New purchase ; Bushmaster 3 in 1

They appear to have ben produced one year 1973-1974 http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/cox_frameset.htm  I think that would make them pretty rare in it self Not any on eBay but worth point has >> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-cox-bushmaster-gas-powered-52817220  Nice looking plane

Thank's , yes one year ;

http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/cox_frameset.htm

Funny the link do not show the plane as my picture. You have to do a complete search

I bought it on E-Bay in February 23

After cleaning and repair the box
As I can see, this plane never fly and engine never run.


As received, before cleaning ;





All cleaned :

More pictures

That’s pretty cool, I’ve never seen that airplane B 4

akjgardner wrote:That’s pretty cool, I’ve never seen that airplane B 4

Yes. It is vey rare, just one year made.
I was very lucky to find one at a relatively reasonable price.

Very nicely done!

I keep having visions of someone standing knee deep in water while flying off floats and trying not too sink into the mud.

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Good job. You have a knack to find these rare and unique examples.

Bob

rsv1cox wrote:Good job.  You have a knack to find these rare and unique examples.  

Bob

It's the time I put into it, a lot. And the money a little too.

And I will have several other models to show you, another time.
My collection must be more than 60 Cox, Testors, Wen Mac, keil Kraft

I'm ecstatic! I found a brand new, never flown / never seen fuel example.  The box is not complete but what matters is all there. The floats, the wheels, the skis, the whole shebang in new, never used condition.  The price was fair but not cheap.  Considering the condition and rarity I just had to get it.  You can see on the pictures. Perfectly clear plastic windshield / perfect stickers, the fuel line looks new.  The Piston shows no trace of castor / fuel at all and it's free turning with good compression.

Reasons for getting it:  

1) I would have given my left nut for this plane when I as a kid.  

2) My friend and I flew our planes in his backyard about 10 yards away from the lake back in Canada.  The bottom of the lake was smooth and shallow near shore, and super progressive slope to deeper levels. That would have worked perfectly. We went to lake cottage in the winter as well, I could have flown it off the frozen lake's surface.

3) My (Cool) uncle was a bush pilot for part of his business.  He had a (Real) Cessna 185 with a Robertson Stol kit and floats in the summer / skis with hydraulic retractable wheels in the winter.  He used to fly to our lake house with the Cessna both in the summer and winter.  It was red too.

Obviously, a Cessna 185 is a different bush plane than a Cub and far from "Identical" but close enough.  

So, a red float plane like my uncle's as a Cox model.  Unbelievable.

Congrat R/C Phile, very nice one

Thats a very nice example ,Glad you could get a part of history that reflects back to the day.

Nice find and thankfully it had been properly stored, no hot attic etc.

It's a treasure.

Bob

Nice!  

I got one for Christmas in '75 (I think).  It's somewhere in my parent's house.  Still looking for it...

Cheers,

J~

Dig for it J~ Dig dig dig Oh and Welcome to the Forum !

getback wrote:Dig for it J~ Dig dig dig Oh and Welcome to the Forum !

Lol. I plan to. Every time I pull up to Dad's I can hear the theme from Sanford and Son playing in the background...

I do remember breaking one of the skis on some iced over snow. I attached the skis to the wheels after that. I also dunked it in the lake once. It flushed out and ran fine after. It should still be in the box with the instructions.

Cheers,

J~