fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, Unkempt said: There's a lot of filling, sanding, priming and scribing but it's not the most fun bit to be honest. Proper paint'll be starting soon! Yeap, the dreaded stage of kit-making. Still, good progress! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Nice progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 What a fascinating aircraft, and I'd never heard of it before seeing this thread! Following with much interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Right, I finally got bored with finished all the sanding and puttying. I did an initial spray with a Tamiya can for the silver; I always have problems with silver for some reason but I've got something up my sleeve for later to (hopefully) perk it up a bit But for now: Masking! A bit of preshading: And finally, some blue. I don't really have a local model shop but I do have a local art supply shop and they recently started selling this stuff: 'Tru-Color', which is apparently made for the model railway guys. It's an acetone-based lacquer paint which airbrushes very nicely. Pity about the spelling but what can you do. I found a good match for the blue on the instruction sheet; it's 'EMD Late Demo Blue', whatever that means. So: Next up: more masking, white for the gondolas and tail, then undercarriage and engine. Nearly there. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Good progress! Looking forward to the revelation! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Right, where were we. Masking off, silver and blue: More masking for the white: Masking off: Huh, not too bad. Needs a few touchups. Let's get those windows uncovered: Not too shabby. Next up, the engine. Not as nice as the job @Andrew.S made of his here ... but I'm OK with it for now Next up: undercarriage, decals, finishing up! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Nicely Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Such a shame the passengers weren’t able to take full advantage of the panoramic windows perched over that massive wing. Model is looking ace. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Wow, really good progress! I see it from now, that it will be nice bit to your collection Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 What a fun little plane and determined build! Where did the pilot sit? I would love to see this plane with the pilot sitting in a central dome above the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks guys. The pilot sits in the front seat of the right hand gondola (left hand in the pics) which probably gives him a better view than a centre seat would. And yep, the passengers have a lovely view - of the wing. They should have made it with glass floors really. Blohm and Voss probably would have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenCJ Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 What a wonderful machine and a great build. Stephen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Nearly there! Today's a good news/bad news thing. Good news: I thought I might as well try the provided masks on the wheels. They fit very nicely and worked as advertised Lovely. Can't guarantee they'd be as good on the windows but they're way better than the last lot I tried. Bad news: well, there's a propeller and an engine. They are connected together... somehow. According to the instructions, it should go engine ->cowling->part 17->prop->spinner. Part 17 fits in OK ... but there's no way that prop's fitting on there. For extra funsies, there's also a part 11 that looks like it should be somewhere in the mix but doesn't appear anywhere in the instructions Well, I don't think part 17 fits in either. so I took 17 off, left 11 on the sprue, attached the prop straight onto the cowling (it fits beautifully, I think it's supposed to go on there) and put the spinner over the prop (it does not fit beautifully, the carving knife came out again for the prop hub and the inside of the spinner). And here we are: Now it needs decals, a few more touchups and whatever this thing is: Some sort of pitot tube? It's on the painting diagram - - but nowhere to be seen in the kit... Probably be a couple of days, tomorrow I will mostly be baking bread and making sausages. At least they'll fit together nicely. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Yes, that's a Pitot. You should be able to scratch one in a jiffy. Please notice that the tip is shrouded in the photo, that segment should be small in diameter: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Right, so it's coming from directly below the pilot. That makes sense. I've got some brass tube, I'll give it a go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 38 minutes ago, Unkempt said: it's coming from directly below the pilot. Let's not confuse @Martian Hale, who is foreign to human anatomy and bodily functions: It's not the pee-pee tube, it's a Pitot tube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Really good progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 So yesterday I made three things: Bread Sausages Both of those together ... but, more relevantly, a pitot tube ... which goes in under the pilot (no, not for that) ... with a bit of ez-line for that little bracing bit. Finally decals! There are only four, but I managed to ruin one so it's only the Sergei Kirov on one side. Sorry, Sergei. On the plus side that's the only side there's actually photographic evidence of so who's to say what's on the other side? So here it is. And I'm pretty much done here. I'll take another look tomorrow and see what needs tidying up then take a few more pics in the daylight. After that, I've got an Airfix Tiger Moth in the stash which needs building and I quite fancy something that fits together properly for a change. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Excellent work, sir! On both counts!! Don't get confused and mistakenly give a bite to that wing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Congrats to your finished build, it looks pretty good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Really lovely build. The more I look at the more disappointed I am that they weren’t used all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Marklo said: Really lovely build. The more I look at the more disappointed I am that they weren’t used all over the place. I know, it's just got that fantastic 30s look to it. The skies should be full of things like this, dodging between the airships. Thanks for following along, everyone. A few more pics: ... and I'm done. And I know I said I'd do something easy next but now I'm looking at that Lee Richards Annular Monoplane and thinking... Edited March 1, 2020 by Unkempt 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Hey, what about an RFI post with the finished model photos? It's a lovely machine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Lovely result. Strange layout, soviet, what's not to like? Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Moa said: Hey, what about an RFI post with the finished model photos? It's a lovely machine! Well, since you asked so nicely - (Did you get yours yet?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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