Citabria |
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A good friend of mine (a private pilot) has recently
acquired a full size Bellanca Citabria. I’ve always had a weak spot for
the Citabria, in particular the 1/6 scale one from the SIG kit, made in
USA. My late uncle Jack had also built
a beautiful example. Only a few weeks before this friend told me about his new private
plane, I had seen an original SIG kit for sale in Germany. I was lucky, it
was still available and a few mail exchanges later, it was on its way to
me. It was the intention to roughly replicate the
full size Citabria of my
friend, not to make a contest
quality scale replica. For power, my choice went to a
rather unconventional four stroke engine,
the
RCV 58 CD which is very
compact thanks to the rotary valve, so it's completely hidden inside
the cowling.
the full size Citabria to be replicated shown here at Koksijde Air Base
the nice kit from SIG Manufacturing, USA
wing build
fin and rudder build
fuselage build
early work on the corrected engine cowling masters in progress
new cowling and wheel pant masters on the left versus the kit supplied ones on the right
masters in the parting boards, ready for laying up the first mould halves
first mould halves ready
first cowl, spinner and wheel pant coming out of the moulds
trial fit of the RCV 58 CD engine
trial fit of the new cowl and spinner (engine is completely enclosed)
trial fitting the wing struts
covering the ailerons with Oracover scale ferrired wing underside covered and left aileron servo installed (note the Oracover scale ferrired is silver lined on the inside)
fuselage partly covered with Oracover scale ferrired
white trim applied to fuselage (note the cowling is painted in the matching Oracolor two part paint)
first trial assembly of finished components
to be continued... |
|
Philip Avonds Scale Jets |
| Doornhofstraat 6 |
| B-8670 Koksijde |
| Belgium |
| Phone: +32-58-514451 |
| e-mail: info@avonds.com |