Rémi Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 After the P40, I decided to exit on my stach a kit I buyed recently : the Pilatus U-28A Draco The U-28A is a military version of the PC12. The USA have acquire some exemplairs of this aircraft for ISR missions SOVA-M propose a short run kit of this plane If the artbox is true, only 450 kit have been produce In short kit, the major problem is the windows but on this plane hublots all porthole have been occulted 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 The kit goes together ok Remi, I found a lot of the PE fiddly. I finished mined as the Finnish Air Force option in the box. I have another in the stash to do as a USAF aircraft as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 I started to degrap the fuselage and the wing to verify the fit of the main parts. I think the kit is for an experienced modeller. Parts need some preparations and test fit. The junction between half fuselage and wing/fuselage need a carrefull preparation and some amount of filler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Yes, each part needs to be filed, I still ended up with a lot of putty used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 The first step Like all short run kit (and very short run kit like the U-28A) all parts need a carefull attention and a good preparation Don't glue any parts before to test the fit. For this kit, the wing need a good sanding. The lower wings are too thick I started to prepare the half fuselage Now the junction between the two piece are acceptable The canopy need a preparation too but. The front is too high or the fuselage too low as your choice In a global view it is not so bad In the details 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 After 15 days of hard work I start to see some result My filler tube start also to empty All parts in the cockpit need of the filler. There are some mold hole defect I started to paint the cockpit. If SOVA-M give you the name of the color, it didn't provide any reference in major paint maker. I used the H308 for my part The dashboard are in decals but it is ok the scale I lost one stick and I had to make one I reinforced the instrument panels with plastic card behind it In the fuselage the cockpit fit properly I glued the portholes with cyanocrilate glue but like all porthole except one are painted it is not a problem The wing requiert some hard wark. Filler and sand paper is your best friends. I added the winglet too I finished with the propellers. Propellers are not in the good position I cutted all of them and put them back in good position 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Nice progress, I believe the colours Sova-M show in their instructions are Humbrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Next step : close the fuselage I haven't encounter any problem to put the cockpit in the fuselage I added a wejght (8 grammes) in the nose after make a bulkhead to avoid the migration of the weight in the cockpit I closed the fuselage. I filled the gap between the two halve with stretched plastic sprue I closed the acces of the cockpit because it leads to emptiless I closed the air intake too Now I can added the wings who stay the last big work on the kit 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 The underside Before And after It need a little more filler but for the next session I start to add the antennas And you can take a look with the optronic support 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Looking very good Rémi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 At last, the canopy is in place I can add the antennas This is the final line before the start of the paint 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 I started the paint For Intrado, I used the Gunze H306 For extrado I used a mix at 50% of AK RC244 and RC258 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 The final line I varnished the model and set panel line brown in the structural lines I setted the decals and passed the final varnish I finished the propeller and exhaust pipe Next step the gears 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Looking good now, not so good early on, a tribute to your skill & determination. I have thought to get the civil version to model an Airline in New Zealand that flies them, not so sure now, it would look good though. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I missed this one for some reason and it's another stunner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Very nice, I am seeing these more flying into RAF Northolt in an all grey scheme, not sure if they are military or civil though, but you can certainly hear them before you see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 4 hours ago, stevehnz said: Looking good now, not so good early on, a tribute to your skill & determination. I have thought to get the civil version to model an Airline in New Zealand that flies them, not so sure now, it would look good though. Steve. I think you should'nt be affraid It need some preparation, test fit and a filler tube but like all short run kit It has some advantage from other short run kit like photoetched part and the canopy mask Even if I think I didn't built another one, it is an interessing kit for a plane who you didn't see frequently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 06/02/2023 at 21:56, Rémi said: +++ Let me add a totally useless piece of information: Scale in "Russian" (and mybe even Ukrainish) is "шкала" or in latin letters "shkala". Whereas in German it is "Maßstab", the "ß" a sharp "s" (c in cyrillic) and the "st" in most places of Germany today spoken "scht". So in case you speak German and can read cyrillic, you know what "MACЩTAБ" means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Nice get back from my travels to see this one close to finishing. It is looking great Rémi 🏆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 I finished it today And in ready for inspection section 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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