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Been waiting a little while to post this, but since the first full part is now out I feel comfortable posting this. So this is the first part in a series of videos I am doing on the Stearman that I built for this years contest. I had originally planned to release this monthly following the first full part, which I will post tomorrow, but because of the large time investment of editing all of the footage these will instead be coming out bi-monthly. So look forward to it.
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Here's a digital project I created based on some reference photos I shot of the 1930 Stearman YPT-9 / Cloudboy displayed at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Ore. Just a few of the special points of interest include the subtle leather coaming around the twin cockpits, intricate rigging for the wings and tail surfaces, the detailed radial engine and the wheels and exposed suspension. - - - - - -
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I’d been wanting to build the Revell Stearman for a while but kept putting it off because I knew I wanted to do an earlier Navy N2S-2. With no proper Lycoming R680 (with front exhaust collector) out there I waited…until finally picking up an “Engines & Things” R680 and robbing an exhaust collector from one of their other 9-cylinder engines; I also did some modification to the seats, rounding the backs and removing the molded in belts. With an open cockpit, these are pretty prominent, so I used some HGW fabric belts to dress them up. Tedious (X2!) but they l