Here’s some pictures of the finished 1/48 Modelcraft Cessna 172 Skyhawk, using the In-Motion Speed Blur technique I’ve been experimenting with. Although this was initially intended for the Civil Aviation GB, I cheated and started before the official start time, but here’s the results for your review.
A little history…
Back in the summer of 1982, I was giving airplane rides on the weekends at our local airport… one Saturday morning these three girls showed up with money in their hand and adventure in their eyes, so off we went. Normally, a ride consisted of one long pattern, but just after leveling off on Downwind, the girl who sat up front with me said; “This is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done!” I turned to her with a smile and said something VERY thoughtful and insightful; “Me too!” [(-D] GULP… she was giving me “THE EYES”[:X], so needless to say, this particular ride lasted a little longer [;)]… three months later, we were married… this October, we will celebrate our 22nd Anniversary, so you can now see how this build is kinda special to me/us. [8D]
And here’s a real picture of old Niner Zero Hotel.
Very nice looking oldhooker just one question and pardon me I build those armour ground things but arn’t the flaps pointing to far down for takeoff ???If i am wrong please excuse me.
Chris: You’d really be amazed at how simple it is to create an illusion of movement, using just an airbrush and masking tape. I’m working on an illustration of the procedure, which is basic, to say the least, but produces breathtaking results.
Dan: When practicing (or doing) a “Short Field” take-off in a Skyhawk, once in take-off position, you’d roll the Trim Tab to slightly nose high, drop 20 degree’s flaps and set the parking brake. Call departure. Go to full power while holding the foot brakes, then heels on the floor as you release the parking brake and hold full back on the Yoke (…right rudder as needed for torque correction)… the nose wheel comes off fairly quick (ease back pressure on the Yoke to keep from dragging the tail). Around 45 - 50 kts you get airborne, ease the back pressure a little more and establish the best rate of climb… after passing through 500ft, roll the Trim down a bit, retract the flaps to 10 degree’s, and continue gaining airspeed and altitude… then Flap’s Up! [;)]
Now thats the kind of building a guy can be very proud of!
MY FIRST FLIGHT:
1975 was about 12 years old I use to spend my summers hanging around the small private airfield near my neighborhood in Fall City Wa.just watching aircraft taking off and doing tuch and go’s etc etc…One day this guy was working on a old Cessna 150 ( I think thats what it was ? )
and he said “Hey kid…get the hell out of here before I call the cops”
[ oops…sorry thats what my dad always said ]
He said…hey kid you must love aircraft…I see you here all the time…
well one thing led to another and next thing you know…He says…“Tell you what…you go home, get a note from your folks saying its ok for you to go up with me and your in!”
[:D]…You never seen a kid run and jump so fast before in yer life!!
I must of made it back in less than 15 minutes…panting and almost passing out [:p] I gave the pilot ( Gorege Isakson…spelling? ) my mom’s note…and we went up!
He told me that him and several friends owned the aircraft and split the cost of fuel and parking and that he flew Helos in Veitam…( which I thought was soo cool! ) a very nice guy indeed. It was awesome! He even let me take the wheel for a tad ( in flight of course )
I flew with him one other time a few weeks later…before taking off I noticed a twin engine beachcraft flying straight down over a near hill…I said “Did you see that …that was a crazy stunt!”…he said “No…that was no stunt his throttle was full and the plane wsn’t just spinning”… So we took off very quickly…when we got to the area were the plane went down ( in a small clearing just off of a old railroad line ) the plane was in flames and there was already a U.S. Army cobra already there on the ground and the co-pilot was trying to get to the downed aircraft but it was too hot. ( Maybe some one here can explain why ) but the the Army pilot had to have Gorege call in the accident to Sea tac’s emergancy center?..man that was sad and very heavy.
Turns out later I learned that the Pilot took off from Eastern Washington that day on route to Pain Field North of Seattle but had a heart attack and that the Cobra was a local Army reserve unit out on maneuvers…they just happend to be very close when they too saw the aircraft go down.
