Konrad Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 About the aircraft: Cessna 185 Skywagon - a six-seat tourist aircraft from 1960. Produced in several variants (also for the military); about 4400 were produced. About the copy: Donated in 1963 to the Institute of Pediatrics, it was not certified in Poland, so it was not registered (an invention of capitalists?) - so it flew with American registration used by the Central Sanitary Aviation Team in Warsaw. After 1971, it finally made its way to Krakow. About the model: The base is a Cessna C-180/185 Skywagon kit from Kovozávody Prostějov (KPM0232) in 1/72 scale. I retrofitted: bottom and tail lights, antennas, entrance steps, Pitot, exhaust, tailwheel cables, and redid the main landing gear and tailwheel shins. I redid the hood a bit (holes, radiator, engine outline). I notched the horizontal stabilizers. I made up decals: Cessna (hood), skywagon X 185 (sides), door lettering (kit ones are too small), registration (wrong typeface omitting all the red surround). I masked the crosses on the wings (decals are too big). The paint scheme is a bit inaccurate (horizontal stabilizers). I guess that's it... At the end a nice, though imperfect, miniature was created. Feel free to visit the gallery. 42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 A tiny gem! Beautifully done, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This is a little gem! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Beautiful work on such a tiny kit. Great job!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Wonderfull !! Andrés. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Well done - so many things to fix..... and you could have done more. Still it is the basis for lovely jobs like yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesdaddy Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Lovely little skywagon, another kit from the stash that I am not really looking forward to building after I opened mine when it got delivered. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Nice job with this one and good story behind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Nicely done. Any inaccuracies that have been pointed out before are not obvious to me in this stand alone model & to my eye, it looks terrific. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albymoore Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Good looking Cessna. It nice to see a civilian aircraft in hi-viz colors as well. Cheers, Albert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Fantastic micro-modelling there ( or that`s the biggest match in the world ), looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Oto doskanala praca! Czy zmienilesz sylvetke kadluba, sczegolnie przy ogione? This is outstanding work! Did you change the fuselage contour near the tail? I am most inspired by the way yours came out (not translated into Polish, sorry!) Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Wow - wonderful! You've certainly done that kit justice Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejay53 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I’d love to see more private aviation kits from the major manufaactureres! We came close when Eduard released the clin z-37 two years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Can a Skywagon be called 'cute'? If so, I think this is it. Super neat modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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