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CanMilAir Decals
Customers Gallery 14
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Photos and descriptions of finished models
built by customers using CanMilAir
Decals.
(See the bottom of the page for submission
guidelines)
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This 1:72 scale Royal Canadian Navy
Hawker Sea Fury from 803 Sqn was built by Jeff Wilson of Ottawa, Ontario.
Below are Jeff's comments:
"This is the Hawker Sea Fury FBII in the markings as they received from the Royal Navy in 1948.
I used CMA Decal set #005,which also includes good info (as always) with the decals. I bought
this 1:72 scale NOVO kit off eBay and this is the first Sea Fury I've
built. I had misplaced the canopy during the build and ended up finding a replacement part from eBay
to complete the model.
I painted the bird in Tamiya Acrylics of Extra Dark Sea Grey over XF-21 Sky and XF-2
Flat White for the spinner. I also finished it off with a little weathering using soft pastels on
the fuselage and wings and dry brushing on the props and walkways and
everything was given a finish coat with Future.
Thanks again Bill for offering quality selections of Canadian aircraft and
helo's. Another one to add to my growing collection of RCN birds on the display shelf."
Bravo Zulu, Jeff!! |
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This 1:144 Canadair Argus was built by Mike
Scullion of Barrie, Ontario using set # 227. Mike sent along the
following comments:
"This is the 1:144 scale Welsh Models full resin Canadian CP-107 Argus, Mk I. The kit includes white metal props, gear and wheels. It comes with RCAF decal markings but, because of the printing method, the roundels, lightning stripes, etc, are not
usable at all. Luckily, the supplied window decals were usable and they fit perfectly.
I used CanMilAir decals for all of the markings and they too, work perfectly, including the prop tip red-white-red stripes.
The bare metal paint scheme is mostly Tamiya Gloss Aluminum polished with SNJ polishing powder. Selected parts such as the engine nacelles were airbrushed with Model Master Titanium, Burnt Metal and Burnt Iron. Light touches of Tamiya Clear Blue were used to try to replicate the scorched metal around the exhausts.
All of the kit parts except the vertical fin fit perfectly. The mating of the tail with the fuselage requires some tweaking. The height of the main gear and nose gear do not match. It seems to me that the stance of the main gear is correct and the nose gear must be shortened. Remember to put a hunk of weight in the fuselage to keep it from tail
sitting! (I used wheel weights suitably mushed to fit) It's a good thing it has metal gear as
this is one heavy model when finished."
An outstanding job on a long-awaited kit Mike, well done! |
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Regular contributor Major Robert Johnson of
Wilmot Station, Nova Scotia, sent in this photo of his recently
completed 1:144 scale Canadair Argus using decal set # 227. Below are
Robert's comments:
"Good day! This a 1:144 Welsh Models CP-107 (CL-28) MK 1 Argus that I had purchased from the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum. It is a resin kit that requires the use of a slow set crazy glue to ensure proper alignment
of the various parts and liberal use of
contour putty.
I painted the upper cabin of my Argus with Testors
White while the fuselage and wings received Humbrol Metal 11 Aluminum
followed by a clear coat. Testors Red 1103 was used for the search
markings on the wings and tailplane.
I cut my teeth on the Argus in the late 1970's as a fitter, so I had to make sure
those exhaust stains were spot
on!
The kit is a nice addition to my collection and looks great beside the Yukon."
Another fine looking Argus!
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Jonathan Ambler of Lazo, British Columbia,
contacted me with a bit of a problem. As a volunteer at the Comox Museum
he is involved in the Y2K Spitfire restoration project. Once the news
broke that the Y2K Spitfire had been acquired by Vintage Wings in
Gatineau, Quebec, the staff knew that their labour of love would
eventually depart to Eastern Canada when it was completed. As a way to
keep the memory of this Spitfire alive at the local level, a large 1:8
scale Spitfire model was acquired - but where would they find accurate
1:8 scale markings to depict Y2K?
Enter CanMilAir. It was obvious right away that markings at that scale
would be huge and way too expensive for the museum's budget, not to
mention they would be extremely difficult to apply as a water slide
decal. Self-adhesive vinyl markings were unsuitable as well due to the
doped tissue covering on the wings and fuselage. The pressure of
application would likely punch right through the tissue.
In the end, I printed the entire markings package on paper as 1:8 scale
outline drawings. These drawings were sent to Jon at the Comox Museum at
no charge. Jon used the outline drawings to cut templates and then spray
painted the markings onto the aircraft. |
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This RCAF Harvard was built by Sean
Martin of Ottawa, Ontario. It depicts a Harvard flown by John
Gillispie Magee Jr. during his BCATP pilot training in 1941 and is
mounted to an award presented to David O'Malley. For the benefit of
those who do not know the significance of these two men to Canadian
aviation, let me explain.
 | John
Gillispie Magee Jr. was an American citizen born in Shanghai of missionary parents
in 1922 and
educated in Britain. He entered the United States in 1939 and at 18
years won a scholarship to Yale University where his father was then a Chaplin.
