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Offline Second Air Force

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Ryan ST Series
« on: July 15, 2011, 08:09:38 PM »
As I was searching for other projects in storage I ran across this bedraggled Ryan PT-21/STM. I'll do another restoration project on this as time permits.
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Offline Nico Braas

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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 09:14:59 PM »
Is this the old Testor kit? I have built it as float version as used in the Netherlands East Indies!
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 09:27:42 PM »
It is beautiful as well it have in many cases highly polished skin ;)
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 10:01:23 PM »
Yea.. This will be one more great restoration! :-tri
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 10:15:30 PM »
Have the same thing in my stash, although in 1/72. :-love that bird, but don't know when I'm going to do it...
Whenever, it's definitely going to be in that polished/yellow "cammo"  :-jump
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2011, 10:18:05 PM »
Sympathic airplane... :)
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 07:08:12 AM »
Quote from: Nico Braas on July 15, 2011, 09:14:59 PM
Is this the old Testor kit? I have built it as float version as used in the Netherlands East Indies!

The thing that prodded me to find this old model in the shed was when I rediscovered the floats in my spares boxes. I'm  most likely going to do a Netherlands ship in aluminum finish.
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 07:45:14 AM »
Stripping the yellow paint (VERY thick coats when I sprayed it originally) was no fun. I'm just glad this is a small airplane or I might have given up on the idea. Not much progress, just reassembled the tailfeathers and engine and test-fit to the original floats that I'd saved all those years ago. I never knew why I kept those pontoons, but now they're back where they were designed to go. Next will be some priming and filling, then a spray of aluminum and some rigging.
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 08:07:58 AM »
There is also some brake fluid which can strip the paint but you did good job :-ok
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2011, 04:26:44 PM »
I tried a bit of everything, from oven cleaner to brake fluid to acetone/lacquer thinner/alcohol mixed. The big problem was that I didn't know how to paint yellow back in those days and put on many coats to get coverage. Thank goodness I didn't build many yellow airplanes!

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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 04:38:22 PM »
Removing old paint without damaging the plastic can be done by soaking in Caustic Soda solution.Of course, safety precautions should be taken: avoid all contact and wear gloves when handling the product. At contact with skin flush immediately with plenty of water. If in eyes, flush extensively with water and get medical attention!
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 04:45:00 PM »
I did not know that Nico, thank you :-ok
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2011, 04:50:33 PM »
I'll add caustic soda to my arsenal of stripping agents! Thank you, Nico.
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2011, 05:01:52 PM »
This is the old Testor kit I built many years ago. The 'seascape' came with the kit!!
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Re: Ryan ST Series
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2011, 05:15:09 PM »
Even in 1/48 scale this is small kit ;)
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