Piper NE-1 – HobbyCraft 1/48
Airship Squadron 32, Moffett Field, California, October 1942
Cockpit
Fuselage
Wings
Paint and Decals
References
- new floor with kick plates made from sheet styrene
- interior cockpit door scribed
- photo-etched seatbelts, throttle quadrants rudder pedals and instrument panel added
Fuselage
- boarding step made from piano wire
- fuel line drain addede
- exhaust pipe and heater outlet made from plastic tubing
- teardrop shaped blisters added to lower engine cowl
- engine cowling drilled out to allow exhaust pipes to enter sides
- fuel filler cap/fuel level gauge added
- rudder control linkage added
- tailplane guy wires added
- round inspection panels added to rear and underside of fuselage
- lifting handles made
- springs added to tail wheel
- brake lines added
Wings
- aileron control linkage added
- reduced the exaggerated wing rib detail
- round inspection panels added to underside of wings
- pitot tube made from piano wire
- navigation lights added
Paint and Decals
- model painted with Xtracolor X162 USN Blue/Grey M-485 (FS15189) and X137 Light Gull Grey (FS16440)
- decals are from Propagteam PPT01648
References
- Piper Cubs, by McGraw- Hill/TAB Books
- Samolot Piper L-4 Cub, Skrzydla w miniaturze 1’91
- Aircraft Archive - Classics of World War II,Motorbooks International, Osceola, Wisconsin