But he felt he must aid the cause of freedom and instead enlisted in the
RCAF in the fall of 1940. He graduated and was awarded his pilots wings in June
1941 and was shortly thereafter sent off to Britain for further
training.
It was while flying a Spitfire Mk.Ia at 33,000 feet with 53 OTU, that PO Magee
was inspired to write the famous sonnet "High Flight". Today those words serve as the official
poem of the Royal
Canadian Air Force as well as the Royal
Air Force and it is required to be recited by memory by first-year
cadets at the United States Air Force Academy.
After mastering the Spitfire, Magee was
posted to active duty with 412(F) Sqn. Sadly, Pilot Officer Magee was killed
in a mid-air collision with an Airspeed Oxford on December 11, 1941
while flying with 412(F) Sqn. He was just 19 years old.
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| Dave O'Malley is the manager of Communications and Marketing as well as
the webmaster at Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, Quebec. One of the
regular emails I can honestly say I look forward to receiving is his regular
Vintage News messages. Every one, an inspiring look at the aircraft and
the people who fly them. |
As shown in the photo, Sean's model of PO Magee's Harvard forms
part of an award presented to Vintage Wings of Canada's Dave O'Malley
and reads: "Presented to Dave O'Malley with thanks for the
countless hours of dedication spent helping to educate, commemorate and
inspire."
Back to the model. Sean's comments about the build:
"This is a 1:48 scale Modelcraft T-6G Texan, painted with Model
Master RAF Trainer Yellow. The crew are from the spares bin.
Everything is "out-of-the-box" except the photo-etch blurred
prop and the scratch built exhaust stack. It took me about 3 weeks to get it done."
You hit it out of the park, Sean! This is one you can really be proud
of, and I am honored to have been a part of it. |
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| Al Sauer from Seattle, Washington
sent this photo (and the one below) of his latest 1:144 scale
masterpieces. For his model of "Hawk One" Al used the
Trumpeter Sabre kit sprayed with Krylon Gold Leaf from a rattle
can.
Nicely done, Al! |
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| This little gem is a 1:144 scale Platz F-6F
Hellcat built by Al Sauer from Seattle, Washington, painted with
Model Master Dark Sea Blue. It represents a Grumman Hellcat II
piloted by Lt (N) Bill Atkinson RCNVR DSC, MiD from Minnedosa, Manitoba,
while serving with 1844 Sqn from HMS Formidable in 1945. Lt. Atkinson
was one of only two Canadian Naval Aces of the Pacific war and shot down
the last three enemy aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm in World War II on
24 July 1945.
Bravo Zulu, Al! |
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This 1:144 scale Canadair Argus Mk.II was
sent in by Herb Arnold from Eagle, Idaho. Herb used the Welsh kit
and added spinning props. The Argus depicted was used by 415 Sqn
Summerside.
Nicely done, Herb! |
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Lou Vautour from Kingston, Nova
Scotia, keeps on churning out hand carved, solid wood 1:144 aircraft to
be used on his yet-to-be-completed scratch-built 1:144 scale HMCS
Bonaventure. Shown here is one of the four Grumman CS2F Trackers he has
made for his RCN air wing. See image below for his Sikorsky HO4S-3
"Horse" from HS 50. Lou's comments:
"Bill, here are a few pictures of the completed RCN Trackers using your sheet # 055. The Trackers are made up of 44 wood and Evergreen plastic pieces. It took
approximately 12 months from start to finish with many other projects being done simultaneously. The Trackers were relatively easy to make in
1:144 scale due to the experience gained in the 1:350 scale version. The fuselage and wings are clear pine and the engine nacelles mahogany. The undercarriage contains all the Evergreen plastic rods used as the nose gear and struts are just to hard to render in wood. As with the
1:350 Trackers and the 1:144 Banshees, the decals went on without a hitch.
Thanks for the assistance in completing the Trackers."
See Gallery # 10 and 12 for pictures of his McDonnell
F2H-3 Banshees from VF 871 Sqn.
Bravo Zulu, Lou!!
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| Lou Vautour of Kingston, Nova
Scotia, is working steadily towards completion of a most ambitious
project - a 1:144 scale HMCS Bonaventure, complete with an air wing, as
it would have appeared in 1962. What makes the project so unique is that
everything is hand carved from solid wood! Shown here are the players in
his 1:144 scale air wing - eight McDonnell
F2H-3 Banshees from VF 871 Sqn, two Sikorsky HO4S-3
"Horse" from HS 50 and four Grumman CS2F Trackers from
VS-881.
Stunning, simply stunning. |
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