Model Plane Masterpiece (Oct, 1954)
Model Plane Masterpiece
ONE of the most beautifully designed and carefully constructed model airplanes you are apt to run into in many a moon is the F-92 Black Leopard, built by young Robert F. Shaw, San Pedro, Calif.
Bob, a hydraulic press operator for North American Aircraft, took five years to complete his prodigious task, spending a total of $42 for parts and materials.
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I’m always impressed with people who have this kind of talent, wish I had some.
A removable fuel tank cap? Wow.
Somewhere, there’s a line between attention to detail and obsession. Bob was WAY over that line.
I wonder if the guns actually fire…
I wonder where it is now? I hope it’s in a museum some where.
@Tim Crow: It seems that it’s in the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, WA. Looks like it would be worth the $7 admission.
(Not at the Pearson Airport here in Toronto, or in Vancouver BC.)
http://pearsonairmuseum…
“The F-92 model features 3,828 parts with a wingspan of only 19.75 inches. Shaw began the model in August of 1948 and completed the model on Nov. 22, 1953. “