C-46 SOD refugee finished

[Clunkmeister]

On 9/20/2023 at 8:22 AM, JohnB said:

Sounds like some marginal airplanes Ernie. How was their mechanical condition? Let me know how the Valom kit stacks up as I don't want to waste any $$$ on one if it's as crappy as the old William's Bros. kit.

Mechanically they were top notch with all ADs complied with and even the Hamilton STCs to pull off the horrible Curtiss Electric 4 blade paddles.  That mod alone made all the difference.  
no more pulling circuit breakers to get the engines to hold sync. Set ‘em and forget ‘em. Or until you changed power settings. 
The guys who owned the company weren’t stupid. Shiny paint made no difference, and faded out quickly.  Plus nobody admired the freighters bringing in their diesel and food. The people haulers got the exterior love, though. 

[JohnB]

22 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said:

Mechanically they were top notch with all ADs complied with and even the Hamilton STCs to pull off the horrible Curtiss Electric 4 blade paddles.  That mod alone made all the difference.  
no more pulling circuit breakers to get the engines to hold sync. Set ‘em and forget ‘em. Or until you changed power settings. 
The guys who owned the company weren’t stupid. Shiny paint made no difference, and faded out quickly.  Plus nobody admired the freighters bringing in their diesel and food. The people haulers got the exterior love, though. 

That sounds like they were in good shape and a pleasure to fly. Pretty good deal to have significant time on those birds.

[Peterpools]

Ernie

Thanks for the background info ... always so good to learn something new.