JWM Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 (edited) Hi, I have just finished this machine, starting it in ... June. Model is made almost OOB from Special Hobby kit SH 72111. Scheme is from VJ-4 of US Navy, 1942. Here she is: And with spinning props (courtesy of hair dryier) Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited November 7, 2019 by JWM 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Hi J-W What a splendid model, a cracking job. I love the look of these machines and wouldn't mind one in my stash to do one day. Great work All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Hello Wojtek Another best build and I think we saw her in early progress last June. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 4 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi J-W What a splendid model, a cracking job. I love the look of these machines and wouldn't mind one in my stash to do one day. Great work All the best Chris Many thanks! 16 minutes ago, VG 33 said: Another best build and I think we saw her in early progress last June. Patrick Could be, it was under way in mid June. Thank you for comment. Apparently I decided that this year is mostly with the floatplanes builds, currently two Beriev MBR 2 and Savoia 55 (the latest shown in GB section) Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Seriously good work - congratulations 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Most Impressive ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish 251 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Interested to see this as I saw the one on display at the NASM near Dulles Airport in September. It still wears its original WW2 paint. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Nice one 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Irish 251 said: Interested to see this as I saw the one on display at the NASM near Dulles Airport in September. It still wears its original WW2 paint. Hello The one I saw in the NASM reserve in 2004. So they preserved her in her original conditions. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariado Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Top result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Probably your best work, to date. Very nice work on a very nice aircraft. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Very nice looking model! Did you do anything to make the propeller spin easy with less friction? Or is it just a strong hair dryer or a long exposure time for the photo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Doc72 said: Very nice looking model! Did you do anything to make the propeller spin easy with less friction? Or is it just a strong hair dryer or a long exposure time for the photo? Thank you. I drilled through the resin casts of engines using 2 mm drill, and the propeller axis I made out of 2 mm brass tube (~15 mm long), glued with CA glue to propeller. It is secured from back with plastic ring cut out from a small plastic tube (a Chineese lollipop stick) glued together by small amount of Tamiya filler ftom back. The surface of brass tube is very smooth and its friction in resin is low, so it rotates very easily. BTW - the combination of tube from lollipop stick (which is in fact a small tube made of some hard plastic very difficult to glue) and brass tube is very convenient also in all V-type engines as propeller bearing. I glue fuselage halves together, sand it , paint etc.. and finally drill in the front opening for 3 mm placing there a 5 mm long piece of lollipop stick with already set together propeller, brass axis and something to secure it gently from back. Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 On 11/3/2019 at 7:15 PM, desert falcon said: Seriously good work - congratulations 👍 On 11/3/2019 at 9:43 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Most Impressive ! On 11/3/2019 at 9:51 PM, Lightpainter said: Nice one 😁 On 11/4/2019 at 2:27 AM, Cariado said: Top result! Many thanks, I appreciate very much! On 11/4/2019 at 4:27 AM, SoftScience said: Probably your best work, to date. Very nice work on a very nice aircraft. Congratulations! Thank you! It is the last one so far, so I like it more than others, but with models is like with children - you should not have beloved only one, so I cannot tell if it is really the best, I doubt to be honest... On 11/3/2019 at 9:47 PM, Irish 251 said: Interested to see this as I saw the one on display at the NASM near Dulles Airport in September. It still wears its original WW2 paint. On 11/3/2019 at 11:05 PM, VG 33 said: Hello The one I saw in the NASM reserve in 2004. So they preserved her in her original conditions. Patrick I can be only jeleaus sorry, that you saw her in nature! Thanks one more and regards Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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