Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Next on list is the Sova M PC-12. as with repackaged Amodel kits this one needs a little fettling to get a good parts fit. Starting with the cockpit. The cabin clear parts were inserted into the painted fuselage sections. The wing was assembled and the tail group The prop group was also put together and a test fit of the sub assemblies so far 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Not a subject I was expecting to see but all the more interesting and welcome because of that Ray and you've made good progress with it already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Who would of thought one of these would turn up? That looks great Ray and yet another Finnish subject to compete against the many Swedish builds on offer. Hopefully Rich will want to be his statistical best again and count how many builds we have for each of the nominated countries. Now that would be interesting. Cheers and best of luck.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Man, you aircraft guys keep banging them out... I'm just halfway into a truck chassis for crying out loud 🙂 Btw you guys ok down there in Canberra? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 A subject I know nothing about. Looks nice. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 3 hours ago, JeroenS said: Man, you aircraft guys keep banging them out... I'm just halfway into a truck chassis for crying out loud 🙂 Yeah, but we mostly build our models from existing parts - and not strips of plastic! But yes, there has been great progress with builds so far. And great to see even more Finnish subjects Even more so as according to Rich's spreadsheet, there's only two Finns participating, me included. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Gee Ray when did you sneak this one in!!! What a nice looking aircraft and model for that matter! Good luck with this one as well, another in an even growing list of builds I have to follow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 9 hours ago, reini said: ..... But yes, there has been great progress with builds so far. And great to see even more Finnish subjects Even more so as according to Rich's spreadsheet, there's only two Finns participating, me included. You also have those with Finnish Heritage, my parents emigrated from Heinola back in 1958 for the warmer climates of the antipodes 1 minute ago, trickyrich said: Gee Ray when did you sneak this one in!!! What a nice looking aircraft and model for that matter! Good luck with this one as well, another in an even growing list of builds I have to follow!! 12 hours ago, JeroenS said: ..... Btw you guys ok down there in Canberra? Rich, I am away in Adelaide looking after my elder son after a minor operation, so I have a lot of time in my hands at the moment. Jeroen, We are doing OK, but the constant fire warnings are draining. Fortunately I am 1300km away at the moment but head back on Tuesday. That being said, we live in North, the fires are lapping the southern fringes about 50kms from my place so we are safe. I thought I would never say I am looking forward to Winter! The fire fighters are doing a sterling job keeping the fires away from the city, Multiple retardant drops by the DC-10, RJ-85 and helo tankers are helping greatly. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Not much more I can do on this one with the facilitates on hand. I have added the flap track fairings to the wings and sanded the clear parts flush. I don't want to do much more until I get home as this has to be endure airline baggage handlers. Some putty is required, which I think will be applied tonight or tomorrow. Heading back home on Tuesday afternoon. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Great progress Ray. I hope that you get it back home as intact as it is now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 How's the fit of parts so far Ray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 17 hours ago, Col. said: How's the fit of parts so far Ray? Col, Amodel kits need a bit of TLC when assembling, the larger parts like the fuselage do not have locating pins. So clean up is in order for all parts before applying glue. There are a lot of smaller parts that have largish poor stubs on them which makes clean up a little harder. This is the second Amodel civil/bizjet type kit I have started (the other is a Learjet) and both need the trailing edge of the lower wing insert thinned down so you get a flush fit on trailing edge. something I did not get right on both builds, so some filling and sanding will be required. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 The major assemblies are together and a bit of putty applied. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Nice to see this one taking another step forward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 The first round of sanding finished, time for the cockpit glazing to go on for the some more puttying no doubt 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 These are a nice looking aircraft I think. I've seen the RFD ones in Adelaide, they do look good in that scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Good luck getting the cockpit windsheild and glazing in place. Hopefully it doesn't offer too much opposition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Windshield attached and ready for fairing in, then apply masks and add fiddly bits 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 she's coming along nicely. Was that a civie Condor I saw in the background of one of those earlier photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Thanks Rich, Well spotted, you mean this one? RFI Thread here 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Wow that’s lovely!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Masks on, I love these Sova M supplied masks! Some priming of seams and more filling 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Coming along very nicely, I take it you put nose weight in there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 54 minutes ago, Graeme H said: Coming along very nicely, I take it you put nose weight in there. Pretty sure I did Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 A beautiful looking aircraft Ray and I can see why you like those masks! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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