silver11 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 As I finished with Ansaldo, I'm concentrating my focus on finishing another long-standing project, another Italian bird Hanriot HD.1. I'm building a plane that was flown by Mario Fuchi, the plane has two machine guns and here are my questions: What type of synchronization mechanism might it have? I mean did it have "horn" on top of the muzzle or not? Also what about scoop underneath of the muzzle (I think it was a protection from shock wave from the gun)? I also have seen pictures where they present and absent as well. And final question did his plane had a sight, if yes what type? Thank you for any help. Alex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Sorry, I can't help with the technical question but I will say that your camouflage and finish look brilliant! Being an HR kit , is it resin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Thank you for kind words. No, this is not a resin kit, this is plastic, short-run, so details are not so crisp, and require additional work in fitting, but doable overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alancmlaird Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Looking like a great build there! I've never looked closely at the camouflage on these Italian WW1 aircraft, so two questions if you don't mind.... I. How did you achieve that mottled effect on your model? 2. Do you have any idea how the finish was applied on the real aircraft at the time? Now I'm off to have a look for your Ansaldo post....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Well, I utilize the same technique that I developed for Ansaldo, but unlike Ansaldo where I needed irregular shape holes and used for that soldering Iron, here for Hanriot I needed more or less regular rounded holes but of different diameters though. So in order to do that, I ordered via eBay biopsy punchers of different sizes and randomly used them on scotch plastic tape in order to create the mask. In order to achieve desired density of the camouflage, I made few passes with airbrush every time shifting or repositioning mask so the holes got overlapped. As for how the actual plane was painted, I'm too young to witness that However I have few pictures of this plane and most likely it was painted by short strokes of paint brush over painted canvas. Here is one of the pictures and profile created based on this photo: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Nice looking build. I enjoyed my HR Hanriot as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 4/7/2017 at 11:47 PM, silver11 said: Well, I utilize the same technique that I developed for Ansaldo, but unlike Ansaldo where I needed irregular shape holes and used for that soldering Iron, here for Hanriot I needed more or less regular rounded holes but of different diameters though. So in order to do that, I ordered via eBay biopsy punchers of different sizes and randomly used them on scotch plastic tape in order to create the mask. In order to achieve desired density of the camouflage, I made few passes with airbrush every time shifting or repositioning mask so the holes got overlapped. As for how the actual plane was painted, I'm too young to witness that However I have few pictures of this plane and most likely it was painted by short strokes of paint brush over painted canvas. Here is one of the pictures and profile created based on this photo: What an inspired and clever paint mask! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Here are some updates after the break that was caused by moving to a new apartment. Just finished tail and start working on assembling bi-plane wings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertopinal Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Is it just issued a book devoted to the camouflage of the Italian aircrafts during the WW I ; sorry, is in italian only...... http://nuke.gmtmodellismo.it/ r. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Well, this is a good news anyway, but it is a bit too late for me since both of my Italians (Ansaldo and Hanriot) already painted. Hope it will not contradict information in this book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Incredible modelmaking skill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Here is the finished model: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Alas...PB strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver11 Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Let's try again with another hosting: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Superb! A wonderful example of this small scale and such a colourful craft too. Thanks for the inspiration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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