Andwil Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Place holder for my Pilatus Porter entry. This will be my first Dora Wings kit and I’m quite impressed with what I’ve seen of it so far. Sprues: Four sprues of crisp grey plastic, nicely detailed with engraved panel lines, resin wheels and exhausts (choice of two exhaust styles). Two frets of PE and masks for windows and wheels: I won’t be using the right hand PE as it is a ski attachment for the Japanese Antarctic plane which I am not building. Instruction book: One oddity I have noticed is that the instructions show six passenger seats whereas the sprues contain four seats and six seat backs! The decals I will be using will be from a local producer here in Adelaide: I intend to do the second scheme with the hand painted legend on the fuselage, operated by the Australian Army in Vietnam. Work on the build will commence when I finish organising my new study. AW Edited October 14, 2021 by Andwil 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Welcome AW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 My Swiss colleagues here will be delighted about your entry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I'm keen to see this one built, I've long wanted to do one in the Mt Cook colours that I flew in several times back in the 80s. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8618452 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 hours ago, stevehnz said: I'm keen to see this one built, I've long wanted to do one in the Mt Cook colours that I flew in several times back in the 80s. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8618452 Steve. The Mt Cook one looks like a beauty, not sure I’d be too keen on the kind of steep take offs and landings that Porters are capable of! AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Andwil said: The Mt Cook one looks like a beauty, not sure I’d be too keen on the kind of steep take offs and landings that Porters are capable of! AW They were/are used for ski landings on the Tasman Glacier below Mt Cook, it was a fantastic experience, I was driving tour coaches at the time & would get a ride if there was a spare seat. Never got sick of it. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Welcome from me too AW. You're right, it does look to be a quality kit Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 Work on the Porter was delayed by the arrival of our first Grandchild on Friday, a gorgeous girl so time was spent in Hospital visits and cuddles. Today though I made a start cleaning up some of the parts. Despite the nice crisp mouldings there is a quantity of flash that is quite hard and needs to be carved away and sanded from the parts. The kit provides a choice of three of four bladed props, both have these sink marks on the spinner which have been filled with Vallejo filler. I also found the two “missing” seats, which were on a seperate sprue and not with the other seat parts! Actually finding parts is going to be a bit of a chore as they are not numbered on the sprue so constant referral to the parts map is required, in addition, it looks like each section of the build uses parts from two or three different sprues. AW 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Congratulations Grandad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Congrats on the Grandchild, the sadface emoji was for the prop not your good news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Congratulations on the granddaughter! Great scheme choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 Thanks guys, to say I am quite chuffed would be an understatement. AW 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I was wondering if you'll be a Grandpa, or Grand Dad but then it dawned, you'll have absolutely no say in the matter. Congratulations on the new arrival all the same, to you & your family. Those sink marks Not so good, the rest doesn't look too bad though. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I was wondering if you'll be a Grandpa, or Grand Dad but then it dawned, you'll have absolutely no say in the matter. Congratulations on the new arrival all the same, to you & your family. Those sink marks Not so good, the rest doesn't look too bad though. Steve. Thanks Steve. Actually my daughter asked me in the middle stages of her pregnancy what I would like to be called, I chose Grandpa, mainly out of memory of my own much loved Grandpa. The flash is quite strange, although there’s not a lot, what there is is quite thick and takes a lot of careful scraping to eliminate. Flash aside, the mouldings are very nice. AW 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Started some assembly of the cabin. I am only going to fit the rear pair of passenger seats, leaving the rest of the interior free for cargo: and some work on the sides. The doors are moulded in clear plastic and masks are provided for the windows. Unfortunately only one mask per window is included, so in order to mask the insides as well I used the backing sheet as a template to cut additional masks from a Tamiya tape: my plan is to pose the starboard, sliding door open with port, hinged doors closed. sink holes on the spinner filled: a bit more sanding required. I also assembled the nose: Thanks for looking. AW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Nice looking little kit 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 It's nice to see this one under way. I'd never noticed the shape of the Porter's cabin doors/windows before. Based on your third photo, they wouldn't look out of place on a VW Beetle . Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 2:48 PM, Hewy said: Nice looking little kit 👍 It is nice looking. Dry fitting shows there will be some sanding in my future, fit is quite tight, especially the wing to fuselage joint. On 8/18/2021 at 3:38 PM, CliffB said: It's nice to see this one under way. I'd never noticed the shape of the Porter's cabin doors/windows before. Based on your third photo, they wouldn't look out of place on a VW Beetle . Cheers The doors are strange, the port side doors are split down the centre and hinge outward whereas the starboard side has one large sliding door. I’ve been modifying the kits pilot seats to more closely resemble the seats fitted to the Australian Army Porters. Essentially these involved making up the box like head rests from plastic card, filing the front face to a concave shape and are aching the lot to the kit seats. I have made up harnesses from Tamiya Tape. Cockpit and cabin components are now ready for paint. Thanks for looking. AW 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 I have been working off and on painting the parts for the cockpit and rear cabin, but not anything worth posting. Today I completed the painting and assembled the interior, should be able to close up tomorrow if all goes well. The interior construction is very fiddly and fragile, hopefully I can get the fuselage together without breaking anything. (photo taken before I tidied up those door windows) Thanks for looking. AW 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 I wrangled the cabin and instrument panel into one fuselage side without breaking anything, remembering to install the side windows first: then with the assistance of some plastic card tabs closed up the fuselage and attached the nose: Some filler and sanding will be required to clean up the joints. Thanks for looking. AW 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Great progress! Are all your fledglings sitting on the pot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Toryu said: Great progress! Are all your fledglings sitting on the pot? Ha ha, yes. I find the little pots useful for keeping the small parts in after they have been removed from the sprue and they are also handy little stands for smaller models during construction. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Today I finished sanding and polishing the fuselage seams and added some tiny PE triangles to the rear of the empennage: and made a start on assembling the wings, tailplanes and fin: I couldn’t resist a dry fit: Thanks for looking. AW 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Looking good, I like the look of what I'm seeing here. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It's definitely looking like a Porter now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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