72linerlover Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Good evening, sirs. A friend of mine here on BM asked me to post some of my models. Here is a scratchbuilt 1/72 Fournier RF-5. The original belongs to a friend and my son had his first flight ever on this plane. Thanks for watching. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 This is more than excellent. Can' t believe that this is scratch built. My best Congratulations . Best regards Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) What a lovely build of a lovely aircraft. I have always had a soft spot for the Fournier, I remember watching the Fournier Duo perform at Yeovilton in the mid eighties to Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond. They made a deep impression on me. Flying has now been part of my life for twenty eight years! Regards Darren Edited November 20, 2015 by Blogs On 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Beautiful little sailplane model! Would that I could scratchbuild like that. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin @ RAM Models Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 What a lovely build of a lovely aircraft. I have always had a soft spot for the Fournier, I remember watching the Fournier Duo perform at Yeovilton in the mid eighties to Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond. They made a deep impression on me. Flying has been part of my life for twenty eight years! Regards Darren I was just about to offer the same memories. Superb display team and one of the most original acts to grace the UK circuit. Great model btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Stunning little gem! Cremona terra di grandi modellisti, si direbbe Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) What a lovely build of a lovely aircraft. I have always had a soft spot for the Fournier, I remember watching the Fournier Duo perform at Yeovilton in the mid eighties to Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond. They made a deep impression on me. Flying has been part of my life for twenty eight years! Regards Darren Double like. Made such an impression on me that I had to learn how to play it on the guitar. Can you let us in on how you built it? Edited November 20, 2015 by andy wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Excellent job, quite impressive for a scratch build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Superb, pro level model of a lovely original type. Deeply impressed. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72linerlover Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Thanks, sirs, for your appreciation. In answer to andy wood a little construction report. Fuselage. I made a wooden master of the inside dimensions and cut in 3 parts. The front one was used for thermoforming the engine cowling, the rear one to be covered in plastic sheets. The central (cockpit) one deleted. The assembly followed gluing together the parts with bulkheads inside. Wings. They are made of 2 thin sheets of plasticard glued to a tapered spar. The leading edge is a rectangular profile shaped. All control surfaces are done the same way. Canopy. Thermoformed like usual. The inside black frames are made of insulating tape and the outside ones of painted decal stripes. Cockpit. Not much to say: some thin sheet of aluminum for the IP, stretched sprue and all what you normally use to dress it up. Main landing gear. The tyre is a rubber "OR ring" and the strut a mix of aluminum and plastic stripes. The markings are homemade laser decals. @giemme "Cremona terra di grandi modellisti, si direbbe" translation: Cremona, land of great modelers. I do agree; unfortunately I'm not among them. Regards Eugenio 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Excellent! - and very nice tutorial of scratch work Congratulations! Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 @giemme "Cremona terra di grandi modellisti, si direbbe" translation: Cremona, land of great modelers. I do agree; unfortunately I'm not among them. What you mean, you're not from Cremona? Thanks for the WIP photos, great scratch work! Ciao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72linerlover Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 giemme, I'm from Cremona. THIS is true. Eugenio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Lovely job, very inspirational, and thanks for sharing. Lovely job, very inspirational, and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_frequentflyer_ Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Bellissimo! E salutami il proprietario! Alessandro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom61 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great job Eugenio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Italy. The land of great food and great model makers I'm glad not to have missed this - even if I've come a little late to it. Beautiful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72linerlover Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Thanks again, mates. Eugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Eugenio, Thank you. That is truly superb ! I own a Fournier RF5B, which I share with my partner. She has for quite some time been enquiring about a model of the RF5. Your pictures here may inspire us to try to model our machine. They are lovely aircraft, true sky dancers, though mine is not aerobatic. Moulding the larger bubble canopy for the 5B will be a real challenge of course, maybe the hardest challenge; it's many years I last tried any plunge forming, which I think may be the same as your thermoforming(?). For this maybe I'd need to build or buy a vacforming machine. Do you know any of the Italian Fournier Club International folk? We met them a couple of years back on a Europe tour they did. Lovely people - one day we shall fly our machine to Italy I hope. Regards, John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72linerlover Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Eugenio, I own a Fournier RF5B, which I share with my partner. She has for quite some time been enquiring about a model of the RF5. Your pictures here may inspire us to try to model our machine. They are lovely aircraft, true sky dancers, though mine is not aerobatic. Moulding the larger bubble canopy for the 5B will be a real challenge of course, maybe the hardest challenge; it's many years I last tried any plunge forming, which I think may be the same as your thermoforming(?). For this maybe I'd need to build or buy a vacforming machine. Do you know any of the Italian Fournier Club International folk? We met them a couple of years back on a Europe tour they did. Lovely people - one day we shall fly our machine to Italy I hope. Regards, John B Hi John, Thank you for your appreciation. Yes, plunge forming was my way to make the canopy. I heated a PVC sheet on a candle, since the small size. I've been doing this way for more than 40 years, and never used vacuum. It shouldn't be difficult to do the same for the 5B canopy. As regards the Fournier Club, I can send you the email address of the owner of the D-KIND. He is a former Alitalia pilot , great modeler, born in Cremona, now living in Rome. Regards Eugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Superb build, great scratch building and all the more unique due to your personal connection with the aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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