Culver PQ-14
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31 25 July, 08:02
Roland SachsenhoferThese pictures start a build that gives me my first experience with 'Clear Prop' - and they are good ones! The fineness of the shapes, the accuracy of fit and the meaningfulness of the construction steps seem to combine to create a pleasurable building experience!
This plane is also highly interesting: originally derived as a drone for shooting practice from a small civilian predecessor model, hundreds were pulverised in the air. Some of those that survived this use went on to have an amazing career as light sports aircraft and enjoyed great popularity in the 1940s.
25 July, 08:08
bughunterOh, a brand new kit?
It is hard to keep track all your parallel running builds! You speed of building all those birds is simply unbelievable and a great mystery to me!
25 July, 11:44
Robert PodkońskiI have the same impressions as Bughunter, frankly speaking 🙂 Following this build for sure.
25 July, 13:00
Roland SachsenhoferHello mates! How nice that this small but lovely project has your interest and positive feedback! Indeed, a brand new kit that immediately caught my interest when I stumbled across it - so it ended up on the workbench straight away.
To answer the question about the current density of my projects: on the one hand, I sometimes wonder myself 🙂 On the other hand, I suspect that it has something to do with running three or four, maybe even five (at the moment, for example) projects in parallel . Something is 'always' being finished or started.
26 July, 14:32
Roland SachsenhoferI made the following preparations for the bright red of the final surface: first I applied yellow followed by a layer of white to the model. After drying, I sanded this base, which should make the following red "glow", with 1000, 1200 and 2000 grit sandpaper to make the colour layers more transparent again, to get a smooth surface and to find any flaws - you can see a few exposed on the fuselage and tail unit. I am surprised by the very high quality of the kit and look forward to finishing it!
2 August, 19:30
Roland SachsenhoferIt looks like the Culver PQ-14 is ready! This was a most enjoyable project from start to finish. I am delighted with my first "clear prop" kit and I enjoyed the unusual history of the original. I made the seat belts and the aerial wiring, everything else can be found in the beautifully finished kit.
Thank you for your interest and your helpful and motivating comments!
7 August, 19:03
Alex KBeautiful! Great work as always... 👍 And also: thanks for showing this - it gave me the opportunity to revisit Culver's lineage: the Culver Dart, Cadet, Model V... the role played by Al Mooney... the PQ drones... Lovely!
8 August, 15:24
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your motivating comments and your interest in a not often seen aircraft, mates! Alex, your list was an inspiration for me to have a look - and to find some interesting aircraft and interesting references - Culver: an amazing manufacturer! thanks!
9 August, 07:09
bughunterI'm back from Austria and this is finished already - Wow. That was quick, but with usual great quality!
19 August, 16:10
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your words, I'm very pleased! I hope you enjoyed Austria! 🙂
20 August, 07:32
