Lastvautour Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) The 1/48 scale Argus project began 8 June 2008 and was completed 21 April 2017. Special thanks to Bill Burn from CanMilAir for those wonderful decals and Burt Campbell's book The Untold Story of Canada's Cold War Maritime Hunter. Construction is clear pine boards laminated for proper thickness and shaped hand tools. Paint was shaded at my local hardware store using colour chip found on line. Decals are CanMilAir supplemented by others printed on my HP printer. A most satisfying project. (Note user icon 1/32 version) Edited April 21, 2017 by Lastvautour Addition 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Looks great I can`t imagine sticking with something for 9 years though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Very nice, any more photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That is beautiful! Please, please give us more photo's and details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastvautour Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) http://Thank you for the kind word. Here are some progress shots. Edited April 21, 2017 by Lastvautour 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Now all you need to do is to take it apart and make vacuform moulds from it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastvautour Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) I have done molds before but alas those days are gone. Edited April 21, 2017 by Lastvautour 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What a cracking beast! Are those awards for perseverance mounted on the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Fabulous. I see more on the shelves behind you, any more scratchbuilds like the Argus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That is just lovely,in fact so lovely that words fail me. I have fond memories of them growling over to Kinloss..a sound never forgotten. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 This is epic! can we have even more pics please?? Amazing work btw, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Scimitar said: That is just lovely,in fact so lovely that words fail me. They fail me as well, which why I'm using Scimitar's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastvautour Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Those behind me in the center panel are 1/48 plastic. My collection is getting fairly large with 260 plastic kit built, 250 kits in my stash. I currently have 170 solid wood models done from scratch and the lumber yard has more than enough wood to last me a life time. The advantage with wood is that the only restriction is where to put them all after they are done. However this will be my last big airplane model. I currently have a 1/144 scale HMCS Bonaventure on the bench, but from here on smaller models will be the norm for me. Edited April 21, 2017 by Lastvautour 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Martin Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 well done PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Brilliant model of a great aircraft, and like your collection and the fact you have a lot more to do 😎 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastvautour Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 The construction details are posted at http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=165.0 Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Fantastic project and what a beautiful end result! Also a timely reminder that not many decades ago, wood was the medium for modelling… Impressed no end by this model! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastvautour Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Your comments are well appreciated. Thank you all. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Well done, its fantastic. Thanks very much for showing and sticking with it for nine years. Nine years. Great workmanship ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Very nice, one of my flight instructor's was an ex-Argus pilot. He had great stories. For some reason you look nine years younger in the first picture. 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 That is what you call true craftsmanship...and in wood. It would have looked amazing just varnished but the paint job looks equal to the build, very very nice indeed. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wlad Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Awesome build Lou, and impressive collection too! Cheers, Wlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camper1 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Beautiful model,I remember these on the ramp at Prestwick Airport with Neptunes and EC121s,happy days Well done Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Just saw this, beautiful model of a beautiful plane. I made a 1/72 one, but it's plastic(mostly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Superb work, proper old school modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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