CliffB Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 May I enter the GB please, with one of the fastest aircraft of WW1, the SVA 10. I'll be using the Choroszy 1/72 Resin kit. Lots of nicely detailed pieces (not all of which are necessarily shown on the instructions!), and a crisp decal sheet. Unfortunately, both options (Italian and Polish), are for post-war machines. If things go to plan, this should end up on the IPMS WW1 display at Telford this year. Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 So long as there is a kit inside that pule of resin then welcome aboard what ww1 example are you going to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 So long as there is a kit inside that pule of resin then welcome aboard what ww1 example are you going to do? Let's hope there is, dazdot! I'll be doing an Italian machine. I have the Windsock Datafile 122, which show a number of WW1 era SVA10s (delivery started in July 1918). Unfortunately, the WW1 machines are much less colourful that the post war ones, with little to distinguish them apart from a serial number. I'll be making 12988. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Looks like a pretty good kit, I'll be following this one! Iann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Thanks Iann I'm hoping to make a start over the weekend. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Some progress over the weekend. I've started by tidying up the two fuselage halves. Generally OK, but I had some trouble with the engine cooling slots. The slots on the kit (right-hand part), are roughly formed and my efforts to improve them (left-hand part), just made things worse! The openings are very small in 1/72 and I found the hard, brittle resin difficult to work with. So I decided to fill the slots and will represent them with home-made decals when the model is finished. Should be much neater. I've also made a start on the cockpit interior. Credit to Choroszy, the major parts fit really well into the fuselage halves - no fiddling required. Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 good start so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Oh yeas. wondered if we'd get an Ansaldo - nice!! Nice call on the engine slots too - sometimes a bit of lateral thinking works wonders. Come on chap - get the CA going! lol Jonners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Giood work so far, Sir. Appreciate the scoutung report on the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thank you Jonners and Old Man The clock is ticking and I've done nothing on the Ansaldo for almost a month. So over the weekend I decided to kick start the kit again and finished off the interior Please ignore all the gunk where the seat belts attach - none is visible when the fuselage is closed up. Here is the fuselage assembled, showing the distinctive taper of the tail. Area rules do not apply ..... Behind the Ansaldo is the more portly fuselage of a contemporary Italian two-seater - an SAML 2. Some of you may remember that I started this earlier in the year as part of the Trainers GB (but obviously never finished). I'll be building this in parallel with the Ansaldo in order to stand a fighting chance of getting both finished in time for SMW. I have a day off from work tomorrow, with no-one else in the house, so I'm hoping for some serious progress ....... Cheers Cliff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 A good day today - got all parts prepared, and as much assembly done as possible, before painting. First assembly job was to fix on the lower wings. Strangely, Choroszy provides protruding stubs on both the fuselage and on the wings. The instructions imply that there is a gap between the wings and the fuselage. Sure enough, close examination of photos show that there is indeed a gap - something that I hadn't noticed before. The gap is nowhere near as big the kit would give though (you could lose an ankle in that gap), so I shaved the lugs off the wings and just kept the ones on the fuselage. I also added in some brass rod to strengthen the join. After that it was on with the tail surface and the undercarriage. I used the Choroszy resin struts provided for the undercarriage. Pretty sturdy, but noticeably over-scale - not sure whether to replace them........ Cheers Cliff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Nice job on the wing fitting - I agree about the gap, looks great as you've done it! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hi Cliff, Looking great and I like the way you sorted those wing spars out. Christian the Married and exiled to africa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehed Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Looking good, Cliff. Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Thanks Christian and Steve Some progress today - all priming finished. I don't know about you, but I always feel that the end is sight once the primer is on. Just a couple of coats needed, with a rub down in between. No nasty air holes in the resin, so well done Choroszy. Only nasty shock was that the priming revealed some less than perfect moulding on the radiator. To be fair, from top to bottom its only 12mm, so the wire grille is actually a pretty good effort. Overall though, it looks a bit tatty, so I'm hoping that the tried and tested combo of matt black paint and a judiciously placed prop should make it passable. Hopefully some colour on tomorrow - once I've finished helping to paint my step-son's new house (new baby coming too, in six weeks) Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Good work so far the kits coming on nicely with some proper modelling being done. I like the gaps to the wings Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Thanks Darren The Ansaldo is getting slightly more colourful now.. Next job is to mask all this up and start on the wooden fuselage (probably the best bit - I think!). Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Looking nice keep going 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 A little more progress today - the wooden fuselage is finished! Some tidying up and picking out of details to be done, then it will be into the Aeroclub jig for wing assembly. Other things to do tomorrow unfortunately, but hopefully might get this one finished next week.... Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Looking nice I like the woodgrain effect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 A quick update. Almost ready to assemble the upper wing, but have the windscreen to do first. Choroszy provide a small piece of flat acetate sheet and a small drawing that shows what shape that you need to cut out. That's the easy bit. The hard bit is getting the necessary curve that you need. I anticipate an evening with a hair dryer and burnt fingers tonight...... Cheers Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Wow, this looks really nice! There is a full-size one of those in a giant glass case in Genoa airport, ISTR. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Looking good neat and tidy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Great resin preparation, it's looking good as it's coming together. The engine cooling slots also came out very nice. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks guys. I'm really enjoying this build (my first for several months). It's going together much better than my previous Choroszy kit did (which is a good thing)! The cabane struts provide a good base, so I'm now thinking that I probably won't use the Aeroclub jig for this one. The resin struts are all too thick, so I will use alternatives for the inter-planes. The cabanes are not that visible with the upper wing on, so I'll probably leave them as they are.... Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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