Canadian radial-motored Tiger Moth crop-duster.

[CSMO]

Rural folks are inventive. This cropduster was built by an intrepid Canadian who married various WW2 surplus components to build a machine that helped earn his living.

This is the old-tool kit with the Gypsy motor chopped-off.



I built a firewall and added an Aeroclub white metal Kinner R-5 radial and propeller. I faired over the front cockpit, added bigger "bush" wheels, and fabricated spay-bars from thin plastic rod.



The decals were added, one letter at a time, from scraps in the spares-box. It is brush-painted Pollyscale Soviet Brown #2.



I am really pleased with the results.

Adios, Larry.

[NARSES2]

Looks ok with that engine

[Captain Canada]

Nice job on this one ! Sure looks powerful enough eh !

[Old Wombat]

Looks convincing to me!

For a brown, that's ree-eally ORANGE!

[KiwiZac]

In Soviet Canada, Brown asks "orange you glad to see me?"

I'm sorry, I had to say something.

Top job! I'm surprised I've not seen any real radial Tigers before. It looks a lot like a Polikarpov Po-2 with that five-cylinder up front. I love the spray bars, they look OOB! Top job.

[Flyer]

 

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice, and colorful! 

[zenrat]

In Soviet Canada, Brown asks "orange you glad to see me?"...

I find it apeeling...