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CD48063 - Stearman PT-17 Kaydet


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CD48063 will feature new marking options for the new, excellent Stearman Model 75 (Kaydet) kit from Revell. US (both Navy and AAC) and RCAF markings are almost done, working on a few more as I collect reference material. Should be done soon.

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This is the final layout of the Kaydet sheet. There have been some delays in printing, but it now looks like it will be part of my September batch of releases. It provides operational markings for USAAC/USN Kaydets along with correctly sized national insignia, both of which are missing from the Revell kit sheet. It also includes markings for a Canadian PT-27 and Nationalist Chinese delivery markings.

It was a nice break from designing modern aircraft decals, perhaps I could look into expanding my range into WWII subjects in the future.

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The profiles will have to wait until I come back from vacation in early August - sorry. In my design methodology, preparing the profiles is usually the final step.

There are options for one early blue US Army Air Corps PT-17, one N2S-3, one N2S-2 (this one), one Canadian PT-27 and one Nationalist Chinese PT-17 in what I understand to be delivery markings.

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Vince, the Revell kit is an N2S-3 OOB; the first option above is an N2S-2 which can't be built OOB from the Revell kit. You need an R-680 9-cylinder engine with the front-mounted exhaust collector rather than the R-670, 7-cylinder engine with rear exhaust collector that is in the kit.

But N2S-2 BuNo 3553 had the wooden prop in the well-known photo of it having the inertia starter cranked up for engine start, in answer to your query.

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Vince, the Revell kit is an N2S-3 OOB; the first option above is an N2S-2 which can't be built OOB from the Revell kit. You need an R-680 9-cylinder engine with the front-mounted exhaust collector rather than the R-670, 7-cylinder engine with rear exhaust collector that is in the kit.

But N2S-2 BuNo 3553 had the wooden prop in the well-known photo of it having the inertia starter cranked up for engine start, in answer to your query.

"Engines and Things" does a Lycoming R-680 (48176) but I'm not positive that it is a version with front exhaust collector.

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