Kicking off another scratch build which catches me thinking I'm offering proof I've lost my marbles. But anyway, it's true. While the Bearcat moves along with a reasonable amount of my time/attention, I've had time to work out the logistics of the Skyrocket project and I think it's going to work. One reason I'm kicking it off is I want to get the messy priming/sanding/primer part done while the weather is still warm and I can work in the garage safely avoiding the toxic fumes. It will slow down the Bearcat, but I will enjoy working on the two of them regardless of what plane gets finished when.
So here's a shot of the 3D rendering of the Wright R-1820 I've come up with. It's off to Shapeways now to get printed. Fingers crossed. Much greater detail than the Bearcat engine mostly because now I have more understanding of how to model stuff in 3D.
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Here's the real thing. There was just one and it perished in a crash after just a few months of life. Love to see it come back if it's just in a model form. Note that it has many ideas that were realized in the Tigercat, but the Tigercat was built from a different prototype all together a few years after this one got going. Note too that it's like the XF5F Skyrocket because well it's basically a version of that but done under an Army Air Corps contract, not a U.S. Navy one. (the XF5F was not approved by the Navy). The XP-50 project lived in the shadow of the competitor prototype , the XP-49, a super P-38 from Lockheed. The XP-49 never really never did much better than the original P-38 and it too never went anywhere.
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So here's a shot of the 3D rendering of the Wright R-1820 I've come up with. It's off to Shapeways now to get printed. Fingers crossed. Much greater detail than the Bearcat engine mostly because now I have more understanding of how to model stuff in 3D.
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Here's the real thing. There was just one and it perished in a crash after just a few months of life. Love to see it come back if it's just in a model form. Note that it has many ideas that were realized in the Tigercat, but the Tigercat was built from a different prototype all together a few years after this one got going. Note too that it's like the XF5F Skyrocket because well it's basically a version of that but done under an Army Air Corps contract, not a U.S. Navy one. (the XF5F was not approved by the Navy). The XP-50 project lived in the shadow of the competitor prototype , the XP-49, a super P-38 from Lockheed. The XP-49 never really never did much better than the original P-38 and it too never went anywhere.
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