1/48 Testors Cessna O-2A Skymaster

[HL-10]

Awesome work!

[sunray]

Thanks lads. Today I made my display stand from my usual materials which are a scrap piece of oak flooring and a brass rod. The oak base was cut to size, then I routed the edges, rubbed it down with a fine sanding sponge and finally polished it with natural coloured wax. The brass rod was cut to size using the red pipe cutter and the bend was done using the blue pipe bender. Then it was just a case of polishing it was brass polish.



Once I decided where the brass tube was going be on the stand I drilled a hole and using CA glue I glued it into position.



Using CA glue again in the brass tube and steel bolt I attached the O-2 holding it in the position I wanted it to be in until the glue cured.







I then drilled a small hole in the wing just in front of the left boom. This is for the aerial which went back to the top of the left tail fin. For this I used EZ Line and CA glue. For the whip antenna on top of the cabin I used a piece of stretched sprue cut and glue in place and painted black. Now for the final job which was to touch up the spots with matt varnish on the wing and fin where you could see the shiny spots where the CA glue had dried.







And thats it all finished. I will try and post up the final reveal photo's tonight and as they say, I would like to thank everyone for their kind comments, help and support which are most appreciated as ever. Here is the link to the reveal photo's http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234991505-148-testors-cessna-o-2a-skymaster-dont-shoot-in-flight/

[modelling minion]

Ian this is without doubt one of my favourite builds of the year.

The extra work and detail that you have added really make her stand out.

Absolutely fantastic.

Very well done.

Craig.

[sunray]

Ian this is without doubt one of my favourite builds of the year.

The extra work and detail that you have added really make her stand out.

Absolutely fantastic.

Very well done.

Craig.

Thanks Craig.