Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:26 pm
Back in the 60's and early 70's it wasn't uncommon to drive through rural airports and come across an ex-Military aircraft on the tarmac or next to a hanger. After WWII you could buy one at a reasonable price. And many were bought and flown to airports all over the country.
Some had long civilian careers and some never left the airport and were put aside and scrapped after years of just sitting and rotting away and being picked apart by vandals. Some were spared the cutting torch to someday fly again!
This SNJ-5 Texan is one of the few that would survive to fly another day and become a Warbird.
Starting with a Revellogram 1/48th scale T-6/SNJ Texan S.O.B. ( Straight Of the Box )
This one would not be what I added to it, but what I didn't add to it. I gutted the cockpit, drilled out the instrument panel, and fuel cap, added some wires to the panel and engine, cut open the storage compartment door,added a door cut from a soda can and left the rear seat and cut off the outer wings, rudder and elevators.
This one was fun to build.
Thanks for looking... John
Some had long civilian careers and some never left the airport and were put aside and scrapped after years of just sitting and rotting away and being picked apart by vandals. Some were spared the cutting torch to someday fly again!
This SNJ-5 Texan is one of the few that would survive to fly another day and become a Warbird.
Starting with a Revellogram 1/48th scale T-6/SNJ Texan S.O.B. ( Straight Of the Box )
This one would not be what I added to it, but what I didn't add to it. I gutted the cockpit, drilled out the instrument panel, and fuel cap, added some wires to the panel and engine, cut open the storage compartment door,added a door cut from a soda can and left the rear seat and cut off the outer wings, rudder and elevators.
This one was fun to build.
Thanks for looking... John
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:10 pm
I like that! Nice work Sir!
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:17 pm
Yep! Good job!
~J~
~J~
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:12 pm
That's one sad lookin' old girl, it's tougher to beat one up than it is to make a center piece. And that's nice work!!
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:08 am
Wow that is nuts the detail you have gone to.
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:32 pm
Looks restorable 
Great work
Great work
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:53 pm
It looks amazing. First photo I'd say is real.
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:02 pm
This is a fantastic model and a fantastic idea!
If you would accept one minor critique...
There is a disc on your model between the exhaust and the engine cylinders. I think that is meant on the model to represent the engine baffles. That should actually be located at about the center of the cylinders. To a T-6 owner it stands out a little, but probably not noticeable to anyone else. I wouldn't change it though and mess up what you have already accomplished.
Great effort, it really looks real! Thankfully we don't see many derelict like this any longer...
If you are in the mood, you might consider doing more in this same theme. I really like it, and there are probably enough pictures around of authentic subjects to keep you busy for a while.
If you would accept one minor critique...
There is a disc on your model between the exhaust and the engine cylinders. I think that is meant on the model to represent the engine baffles. That should actually be located at about the center of the cylinders. To a T-6 owner it stands out a little, but probably not noticeable to anyone else. I wouldn't change it though and mess up what you have already accomplished.
Great effort, it really looks real! Thankfully we don't see many derelict like this any longer...
If you are in the mood, you might consider doing more in this same theme. I really like it, and there are probably enough pictures around of authentic subjects to keep you busy for a while.
Re: Warbird in waiting SNJ-5 Texan
Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:33 am
Some had long civilian careers and some never left the airport and were put aside and scrapped after years of just sitting and rotting away and being picked apart by vandals. Some seemed to always get a reprieve from the cutting torch to someday fly again!