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Bob
I would love tracings and drawings of the Lil Stinker. And if you can, the plans sheet and decals too..Any chance you have a flat bed scanner at home? If so, I recommend tracing the parts onto 8.5x11 paper and scanning as PDF. I usually include tick/index marks for four inches just to proof any digital to paper prints. Long decal sheets get scanned as legal size paper, or in overlapping segments for digital stitching later.

That spun engine cowl may be rasonably replicated with the bottom two inches or so of an alumin drink can..There are several various ones on the market in different diameters. I think Starbucks offers one in really skinny and tall cans. One can could provide the flat cowl for the Pitts and the bottom for the cowl.

Jim, I will be making scans of the plans and decal sheet for the Stinker. I have already traced the die-cut parts, and will scan that as well. This is one of the few Musciano hollow logs that is not on Outerzone, so I will send all the scans to them.

That would bee great , i have never seen that kit before

944_Jim wrote:Bob
I would love tracings and drawings of the Lil Stinker. And if you can, the plans  sheet and decals too..Any chance you have a flat bed scanner at home? If so, I recommend tracing the parts onto 8.5x11 paper and scanning as PDF. I usually include tick/index marks for four inches just to proof any digital to paper prints. Long decal sheets get scanned as legal size paper, or in overlapping segments for digital stitching later.

That spun engine cowl may be rasonably replicated with the bottom two inches or so of an alumin drink can..There are several various ones on the market in different diameters. I think Starbucks offers one in really skinny and tall cans. One can could provide the flat cowl for the Pitts and the bottom for the cowl.

Jim,  Mine's the Bel-air but it looks like duaneh has you covered on the Little Stinker.  

The Bel-air will be rescued from the loft, dusted off and placed downstairs on the wall but I probably will not do a thing with it.

A 2 inch dia. vitamin supplement bottle may make a good radial cowl, too. I did this on my half-A Ringmaster GBZ (Ringmaster styled like a Granville Brothers Gee Bee Z Sportster).


Cowl Front.


Cowl Back.


Aircraft completed, front view.


Aircraft completed, back view.


Cowl up close.

My flying buddy Dan made many cowls for Walter Musciano. This would be the version like the Bel Aire. This style was also used on the Tri plane and a few others. Dan also made all of the spun aluminum cowls for Builtrightflyright aka Walter Umland kits. Somewhere on the forum here is a picture of my C-47. The cowlings on my C-47 is the cowlings Dan made for Walter. My son was also helping in making them as well. If enough interest, I probably could talk him into doing more of them.

Thanks Bob,
I don't know how I missed who said what. I've been too busy at work, and too busy at home.

I know Duane does great work ala 1/2A Top Flite series, so I'll patiently await the submittal to OZ...Thanks Duane, and sorry for the gaffe.

Still dodging high winds and goofey weather in Columbus, MS! Sigh...

Hey man that looks Nice ! Presuming you used a hole saw to drill out the log , i didn't think it would work on Balsa .

getback wrote:Hey man that looks Nice ! Presuming you used a hole saw to drill out the log , i didn't think it would work on Balsa .

A hole saw would work, but maybe a Forstner bit?

Your probably right but i don't have any of those LOL

Eric, you don't need to drill out the log, you split it in half and hollow it and then glue it back together. The hoop for a X-acto works excellent because you have control not too mention and your not going to cut yourself using it. When we would hollow them out, if you held them up to the light, you could see through them.

Thanks Ken , i didn't know that, would make it a lot easier ... Make more since now two cut it in half and to dig out the interior. Thanks Duane

Hummunna, Hummunna! Wowzers...that is a beauty!

Nice work, @duaneh! That is a really sharp looking Musciano's Scientific recreation. A well done balsa creation has always placed a warm spot in my heart above the ready-to-flies.

Very, very nice. Ok excellent.

I would love to own something like that. Wish I had bought up every Scientific HL kit that I saw as a kid. Still, I had my share.

Beautiful job personalized with your own hand-cut parts. What are your plans for it?

I just cleaned up the horseshoe that came on that Cox Rocket. Berryman's dip and disassembly. Mylar reed. Mega tool marks. Leaving as is.



Beauty and the beast.

Congratulations, probably the nicest build I have seen this year.

Nice build i like the lil stinker I like biplanes they have a way of flying that I like For the majority Both wings increase lift and give them a look that I like I like the color you chose it's really pretty

It is always a pleasure to have you come by and scratch build another Beautiful model for us to admire ! Thank You

Excellent craftsmanship and very clean!!! If Scientific were still in business they would use for advertisement…. If you do fly it please video…. Would be epic to see that old design fly

Going back and looking at your pictures, it's easy on the eyes.................I thought a dead space behind the cockpit would be improved by replicating the triangle there as shown on the top wing.  Perhaps a bit too much decoration as the original did not have it.

It took a lot of skill and patience to cut out and apply all those monokote applications. Been there.