Amazing Aluminum Aircraft Models

Cutaway view of the engine on an incredibly detailed 1/16 scale all-aluminum Corsair aircraft model

Young C. Park of Honolulu, Hawaii is a retired dentist who has been an aircraft modeler since childhood. He is now fulfilling a lifelong dream of making incredible precision aircraft models of the Corsair and P-51 Mustang out of aluminum.

Using tweezers, the controls can be moved.

All cables and linkages are meticulously installed and work all of the aircraft's wing control surfaces.

The wing cutaway view on the left side shows access into the wing as well into the cockpit with cutaway panels removed. Throttle controls run through tubes in the fuselage. Hydraulic lines can be seen inside the wing.

Young Park's garage workshop is packed full of tools and materials. Some of the aircraft parts under construction are in the lower left.

Mr. Young's first Corsair model took three years and 6,000 hours of work to complete

Young Park seems amazed that his work is admired by other craftsmen. Like a skilled sculptor who feels inadequate looking at the work of a great painter, he fails to see that the painter is equally in awe of his skill as a sculptor.

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