NZAM Kansan ZK-AHO

[harrysone]

I have been working on upgrading a PM AT-11 Kansan to become ZK-AHO of NZAM. While the basic PM AT-11 kit is a good starting point its pretty chunky & lacks quite some detail...

Encore models has done a great resin upgrade to the basic (related) Beech C-45 kit, so grabbing one of these and swapping out the necessary bits & pieces for the Kansan model was a logical next step





the encore kit has detailed resin engines, props, cockpit and vac canopy (the original injection version is way to thick!). I had to ditch the Encore control panel & build up a new (hacking bits of spare MPM Hudson panel!!) one to correctly represent NZAM's Kansan


Scratch building various antenna & the camera ports in the bottom of the fuse...



...and mounting a spare camera (from a Tamiya Mosquito kit) in the nose section...and cutting out a set of 'eye brow' windows above the cockpit (krystal klear comes in handy here) & here is the Kansan as it stands, it will eventually be painted in the polished metal livery worn by 'AHO from the 1940s through to the early 1960s

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[flyjoe180]

Looks great Harry

[ZacYates]

Very cool! Nice work so far.

[harrysone]

Thanks guys, I have to try and fashion some mud guards for the mains, apparently 'AHO was unique on this account, something about keeping splattered mud off the camera apertures.


...hmm thinking about it...maybe I might try bashing a bit of an aluminium (beer) can into shape...might even drink to that

[harrysone]

Completed model...I made the mudguards using tinfoil...does the job

[Dave Homewood]

Wow, that is superb. Well done.

[ams888]

Wow that looks awesome!

[harrysone]

Thanks, looks a little better in natural light (I think)...



Just need an AeroCommander Kit

[flyjoe180]

Beautifully finished Kansan Harry, it looks very smart.

[dewobz]

Another cracker project Harry. Brilliant!