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    "hello there!"

    It is great to have another person aboard in the world of paper models. Please post pictures of your builds. I think that you will find that folks around here will give supportive, and not harsh criticism. Paper models can have fantastic textures applied with printers. My odd sense-of-humour...
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    This is a simple model to build and it is a good choice for a first time modeler. The PA-12 Super Cruiser [link] model is available in 10 different liveries including both of the World Travelers and also models with optional seaplane floats.
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    As a finishing touch, I put a blob of glue on each of the fuel tank caps. When they are dry I will color them with either a silver, or red marker.
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    Now the landing gear and wing struts. the jury struts are peculiar to the PA-12. There is a detail on the model sheet that shows what the jury struts look like. I place a piece of waxed paper over the detail and glue the jury strut assembly to the waxed paper. When the glue is dry, I can peel it...
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    I glue the wing to the top of the fuselage and I glue the cabin roof to the wing. Then I set a pair bamboo skewers on my clipboard, and weight the wingtips while the glue is drying to set the wing dihedral. While the wings are drying the vertical tail is glued together and shaped, and the...
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    Reaching through the front of the fuselage, I glue on the windscreen/cabin roof piece, I shape the wing using my clipboard for the leading edge. I have sanded the edge of my clipboard to a rounded shape and I use this commonly as a shaping tool. Once shaped the trailing edge tabs get glued.
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    The fuselage gets scored, cut out, shaped and glued.
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    First off I make the two sided pieces. The propeller, tail wheel, and struts all have a precise rectangle drawn around them so that they can be glued precisely back to back. Set these rectangles aside to dry thoroughly. The tires for the main landing gear gets glued to cereal box cardboard at...
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    I have the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser model in various liveries. The model that this build thread displays is a plane with a similar paint scheme to the World Travelers, but has a bit brighter shade of red. It is an active aircraft that flies in the Netherlands.
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    A co-worker of mine asked me if I could build a model of the plane that his neighbor had when he was a kid. He didn't know what kind of aircraft it was... I asked if he had any pictures... Turned out to be a PA-12 Super Cruiser, and so I started gathering technical data and plans. I used Piper...
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    Around the World in a fabric covered airplane!

    Seventy Five years ago a couple of USAAF Veteran pilots were having a discussion about the new Piper Super Cruiser aircraft. The PA-12 Super Cruiser was developed from the J-3 Cub, but with a wider fuselage and a 100 HP engine (the basic J-3 had 65 HP). It also had much greater fuel capacity and...
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    What I flew when I was in the Air Force.

    I would LOVE to see one built in 1:18 scale. At that large, I would think that the pivot points would not need to be continuous axels as I have done with the straight pins on my 1:32 scale model. That way the inner lifting arms would not need to be cut away. If you have not already downloaded...
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    What I flew when I was in the Air Force.

    Thanks mijob! I am a stickler for scale in my models. Photos are helpful for me to understand how to put things together, but dimensioned drawings are a much better starting point for me. My real preference is to actually measure the real thing. I was fortunate with the Jammer because one of...
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    Photo of aircraft named 'City of the Angels'
  15. Super Cruiser part 2

    Super Cruiser part 2

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