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During the Second
World War, The RCAF utilized a great many Noordyn Norseman aircraft in
the utility role and with the end of hostilities, they were sold off to
Civilian operators. The Province of Saskatchewan purchased this
aircraft along with others to form Saskatchewan Airways. CF-SAM along
with her twin CF-SAN were used in the air ambulance and smoke jumper
roles and many folks owe their lives to the men who flew these old
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Modelcraft kit was the basis for this 1:48 scale model..only because it
was the only game in town. Details are questionable and sparse but
I started with the cockpit adding seat belts, an instrument panel with a
few improvements, but very little else. |
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The wheel landing gear was a joke, being nothing more than a flat
rectangular blob of plastic (on the left) so I scratch-built new correct
gear legs, used wheels from the spares box and made the axels and oleos
from brass tubing. Torque links made from brass were also added. |
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final assembly, I painted the thing with Polly Scale then clear coated
the entire model. The decals were from Whiskeyjack Decals, Alps
printed and very high quality. The large lettering on te wings
went on beautifully and when clear coated, the carrier disappeared. |
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The model was assembled and then new lift/drag struts were fabricated
from airfoil shaped strut material as once again I was dealing with a
square section blob..more like a miniature 2x8 piece of lumber. |
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During the decalling process,the pin stripping for the right side was
damaged so I used the original markings as Gordon Parker had included
both schemes on the sheet. |
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CF-SAM was rescued by our team from the hands of a fellow that wanted
only the engine and was going to burn the rest of the aircraft. We
managed to pursuade him to give up the airframe and it has since been
completely restored. It sits today in the Western Developement
Museum in Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan |
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