Patrik Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) After a longer pause new kit on my workbench. This time I decided to dig deeper into FAA history and represent one of their more obscure beasts – Parnall Plover – the not-exactly-successful contender against the far more famous Fairey Flycatcher. Unfortunately the references are rather scarce. There is the Putnam book on Parnall Aircraft and then some photos scattered throughout other general references, often showing one and the same airplane. So I gathered what I could get and here we go. I started with the cockpit. In the absence of reference material I decided to accept the cockpit details as offered by the kit producer. I added just the photo-etched seat harness and modified the resin instrument panel by drilling the instruments. Patrik Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Patrik, Good start. It will be good seeing this build. The seat et al is very nicely done. Good job sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) All major parts cleaned up and ready for assembly. I drilled some locating holes and added wire locating pins where necessary. The fuselage panel lines were deepened a bit, as the original ones were too fine. Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hi, have just noticed this thread. Have had this kit in my stash for a few years now and will be very interested to see how it builds. Looks good so far! cheers, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) The beast is (slowly) taking shape. The Bristol Triplex Carburettor under the chin is still just half-finished. Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Some of the detail parts ready for painting. In the background the kit in the biplane jig. Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) First round of painting is completed, next round of assembly begins. Patrik Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Biplane at last. But not for the first time. I had been in the same build phase already, but when I started adding the midsection struts, I found that following the kit’s panel lines and pre-moulded strut holes brought the midsection struts so close to each other that the rear pair almost protruded to the cockpit. And all four of them would in reality have obscured the pilot’s view from the cockpit in the most unpleasant way. As the available reference did not show such a nuisance on the real plane, it was clear to me that I should have had better look on the spacing of the midsection struts before I glued them (and the interplane struts) so neatly and firmly with the cyanoacrylate. After (long) contemplation I made the decision that none of us like, I am sure. I disconnected the upper mainplane again with inevitable damage to the detail parts and paint, being e.g. 75% successful with the interplane struts (just one of four broken :-). Then I filled and sanded the original panel lines and strut holes, widened the midsection 1 mm on both sides (up to the full-span ailerons) and here we are again. Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 That looks amazing! The detail is stunning for Braille scale. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this one completed! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) Almost completed. See you in "... for inspection" Edited November 12, 2017 by Patrik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 Going on with the thread restoration. I hope you do not mind. Patrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Nice to see the Plover Patrik, got one of these at the Nationals this weekend. Anything to look out for on this kit? Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Hi Stuart, apart from the mid-section struts issue mentioned in this thread, there was one more problem (unsolved for me) I found later on and wrote about in WIP. So either find the Plover WIP thread or read below. Otherwise a pleasant small high quality resin kit. Patrik Warning for potential builders of the same kit. In addition to the mid-section struts issue described in the build thread, I found another snag when I researched for the correct size and position of the wing roundels (so by far too late). The interplane struts are positioned too close to the fuselage, they should be one rib closer to the wingtips. In this the kit follows the Putnam drawings and they are wrong here. I did not have the morale to dismantle the wings once again, so I left it unaltered in my kit. I will be more careful next time I build a Choroszy Plover :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Thanks for that Patrik, duly noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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