Subject: Re: 1/72 scale Grumman Goose
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:08:21 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  To: [email-masked] 
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  Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:22 AM
  Subject: 1/72 scale Grumman Goose

    
  "1/72 scale Grumman Goose" 

  by "Dan Duna"
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  I have always liked the look of the Goose, probably because of its windshield that looks like eyes as seen in cartoons. This is a Sword kit, with plastic and resin detail pieces (radial engines, seats, exhaust pipes). I wanted to place it in an action setting so planned on a water takeoff scene. The base is 10 lb. density foam (similar to balsafoam) and the waves were cut in with a pneumatic sander. Cheap acrylic paints from an arts n crafts store was used to paint the waves and froth. The wake was built up from spackling paste. The entire surface was covered with an acrylic paste called Modge Podge, bought at the same arts n craft store. 

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  The kit fit up was less than average and I spent some time reworking parts before assembly. The only things added were guitar string for pontoon bracing, stretched sprue for antennae, simulated spinning props, and surgical tubing for the pitot tube. The spinning props were made from scrap plastic cut into discs, sanded, painted and then cut to simulate movement. The entire model was painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with Vallejo acrylics. I am planning on doing one in 1/48 scale with a Signifier kit. This was my first water scene, and I am happy the way things turned out. 

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  Photos and text © by "Dan Duna"

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