jrlx Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 This was my entry to the second edition of the Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB, which I co-hosted. As usual, I didn't manage to finish my entry in the timeframe of the GB, so I'll try to finish it here. Thanks for looking. Jaime ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, As co-host to the 2nd edition of the Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB, I should set a good example. As such, here is my entry: Zvezda's rebox of the Revell 1/144 A-90 "Orlyonok" Ekranoplan: Seems to be fairly simple to build, with only 38 parts and absolutely none interior detail. Even the lateral windows are simulated with round black decals. I think the most challenging part of the build will be the weathering, for which I'll rely on my experience with my Dornier Do-24T build. I'll build the box art machine: an Ekranoplan of the Soviet Navy, based on Kaspiisk Naval Base, Caspian Sea, Dagestan, USSR, 1990. Due to holidays and my D-Day Typhoon Mk. Ib build, I don't expect starting my entry before October. Cheers Jaime 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 A fearsome creature! Nice choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Looking forward to this! I've got the Revell version in my display cabinet. Will be interesting to compare the 2 versions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Very interesting machine Jamie, will watch with interest. Good luck with your build. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 Thank you @greggles.w, @dnl42 and Chris ( @bigbadbadge ) for your interest! I first heard about the existence of Ekranoplanes in the first edition of this GB. Unfortunately, nobody got to build one. So, I thought it would be a good idea to fill that gap in this second edition of the GB. Additionally, it seems to be a fairly simple kit. @dnl42 as far as I can tell from the information online, the Zvezda boxing is exactly the same as the original Revell, down to the instruction diagrams. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Nice. I built one a while back and drilled out the windows and used pva to fill them. I left it as is, but the windscreen is the wrong shape compared to photos of the real thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 I've been doing some research on A-90s and collected several pictures here: https://www.pinterest.pt/antniojaimer/ekranoplan/ Most are of the 1990s A-90 with serial number "26" but the colour scheme is the same as the Soviet machine with serial number "21" I'll be building. Cheers Jaime 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I'm in Jaime - better late than never! Interesting subject and I'm sure you'll make a great job of it, as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 4 hours ago, CedB said: I'm in Jaime - better late than never! Thanks, Ced! It's always great having you following along I'm still working on the D-Day Typhoon (haven't updated the thread yet...), so I won't be starting this one in the next few weeks. Cheers Jaime 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Well done Jaime, delighted that this time we will have one of these in the GB. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Well done Jaime, delighted that this time we will have one of these in the GB. Cheers Pat Thanks, Pat. I hope I won't disappoint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 Hi again, I won't be able to finish my entry to the D-Day GB in time (as usual...). Therefore, I thought I might start right away with my Ekranoplan. So, here are the mandatory pictures of the box contents. The sprues of the fuselage halves and some parts for the front engines: IMAG6520 Two sprues with all the small parts and half of the parts for the wings and tail plane: IMAG6521 The sprue with the remaining half of the parts for the wings and tail plane, as well as the clear part for the cockpit wind shield and the decals: IMAG6522 I took all of the big parts off the sprues and did a dry fit. This looks almost finished: IMAG6523 Fit is good, as it all holds together just with masking tape. Only the starboard wing is a bit lose. There's also a bit of flash here and there, but nothing to worry about. It should be relatively simple to build. It'll be the biggest model in the display cabinet even at 1/144. Hopefully, more soon. Cheers Jaime 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Hi again, Time for an update, as I've been slowly progressing with this build. I glued the wing tip floats together and left them clamped overnight: IMAG6539 The wings' and horizontal stabilisers' halves were also glued together. The leading edge of the wings near the wing roots were a bit difficult to join and I had to press them together by hand, as the clamps didn't stay in place due to the curved surfaces. Eventually I got this: IMAG6540 Next, I cut the small parts off the sprues and glued some together. Here we have the engines' air intakes glued together, the radar antenna radome also glued together, and the engine intake grids and the guns and turret isolated: IMAG6541 This picture shows the propellers and associated parts, the main landing gear, the engine intakes' variable ramps and a part that closes the gap between the intakes on the top front fuselage: IMAG6542 I spent some time cleaning up the sprue gate remains and some flash from the parts, including from the fuselage and the seams from the wings and stabilisers edges. The location pins along the fuselage have a bit of flash that must be removed (as per the instructions). This picture shows the pin on the left still with flash and the pin on the right already cleaned: IMAG6543 Cleaning the pins improved a lot the fit of the fuselage halves. I used a 0.3 mm drill to improve the look of the guns: IMAG6544 The seams in the air intakes need improvement. So, I applied some Perfect Plastic Putty (PPP) and left them to dry: IMAG6545 This reminds me I'll have to apply some PPP to the seams of the radome as well. The last parts to cut off the sprues where the engine exhausts (only one pair shown here): IMAG6546 and the cockpit windows: IMAG6548 It fits the fuselage very well: IMAG6547 I'll paint it black on the inside (there's no interior detail to see) and apply Aqua Gloss on the outside to give it a shiny finish. Thanks for looking Jaime 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Coming together well Jaime. Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Lots of us have this kit Jaime, you are blazing a trail for us all to build our own in the future. Keep up the good work Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nice work Jaime, as always 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Looking good Jaime. These Soviet Ekranoplans are fascinating machines! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi again, Thank you all for the kind appreciation. Here's a small update. I glued the engine exhaust parts that close the openings on the fuselage sides and left them clamped: IMAG6549 I also glued the floats to the tips of the wings: IMAG6550 That's all for the time being. Thanks for looking. Jaime 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Hi again, Not much done today. I've just cleaned up the joins of the parts glued together in the previous post. The joins on the exhaust areas are not very good and need filler: IMAG6551 Here they are with PPP applied: IMAG6552 I also had to apply a bit of PPP to the underside of one of the wing-float joins and to the radome joins. Next step will be cleaning up the filler. Cheers Jaime 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Is the surface texture as rough as it looks? Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 29 minutes ago, Courageous said: Is the surface texture as rough as it looks? Stuart Yes, Stuart. The surface is a bit textured. I'll leave it as is. Cheers Jaime 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 What are those chunky Frankenstein stitches behind the exhaust? Not some sort of hinge for the nose surely? Or some sort of crew ladder with pre-warmed rungs? (although I guess it would be even more problematic if they were adjacent the intake instead) You’re making good progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 10 hours ago, greggles.w said: What are those chunky Frankenstein stitches behind the exhaust? Not some sort of hinge for the nose surely? Or some sort of crew ladder with pre-warmed rungs? (although I guess it would be even more problematic if they were adjacent the intake instead) You’re making good progress! Thanks greggles! The stitches are in fact hinges, as the front of the machine opens to the side in order to load and unload cargo. It can be seen in this picture: Cheers Jaime 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 11 hours ago, greggles.w said: Not some sort of hinge for the nose surely? Got it in one Greggs. It's big, so you need big hinges. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Great work so far Jaime, they are very unusual machines, I wasn't aware of the fact that the front hinged like that, amazing. Keep up the good work All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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