AdrianMF Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Wow. I don’t know whether LOL or TMI is more appropriate! The A40 is looking good - let’s hope it gets to the finishing line without any more “accidents”! Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Dirty little sod !! I feel your pain - we've got one like that, geriatric, deaf, incontinent, skin 'n' bone, - bit like me, really....... :o{ Gonna have to burn the w.i.r.carpet before we sell......... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Excellent build Ati Sundar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 A-40 finished! Final steps were all pretty straightforward. A little sanding of the wheels was needed to get as many as possible touching the ground at the same time. I made new undercarriage doors from thin plastic card (the kit doors were way too thick) and repaired the refuelling probe with the aid of a bit of brass rod. Finally restored the 1 to the bort number. Here's one photo, more in the gallery. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 On to the Be-200. This is the Eastern Express kit, so short run, no locating pins, and less than perfect fit. However I've made quite quick progress - added some weight inside the forward fuselage and got the fuselage and wings together pretty quickly. As you can see there are a few fairly big gaps to fill, which I got on with after taking these photos. Also not shown here are the engine components which are in the garage with a coat of primer drying. I think this should be a fairly quick build. cheers Julian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_C Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Well done, the A-40 is a beauty. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbbusybee Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Fabulous subject, fabulous work, thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Another very striking model zebra. Congratulations! Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Good start on the Be-200! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 A bit of progress with the Be-200 today. Fuselage joints cleaned up, wings added, engines assembled. The wings took some persuasion to get something close to the same anhedral on both sides (one of them really wanted to be dihedral!) but got there in the end. Pretty big gaps to fill at the wing roots though. cheers Julian 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Good to see someone making progress on their Be-200! It'll be nice when it's done, but there's a lot of work involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Fantastic progress on these. Sorry but your comment about the ex Novo employee getting the job with A Model is so good you cant help but wonder if theres some truth in it ! Considering how deep Seaplanes have traditionally been these look like a standard aircraft, a victory for great design. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Love the slightly grubby finish on the A-40! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 I've been slowly plugging away at the Be-200 over the last few days. First getting the wings and windscreen blended in, then painted the engines (I thought it would help to have them painted before attaching them). So here it is before I attached the engines: Then attached and blended in the engines: Tailplanes need a bit of filler at the roots. Apart from that, once the floats are done it'll be time to start painting. It's gone together a lot quicker than I thought, although I've used about as much filler as I thought I would! cheers Julian 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/5/2019 at 12:08 AM, AdrianMF said: Wow. I don’t know whether LOL or TMI is more appropriate! I'd say a good squirt with a water pistol was more appropriate for piddly cat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Made a bit of progress here and there over the last few days without taking any photos (until now). The floats were by far the worst fitting parts of the kit but fairly easy to deal with, although one of them has come off already. So I've now got on with painting - white and grey done, the bottom of the hull will be dark blue, and wingtips will be red. I also thought I'd better start on the R-1. This is a pretty simple little kit. I've got the fuselage together (went together quite nicely although the seam between the wing roots was tricky to deal with) and three of the four transparencies on (painted black on the inside - really no point in anything else given there's no interior detail at all). This doesn't seem like it's going to take long. cheers Julian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 Got the blue hull and red wingtips done on the Be-200, and fixed up the aluminium engine intakes (not only had I carelessly removed half the paint on these, I wasn't happy with the colour - went with white aluminium instead and am now much happier with it). By the time many of you read this it should have some decals on - I'm a bit nervous about this as the decal sheet has the looks of an Amodel sheet so will be going slowly. Not so much to report on the R-1 - I've attached the transparent nose piece, which doesn't fit all that well (too narrow at the rear - but fortunately the front, which would be harder to blend in cleanly, is ok) so it's slathered in filler to blend it in at the moment. Here's the Be-200: cheers Julian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 The decals turned out to be a lot better than I expected - got them all on in about an hour and a half. So now the Be-200 is up on its legs - here's how it looked shortly before I took it to the garage for a sealing coat: On to the R-1 - nose is blended in now, wings and tailplanes are on. A little filler needed on the wing roots, once that's cleaned up I should get some paint on it tomorrow. thanks for looking Julian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 They're both looking great, Julian, and good to learn that the decals behaved for you. Very nice ! The R-1's a bit of a looker......another for the Christmas wants list, I reckon. I'm starting to get a liking for resin kits. Received new decal sheets from Amodel t'other day but haven't tried them out yet - they look suspiciously like the original sheet that came with the kit, so I'll try them out on a mule first. Fingers crossed !! Rog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Be-200 finished - more in the gallery shortly: and the Beriev family so far: The perspective is funny in this shot - the Be-200 is quite a lot smaller than the A-40. cheers Julian 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I'm loving the shiny bright civvy scheme on the Be-200 Cheers Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Looking very nice, I like the family photo in the end - just another one to go, and then final photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I have just been looking at the photos of your two completed models and they are superb. These are types which are completely new to me - and I had to take a second look to see that they are amphibians. The Be-200 is particularly eye-catching in that civilian scheme - such a nice change. When you finish you will certainly have a great collection of Russian types there. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Great job there Julian, the completed builds look excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 The R-1 is getting there - painted and decalled, just needs a flat coat and some wheels. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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