How to build a real plane to RC?

[Stol_rc_pilot]

Hello everyone! I just recently got some flight training from buddy thats is a CFI.I wanted to build his plane as a RC and fly it at home,except I have never built a replica airplane.It is a 1962 Cessna 175 skylark.I would like to make it out of foamboard but still keep the fuselage rounded like the real plane if there is a way to do that.Thanks!

 

[quorneng]

The easiest solution is to buy a Cessna 175 (or 182) RC kit or ready to fly and then paint it to look like his plane.

 

[leaded50]

some plans here :
https://aerofred.com/search.php?search_keywords=Cessna Skylane&search_terms=all&submit=Search

https://aerofred.com/search.php?search_terms=all&search_keywords=Cessna+172&submit=Search

 

[leaded50]

but both the Simple Storch or Legacy FT models should be quite easy change to more Cessna alike, i believe

 

[Figure9]

Hello everyone! I just recently got some flight training from buddy thats is a CFI.I wanted to build his plane as a RC and fly it at home,except I have never built a replica airplane.It is a 1962 Cessna 175 skylark.I would like to make it out of foamboard but still keep the fuselage rounded like the real plane if there is a way to do that.Thanks!

Cessna 175 built from 1958 until 1962 had the same airframe as the Cessna 172 of the same era. The difference was that the C-175 engine had a gear reduction to the prop, slightly different cowl & nose bowl for the gear case that you can duplicate with foam.