Courageous Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Looking very nice. Let's hope those resin struts can take the strain. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) More on the biplane-in-making theme below. I had to shorten the rear legs of the N interplane struts in order to maintain correct upper wing incidence angle, otherwise all the struts fitted surprisingly well for a resin kit, and they even matched very well my modifications of the wing dihedral, described earlier in this thread. I also modified the central section struts to a certain degree, though this modification was more on the cosmetic side. One of the central section struts snapped during the cleaning operations, the reason was an air bubble hidden inside the strut that weakened its structure quite significantly. A bit off-topic question for someone gifted in chemistry. I toppled small bottle of cyanoacrylate glue (while placing the central section struts this morning), and quite a few of it spilled over my working surface . Swearing loudly, I started wiping it with a piece of cloth, when suddenly an acrid smoke developed and I also felt brief but intensive heat through the cloth. Never happened to me before. Because the engineer in me does not like such kind mysteries, does someone have an idea what happened? I do not believe that loud swearing - though on Christmas Eve - could have had this kind of effect.😉 Edited December 24, 2018 by Patrik 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Looking very tasty Patrik. I like the extra detailing and corrections. I'm no chemist (i'm sure someone can offer a more detailed explanation) but cyano is autothermal so it generates heat when it cures. If the cloth you used was damp or contained any moisture then this possibly accelerated the curing process. If it is a large spillage then it can get quite hot as you experienced. I suspect the swearing had little to do with it 😉 Happy Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 A bit of colour to show. I decided I paint the Norwegian markings - at least partly. The red on the original kit decals may be passable, however the blue is ways off, and the stripe's proportions did not impress me either when compared with the references. Moreover, I was not exactly attracted by the idea of battling the (from my previous experience) rather thin and brittle Choroszy decals over the curved surfaces. So it is white and red masked and painted, blue will come from the Extradecal sheet. On the picture the lower wings and rudder have been unmasked already, with not more than usual amount of unmasking surprises, while the upper wing gets one more coat, as I have not been satisfied with the red still. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Olive green painted and unmasked. Looks almost completed. However, still some detailing and quite a few corrections are necessary, especially along the national markings. Edited January 6, 2019 by Patrik 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Looking great Patrik, you'll soon be looking towards your next build. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 That looks lovely - the Norwegian markings are very attractive. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I think that because you spread the super Glue very thinly over the surface and some was very quickly absorbed into the cloth the whole lot went exothermic very rapidly. This is a great favourite of mine and it was going to be my sons next 'New Types Park' model and I still have the patterns. I also have most of a Penguin one. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Almost finished. The blue stripe decals were rather tedious task, happy to be through. Meet you in RFI in a few days or so. Patrik 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Completed and ready for your inspection here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050089-172-aw35-scimitar-choroszy-resin-kit/. Patrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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