraft
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Great article in the current Flight Journal on a restored Bellanca with extensive super-good pictures. Always wanted to build a Bellanca, and this would be great reference material. I don’t mind scratching one, but I looked through all my books of 3-views, (Matt and others). No Bellancas! Google Image search found only one drawing, tiny 200 pixel thing, not much good for enlarging to even 1:72, and I’d like to go larger anyway, say 1:48 or 1:32. Anyone know of a good CH-300 drawing? I have seen pictures with profile view good enough to draw from, but top view or front view photos pretty much non-existant.

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Hi I would contact the Canadian Air and Space Museum. Nice folks. http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/index.php

They have one.

http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/artifact-bellanca-ch-300-pacemaker.php

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Don, Lars Opland has a nice 1/72 CH-300 kit in vac and resin, here’s a review:

http://modelingmadness.com/scott/civil/previews/kheekha300.htm

Here is his web page, he will probably have some drawings if you don’t like 1/72.

http://www.mtaonline.net/~zdk/

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See if any of these help, Don. I’ll be watching the Scratchbuild forum when you get it going.

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2065452-Bellanca-Pacemaker

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/january/first-looks/KH_Bellanca-Box.jpg

https://freercplans.com/plan-bellanca-ch-300-3697.htm

and here’s a paper cardmodel that may help as well:

https://papercraftsquare.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/new-paper-craft-lituanica-free-airplane-paper-model-download-at-papercraftsquare-com/

Jack

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Thanks, Jack. Two of those look like they’ll work okay- will give the project a go-ahead.

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Just ran across this, Don. Good chance it’s vaporware, but…

https://www.facebook.com/1929101897320378/photos/rpp.1929101897320378/1929108017319766/?type=3&theater

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I couldn’t get the site to work right. Could only get the GeeBee stuff.

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Yeah, it’s just a space to keep watching at this point. They have a Facebook page that is somewhat more informative.

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I believe a past issue of FSM, published somewhere between 1988 and 1990, had an article on a scratchbuilt, large-scale Bellanca floatplane with porthole cabin windows. The best-looking aircraft model I’ve ever seen. I don’t remember if the article included scale drawings, but it should be easy enough to find out if you or anyone else here has the FSM 25-year Collection on DVD ROM.