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Just for advice really, I have begun rebuilding this thread using postimage.org and hopefully removing all trace of the baleful influence of Photobucketof... I'm about three pages in by midnight 17022018 Calling this "Scratching" because it has been an itch to rebuild it for twenty five years or more Many years ago I built one from drawings I scaled up from manufacturers GA Press drawings released by Shorts to the press. They sent me some lovely brochures of the 330 and 360 that I was able to work with. The C-23A was used by the USAF in its ESDA role and was specifically required to be able to carry, amongst other requirements, the P&W F-100 engines used by many USAF combat aircraft, no doubt you all know these. But the model was not as good as I thought it was and was "unplaced" at the IPMS Nats at Stoneleigh that year. Which made me a sad chappie Returning to the hobby a couple of years ago I resolved to do it again but better this time and finding the Scale Aircraft Modelling issue with the Shorts 330/C-23A drawings in it at the SMW in 2011 gave me the means to get a better one built. Chris Bowley's drawings are a pretty good starting point for this job, good overall but with a few minor alterations needed in certain areas. The sponsons are the most obvious place as they are not the shape of the real thing. They are smaller and unbulged where bulges are needed. Here is the altered drawing I used to match the photograph The outlines I worked to can be seen I made resin blanks to vac form the shells from, seen here on my homebrew vacform device I made several resin casts of the P&W PT 6A-45-R engines and as they were all larger than the sponsons I used some of them to cut down to the sponson shape. I'll update later on starting the fuselage and its interior padded sidewalls Hope this entertains you a bit, I know my writing isn't up to much though sorry Soon Bill
