fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Courageous said: Short and stout. Stuart Oh yes! A much wider girth (and shorter in length) than the Vega, that was a plane capable of carrying seven. Like the Gee Bees, these type of design was to some extent a fairing for the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, Courageous said: Short and stout. Twist and shout? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Seversky and Vega compared, being the Seversky just for one person, the pilot, but much fatter. Too many cheeseburgers and crap sodas. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 More corrections and another coat of primer: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 They are both shaping up very well as it looks. Lovely work from the simple basic pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Little progress. The LG legs are added, and the tailwheel bay doors are in place: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 The control surfaces were fabric covered, and their hue in photos is lighter -due to the aluminum dope- than the surrounding metal, thus gloss white is airbrushed on them. They will be masked before the gloss black is applied for the rest of the airframe: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Looking good fella, the model that is! Great to see the primer on . Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Wow Moa, this is a very neat little creation coming along here. I love those old Rareplanes - I have a handful in my stash and plan to start one soon. Gordon Stevens was connected with my local modelling club, Poole Vikings, but sadly I never met him as I joined after he had passed away. His legacy lives on however. I still see plenty of examples of his work for sale at shoes, often at very reasonable prices. As you are showing us here, they can be made into superb little gems! Terry 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 The later RarePlane kit of this Seversky has arrived. It is, as mentioned before, a further, much more detailed development of the kit, with surface detail and a slightly different approach to engineering. To the left the older, simpler boxing: Even the battery hatch on the left fuselage side is presented: A full interior is this time provided: The landing gear is presented in a not common way: The engine, if we take in consideration the age and media of the kit, is quite detailed: All the surfaces have profuse detail. Not always completely accurate, but hey, for the time: Gordon Stevens, in a photo he sent me when we were in touch, before his passing: (Janet & Gordon Stevens 60th Wedding Anniversary Dinner): 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 10 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Looking good fella, the model that is! Great to see the primer on . Great work Chris Thanks, Chris! 9 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Wow Moa, this is a very neat little creation coming along here. I love those old Rareplanes - I have a handful in my stash and plan to start one soon. Gordon Stevens was connected with my local modelling club, Poole Vikings, but sadly I never met him as I joined after he had passed away. His legacy lives on however. I still see plenty of examples of his work for sale at shoes, often at very reasonable prices. As you are showing us here, they can be made into superb little gems! Terry Thanks, Terry. See photo of Gordon above. He was such a nice fella. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 And what do you know, Gordon included a civil option (Doolittle's): 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 ...now you've got me watching out for that newer vac P-35, a glutton for punishment me. Looking better and better. Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, Courageous said: ...now you've got me watching out for that newer vac P-35, a glutton for punishment me. Looking better and better. Stuart But WAIT, THERE IS MORE! : I got yet a third Seversky, the relatively old MPM release. It has resin, film and P.E. parts: The transparency is very clear: The panel lines suffer a bit from tiny blobs, and may need careful re-scribing. We can see that the anti-skid areas are overdone, and are better replaced with matte decals: A very complete interior is provided: I also acquired the Peewit set for the masks, that, to my immense joy this time, came as what it's called kabuki paper, far better than vinyl. Glorious! Well done, Peewit!: As most of you know, I won't be building a military version of this kit, but adapt it to obtain yet another racer/civil machine. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 42 minutes ago, Moa said: But WAIT, THERE IS MORE! : So which would you recommend to do Jackie Cochran's racer? Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Courageous said: So which would you recommend to do Jackie Cochran's racer? Stuart Hi Stuart Well, both need modifications, first to remove the military features (more prominent on the MPM kit) and then add the different landing gear, luggage compartment hatch, slightly different canopy, deletion of some air-scoops and addition of different ones, etc. Both provide an interior that may need some mods, but of course a vac part can't compete with abundant photoetched parts, unless you are not comfortable with them. So both would involve some work. That been said, practicality and common sense dictate that the injection kit would be an easier job, but for those liking a challenge, or that particularly enjoy a vac or improving an old kit to give it a second life, the vac may be the way to go. I did not study the injection kit yet thoroughly, so take this with a pinch of salt for the moment. I know that a vac kit at the end may not be at the level of a good injected one, still many times I chose the vac, for the sake of the challenge, and because there is a special satisfaction in taking a sad song and making it better (Lennon Dixit) opposite to just assembling parts. Both are valid, it ends up being a personal choice, subjective, more than an objective decision. Becuase if we would be objective, we would never buy or build a kit, since a the new one coming most likely will be better. I like to tinker, and my scratchs and conversions far surpass the number of my normal injected plastic OOB builds. Sometimes the former come out really nice, sometimes they are not as good compared with a model built from a state-of-the-art kit. I am familiar with vacs and they don't take me more time than an injected kit, but they require more care and some extra engineering solutions many times. There is yet another layer: I love old planes, old ships and old cars FAR more than I like modern ones. There is a particular flavor I find in a vac kit (not all, just some). For ages I was a free-flight, radio-control and U-control all balsa modeler. I still have many of those models. The passion for that hobby went several floors down when the field got crowded with ready-made, Styrofoam, fiberglass and carbon-fiber models. There is such magic and artisanal gusto in balsa, tissue (or silk) and dope. Modern materials can never, ever, replicate that. Well, enough of nostalgia! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Gloss black applied: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 The masks are lifted before paint application: Now it's ready for the clear coat: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 23 hours ago, Courageous said: ...now you've got me watching out for that newer vac P-35, a glutton for punishment me. Looking better and better. Stuart Vac forms can be quite addictive..............🤪 That paint went on beautifully Moa. She's looking good. Terry 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 36 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: Vac forms can be quite addictive.............. I can't confess the number of them I have in my stash... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 The frames on the aft section of the canopy were in fact not metal, but some kind of plastic. They are replicated using Scotch magic tape glued from inside: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 The Seversky is looking really good, I need to get back into vac form modelling at some point, I made the Rareplane Dove/Devon many years ago probably my favourite aircraft and model, its actually a very good kit and my opinion it looks better than the Amodel kit, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 The metal paint is sealed with Alclad Aqua Gloss: Wheels are added. Several locations are drilled for the Pitot, Venturi, and antenna leads. Trim tabs, and battery hatch are simulated with metal-painted decal paper cut to size. Two louvers around the nose are dealt with using Archer resin transfers: So many things yet to deal with: nav lights, wing landing lights and their covers, front wheel fairings, nose, canopy and the details mentioned above for which the locations were drilled. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Looks splendidly shiny! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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