VG 33 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Hello Here is my next project with the build of a couple of Northrop Delta 1. These are brand new kits made by Azur FRROM in 1/72. So far there are two boxes with civilian versions to build either : Delta 1A TWA, Delta 1B Aerovias Centrales, Delta 1C A. B. Aerotransport. And the Over Spain box to build the delta 1C under Republican colours or after the civil war. Here are the runners. Here is the instruction sheet to engrave the right shape of the Delta 1C passenger door. I am going to build first the Delta 1A when TWA flew her as a fast mail delivery transport aircraft. For that reason I suppose the passenger seats were discarded to save weight. The second kit is the Delta 1C EC-AGC in 1938/39 when flown by Republican Spannish AF as a VIP transport plane. To be continued... Patrick 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Looking forward to this! I love these between the wars "do anything" types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Hello Some work on my Delta. First I glued the transparencies a little bit ouside the fuselage with super thin glue. Next I sanded these transparencies to be flush with the fuselage. The fuselage engraved lines must be restored. And now here are the engines with on the left hand the Delta 1C Pratt & Whitney Hornet and on the right hand the Delta 1A Wright Cyclone. To be continued... Patrick Edited March 18, 2017 by VG 33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I'll be following this so I can pick up any assembly hints for when Azur releases the RCAF version. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, dogsbody said: I'll be following this so I can pick up any assembly hints for when Azur releases the RCAF version. Chris The one with the big fin? Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, VG 33 said: The one with the big fin? Patrick Whichever one they decide to make. I ain't fussy. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Hello Here is a little progress on my Delta. I glued and made flush all the passenger transparencies. The Spannish Delta is special with a wider access door so I had to cut the central windows and replace them with a piece of plexiglass in order to make the new window. In this particular airplane there were six windows on the port side instead of seven for the other Delta I. The TWA Delta is more standard (just two of them) with seven windows on each side. And finally I prepared both wings. To be continued... Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) Hello I worked on my Delta last weekend and here are the results. First the Spannish Delta with every seat and no safety belts. I added the curtains as we can see some on pictures. I glued the fuselage and the wings. There are some gaps to fill and the horizontal tail is to be sanded to get the right shape on the trailing edge. Next the TWA mail cargo with the same work done and to do... This time I chose to discard the seats and the curtains to save weight for the mail bags. To be continued... Patrick Edited April 10, 2017 by VG 33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Hello At least I am working again on these models. First the Spannish one with some red stripes and the Republican flag on the ruder : Second the TWA version that will be only natural metal finished : To be continued... Patrick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I strongly suspect you are making this look greatly more easy than it is in reality!!! Cool aircraft though. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 20 hours ago, Killingholme said: I strongly suspect you are making this look greatly more easy than it is in reality!!! Cool aircraft though. Will Yes this is not a Tamigawa model but as I am used to building short run kits this is just more time consuming. This is obvious as I need to get the most perfect surface before the aluminium paint. Anyway which main manufacturer could produce a Northrop Delta? Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Looks nice! I studied once shapes of Delta very carefully.... Perhaps you may remeber from RFI that some more than two years ago I did a scratch conversion to Delta using resin copies of William Bross Gamma 2a/b kit (wings, tailplane, wheels firings) as base and Frog P 47 fuselage up-side down for fuselage. That blocked me a bit and now it is a bit starnge to do another Delta from those very pretty kits. Therfore I look at your build with interest. Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hello Some updating with my Deltas. Next should be in RFI. Patrick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hi More pictures. Evene if this not thr RFI this is not so far. Patrick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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