Bryan Austin

Okay, thanks. I give up

When using the KP 180 kit and combining it with the Airfix L-19 kit, the dorsal caused the vertical/rudder to tilt aft too much. The only way to get it to look right was to cut off the dorsal and make an early 170 out of it. Someone else might can get it to work better. There was some other work involved as well but I think a good modeler can do a much better job than I did. It really needed to lean a bit further foreword.

I changed image hosts, let me know if the photos don't show in my previous post

Switched image hosts again, see if they work in my previous post

Many of the WWII trainers we see today that flaunt the blue & yellow have different shades depending where they buy the paint. In the late 1980's early 1990's, Randolph Coatings offered M-9501 A-N Orange Yellow and H-9170 Bahama Blue to those who chose the yellow and blue paint scheme. Color plates from The Official Monogram US Army Air Service & Color Corps, Aircraft Color Guide

Page 41 of USAAF Aircraft Markings and Camouflage, 1941 to 1947 Shows a black and white photo of the PT-19 finished in True Blue and Orange Yellow per Spec. 24113-A. Spec. (Colors for Training Airplanes) Page 40 of The Official Monogram US Army Air Service and Air Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1908-1941. 24113-A was the standard set Sep. 9, 1938 Yellow No. 4 and No. 23 (Light) Blue Spec. No. 98-24113, Amendment No. 6, Sept 12, 1942 All silver pain for trainers True Blue (darker blue) and Orange Yellow is what we are all so familiar with for the WWII Trainers. Based on the Fairchild Color Chart previously posted, it would appear that Fairchild took the Military Standard colors and named them Army-Navy Yellow and Curtiss Blue 1263 Yellow No. 4 was a tad darker than Orange Yellow and Light Blue was a bit "Milky" in shade, as is on this Curtiss P-6E Hawk

Howdy all, just getting use to the forum layout. I finished a Cessna 170 custom build using parts from a KP Cessna 180 kit and the Airfix Bird Dog kit. Swapped the tail, and with a little misc work, got it close enough for my desires. I have no idea as to the original color, so I chose red. It is the prototype Cessna 170, NX41691 which used no dorsal, had fabric wings ("Rag-Wing") and used "V" struts. Custom made decals that worked out nicely for my needs.

When a new guy joins a forum, it can be overwhelming in the amount of rules and information, which most are based on interpretation which can be subjective and misunderstood. My first three post were moved, thanks...and sorry for the misunderstanding. As a new guy, the thought of having my models "inspected" disgusted me because I never intended them to fit in that type of what I thought was a "hey looky what I did...judge my work" type of competition category. Nor were they a work in progress. It is just a hobby for me, to pass the time and not a competition like a car show or anything. That is the way I understood it as a newbie and why I posted them where I did.