Wee Canadair Argus

[Captain Canada]

Thanks for the confirmation ! Mine is a little underscale at the moment, but the next one will be right on....I hope !

[Captain Canada]

OK then....I have all four nacelles done and am all too excited to glue 'er all together...but I figure I'd better get on with the fiddly bits before that ! Here's the new radome fitted. I bought some white glue for 60 cents hope she holds ! I guess she'll be the big nosed version. Mk.II ?

[JayBee]

Mk I actually. It had the larger American radar, the Mk II had the smaller British Radar.

Jim

[Captain Canada]

OK Mk.I ! I like the look of the big ol' radome and figured it would be more fun to shape as well. I might add a few more bits but she may also be done. Now need to find somat to colour her with !

[The Rat]

Looks almost ready to seal up. Go to the nearest cop shop and ask if they know where you can buy some dope, they might be quite helpful. 

[Captain Canada]

Seal her up ? I was lucky enough to find some water colour paints and some brushes....I'm sure it will be a mess but I have to try something !

I've also acquired some tooth pics that I will hopefully use to make the scoops on the engines.

[Gondor]

Sorry but I have not been able to find my pictures of an Argus 

Must be burred around here somewhere 

Gondor

[The Rat]

I took a load of pics of the Trenton Argus a couple of weeks ago, Kit Spackman was asking for some. But they're close-up detail shots, don't think they'll be much use for the scale you're doing. But if you want any, I'll post them.

[Captain Canada]

Thanks for the offer Rat but I should be good for this wee bird ! Just be nice to see some shots of them when still in service. Not alot around !

[PR19_Kit]

I took a load of pics of the Trenton Argus a couple of weeks ago, Kit Spackman was asking for some. But they're close-up detail shots, don't think they'll be much use for the scale you're doing. But if you want any, I'll post them.

Who, me? I don't recall that......... 

[kitnut617]

I took a load of pics of the Trenton Argus a couple of weeks ago, Kit Spackman was asking for some. But they're close-up detail shots, don't think they'll be much use for the scale you're doing. But if you want any, I'll post them.

Actually, I think that was me Dave, I've got a 1/72 one on the go --

cheers,
Robert

[Captain Canada]

Wasn't it you Robert who had the links on the other forum ? I found them while searching google. Some great shots on there ! I guess we should post them here too 

[McColm]

If it all goes wrong it would make a great Russian 'Coot' look-a-like!

[JayBee]

I've got a 1/72 one on the go --

Based on what Robert, I rather think we would love to know.

Jim

[kitnut617]

Some years ago I bought a 1/72 scale vacuform Canadair Argus CP-107.  A fellow in South Africa had made a mould of one because there wasn't a kit of it available and I was told it's quite accurate.  This fellow was convinced to make a bunch and sell them and I've got one of them, kit #2 if all the writing on the parts mean anything.  And I was told only 10 were made, it goes by the manufacturing name Santos.  

But when I got the latest product catalogue from Herryll's Execuform, I saw he does one now too in 1/72 scale and only quite recently, Cooper's Model started to put out a complete u/c set plus props specifically for the Execuform kit.  These are 3D Printed items and I bought a couple of sets, they're really a marvelous piece of art (bit expensive though and the family jewels will be hanging from a tree if SWMBO ever found out how much I spent on them).

So my plan is to build the Argus as a Mk.1 using a spare radome from a Neptune (which is losing it for another conversion [think Falcon]) because the kit only comes with the Mk.2 radome,  and then I'm going to convert my Airways Britannia into a Yukon which will take care of the two u/c sets.