Aerosan RF8

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Aerosan RF8

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Recently picked this one up at my LMS. The Trumpeter Aerosan (Aero Sleigh) RF8. It looked just weird enough to build.
Of interest to me was what I learned about a similar design during a Google search looking for photos. Designed by Chester Wing who was mayor of a small town of St Ignace, MI about 150 miles from me. He was looking for high speed travel from the mainland to Mackinac Island (around 5 miles each way) in the winter when the Strait froze over. Wing was also a car dealer and had access to Ford Model A engines for power. The story continues with the plans being obtained by Igor Sikorsky and found their way to Russia. They were then mass produced. Michigan Historical photos show similar machines in use. So the project hit close to home without realizing it.

It was a really fun build. Quite easy with instructions and parts well laid out.


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I really like that Jeff; fascinating bits of kit and yours is very nicely presented too
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Beautifully presented Jeff.

The sheep droppings look very realistic :ha:
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Terrific work.
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quite unusual and very refreshing build. Like it a lot.
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Interesting item, well delivered !!
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Wow, what an excellent looking Aerosan and very nicely posed and photographed. Interesting bit of history too.
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James.........those are Yak droppings. A Yak 9 maybe? :)
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Amazing !
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Really neat vehicle Jeff. Nice model.

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Excellent work! Great subtle weathering.
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Lovely Jeff, looks great on the base you have for it as it sets it off a treat.
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Fantastic work Jeff 8-)
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You're costing me a lot of money, Jeff. I have to have one of these now.
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Would love to see what you do with it Mike
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