Renard R-17, Scratchbuilt 1/72

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

These are all old builds, and in retrospect should have been posted at the beginning of these series. They often represent the first, hesitant steps on scratchbuilding.

Here is another from 2007, 12 years ago (original text as posted then):

 

With a Span of 9.2 meters and a length of 6 meters, this cute little plane was designed in Belgium to carry small perishable cargo in short hops (many of the little flowers carried by Poirot in his tussy-mussy were transported by this plane).

Its simple lines and somewhat funny proportions make it a very good candidate for scratch. It flew for a short time in 1931 and left us with a smart, chubby and stumpy appearance that is hard to resist.

20's and 30's of are a vast field of aviation glamor, populated with remarkable designs where you can find attractive, lesser known types that can widen the scope of your modeling subjects.
I hope the charm of this son of the Golden Era will be for you as attractive as it is for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Courageous]

Another goodie, just needed something to show its diminutive stature. 

 

Stuart

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

3 minutes ago, Courageous said:

Another goodie, just needed something to show its diminutive stature. 

 

Stuart

Here compared to a quarter:

[72modeler]

That is one cute little spud! You do more with less than anybody I know. What a collection you have, Moa.

Mike

[Dazey]

Compared to your others I've seen today, this one seems so... normal.

 

Lovely builds, as usual.

 

Regards,

David

[pheonix]

That looks like a good starting point for a scratch builder. However looking at yours I find it difficult to believe that this was a starter for you - until I remember the remainder of your builds and then I am not surprised. As Dazy has written,  this one seems so normal compared with your other little treasures.

 

P

[Baldy]

Absolutely lovely! You are right in your header, it is a cute little thing and looks entirely practical - like a Citroen H Van on wings (though that was much later). Nice and simple looking early scratch project there (relatively.) Where did the engine come from? - was that scratch built too?

 

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

2 hours ago, pheonix said:

That looks like a good starting point for a scratch builder. However looking at yours I find it difficult to believe that this was a starter for you - until I remember the remainder of your builds and then I am not surprised. As Dazy has written,  this one seems so normal compared with your other little treasures.

 

P

It is P as you mention a type of plane that lends itself to an easier scratching engineer.

And yes, ideally this is where one should start to cut one's teeth..or styrene.

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

2 hours ago, Baldy said:

Where did the engine come from? - was that scratch built too?

 

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm

Hi Malcolm

I believe so.

At that time I used to score with an Olfa "hook" blade a rotating styrene rod to create the fins of the cylinders, then cut them and glue them to a block, and add the detail.