Killingholme Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cool subjects. I like Broplan kits- they fit well, the plastic is suitably sturdy and the injection moulded struts, whilst a bit crude, are usually the right length! More sophisticated than they look! Will these pictures of the surviving Finnish Ripon II help? http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/ripon/ Good luck! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 These are progressing well. These types are completely new to me so I am finding this thread very interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Steady progress! I like the interior colours of the Hoover! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 I have just finished Potez 29. Tomorrow I hope topost it on RFI (I am waiting for daylight). It means that I can focus on those two Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Good to know! Please also provide us with a link to the Potez RFI! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hi, 7 hours ago, jrlx said: Good to know! Please also provide us with a link to the Potez RFI! The Potez 29 RFI is here: Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thanks, for the link. It's an interesting aircraft. I didn't know it. Very nicely done! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 I found in Net photo of Hoever with painting scheme I want to do (behind He 115 N - F.52 which I dis this yaer also): Here the quality is poor but I have the same photo (and another one close-up) of this "8" (what actually is "F.408") in the book I bought in Oslo recently. Below is a photo of "346" taken 20 km apart of near Aberdeen - also in a similar (but different) hastitly done in field camo. Such improvised schemes were introduced after 10th April 1940 disaster, when many machines were destroyed in German attack. Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Great pictures! I like the second one especially, as it shows the intricacies of the wings and float struts. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Last weekend was unfortunately mostly devoted to gardening - the winter is coming and some help to Mrs JWM was expected... Therefore small progress. Anyway - the current state of Ripon is following: I started to work on floats. I have to scale drawings to 1/72. It is neccesary to have right proporions and positions. With Hoover I closed fuselage The control pannel I made from some instrument pannel decal - it is composed of 5 parts The AS Pather engine has a characteristic system of camshaft rods. It is 2x14=28 pieces. I added them: To be cont Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Good progress, great patience assembling the engine parts! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) Hi, Today I ws working on Ripon, mostly on floats and also on some details in nose section. On the contrary to AS Panther engine the Bristol driven one has small air intake below engine and then something like fairing for tubes which goes to oild radiator. I noticed it on one photo in book. Here is inlet and begining of work on those fairings: Main struts between floats and wing are visible above. More details below: The top of floats has some square strutures like inspection doors perhaps. To do this I masked surround of those plases with Tamiya tape and put some putty there. Later I sand it (sorry for not shar take): After removing of tape the structures appeared: Between them some kind of deck for walking should be reconstructed. I made it from alu foil correguted using finger press strip of foil on resin copy of Jungers (G-24) surface: Then I glued foild on floats using Clearfix. All those works were done under careful supervison of my cat Gutek! To be cont. Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Edited November 2, 2017 by JWM 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 P.S. to previous post. Here are photos from front taken from net: But fairings and inlet are visble here in best way https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blackburn_Ripon_in_the_Finnish_Air_Force#/media/File:V.L._R.29_Ripon_IIF_RI-150_ja_koelentäjä_W.O.A._Siltavuori_Härmälässä_syyskuussa_1941_(35547403906).jpg Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Hi, Today I had day off - raining a bit so some time good for modelling. I glued bottom wing and tail to Hoever (it is rather Hoever than as I was writing so far - Hoover) Tail is a bit tricky - fin has to have gaps from top and bottom of horizontal tail which is supported by rods: I did also some further detailing of engine of Ripon. On photos you may see small tube or rod which keep exhaust pipes from top on both sides. Please note also small tubes looking down behind main exhaust pipes. This suggest me, that all tubing is a kind of by-pass to some use. I am sorry to say - I do not know the purpose. Maybe someone knows. It is rather heating system than turbo charger - but I do not know... I put on oil cooler and go to set up floats. However at first dry set it came out that the triangle structure is a bit too long (at least as result of me glueing it to main supports). Also it is a bit too wide. I have to cut out the front rode, shorter a bit the part of triangle and trim lenght of this bar. Then I was able to glue togeter all support and floats: I did also first control surfaces elements on tail. This is begining of preparation for riging... That is likely all for today. I am going for a concert of Pat Metheny - which plays in quartet in Katowice - some 75 km apart from my house... Cheers J-W 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Thiis one is really taking shape now. With those floats it is starting to look more like the machines in the photos. I really like your methods for making the raised surfaces on the floats, including the ribbed detail. Excellent idea - very original! P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 3 hours ago, pheonix said: I really like your methods for making the raised surfaces on the floats, including the ribbed detail. Excellent idea - very original! Thank you. This alu foil it is better to glue with CA (as I did in case of Potez 29 recently) then as I did here with clearfix. The clearfix get stiff to slowly and before it is done the surface can be affected easily. Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hi totally agree with phoenix:very original approach to creating the detail on the floats and the model is shaping up quite nicely. The float struts are also very carefully and precisely done,as well as the engine detail. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Coming together! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) Hi, Yesterday's concert of Pat Metheny was excellent - if you want ask me... Today I painted all tops with diluted Humbrol 117 - just to see if there are any surface problems, mostly with this aluminium panels. Before it I made some minor detailing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152188754@N05/37438796094/in/dateposted-public/ I am a bit confused today with triangle struts between flaoats. It is clearly seen on pre war photos of Ripon but it is not seen on one or two wartime photos. I do not know - have they found it an "excess part"??? So I do not know - keep it or remove? Any Ripon expert knows this? Cheers J-W P.S. Here no triangle Whereas on photo in my post #63 above triangle is clearly seen. One more shot of details: Edited November 3, 2017 by JWM Added two more photos as P.S. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Great detailing. Looking really good in green Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 That is a quite handsome accumulation of structure and colour there now Jerzy. Thoroughly enjoyed catching up with that! Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Coming on nicely Jerzy! The pipes from the exhaust are most likely to provide heated air for the carburetors, to help stop carb icing, which causes the engine to stop very quickly! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Thanks for comments, Gents 20 minutes ago, limeypilot said: The pipes from the exhaust are most likely to provide heated air for the carburetors, to help stop carb icing, which causes the engine to stop very quickly! Yes, could be. This is good explanation. Perhaps both: cockpit and carburators... Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Hi, Some painting work was done recently The struts for upper wing are glued. Twomain are scratch build since were lost (omitted). I did no progress with Hoever MF 11 however meanwhile I started another Norwegian '40 hydropan: Can you recognize what it is? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 41 minutes ago, JWM said: I did no progress with Hoever MF 11 however meanwhile I started another Norwegian '40 hydropan: Can you recognize what it is? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Hi Jerzy I am so glad I'm not the only one who constantly fails to resist the temptation of starting another kit when, I know that I should be finishing the all too many I have started and failed to finish already ! Sorry you have stumped me with your new addition, but I'm sure someone reading this will know, so let's keep it a secret until someone guesses correctly cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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