tomaszhajzler

Hi guys!
Tank you for your opinion
 
I plan to make left lower wing without fabric and some changes around stabilizers, fin and rudder.
 
Some more details in the cockpit.
 
Control stick was reworked from kit part.
 

 

 

 
Rudder bar and pedals with wires.
 

 
Starboard of the cockpit all together.
 

 

 

 
With pilot seat
 

 

 

Tomasz

The idea how to do something is most important. I always try diffrent methodes, different materials. To figure out way to make something usually takes most time. So, be patient, don't affraid to start once again and try all methodes you discover. In this case as a material i used thin aluminium sheet. First i drew shape, rivet lines and places of overpress. I took pilot seat from trumpeter's lightning as a matter. I made overpresses using ballpen. I tried different tools like needle, toothpick, but ballpen was the best. i made overpresses, rivets first, than i cut out seat from sheet. Next i glued all together CA glue, and detailing, detailing .....
And now left side of the cockpit.
Original
 

 
In this case all details have to look good from inside and outside because there is no skin on this area.
 
My attemptes
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Regards, Tomasz.

I never expected that my project could be dangerous.
I showed pilot seat in the cockpit next time. I made it from thin aluminium sheet. First version was to wide (about 1 mmm) and i couldn't place it inside the cockpit when i put all together. Second one was correct.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Instrument panel will be seen from both sides.
 

 

 

 

 
Regards,
and be carefull watching.
Tomasz

Welcome on next part of the story.
Thanks for kind opinions.
Something about detailing. First starboard of the cockpit. The aim.

 
flares
 


 
 
radio set
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Almost every detail i had to make twice or even three times. First one was like a prototype, next better and last the best.
Regards.
Tomasz

I decided to make the skin on starboard within the cockpit.I glued fasten flats with rivets to construction first.





i cut off the skin from thin plastic and made rivet lines from inside using riveting tool. I glued it together with thin Tamiya cement.




See you next time.
Tomasz

Hi everybody!
I had often visited this forum and always admired wonderful constructions that were presented there. And now I have decided to share my own project with you. I come from Poland, but I decided to build one of the American biplanes from the interwar period. Why did I choose a plane without an interesting history? No offend intended. In my opinion it has a great potential for a very interesting model-making project. I started to build it two years ago and I am still working on it. In several posts I would like to describe all my efforts to this moment.
I think you all know what does Boeing F4b4 from Hasegawa mean. It is almost a toy.
I like to open my models and do something that was not done before. Or maybe I simply didn't see anything done like that.
So in this project I decided to open some areas of the fuselage but after discussing it with my friend Andrzej Ziober I didn't need much persuading to do something more – almost full opened model with only small areas covered with skin. The thick sprues of the fuselage provoked me to cut off all the frame from both halves. So I marked lines of the frame and started cutting it out.


 

 






 
After a month of cutting the terrible accident happened. During polishing inside one of the halves the frame was broken.

 But nobody said that the work would be nice and easy. In fact the accident appeared to be the blessing for my work. The main difficulty for me was an insufficient documentation - especially good drawings. The only support for this project were the pictures of original planes. I do not want to bore you to death so I think that would be enough for the first time.
Tomasz

Hi everybody!
I had often visited this forum and always admired wonderful constructions that were presented there. And now I have decided to share my own project with you. I come from Poland, but I decided to build one of the American biplanes from the interwar period. Why did I choose a plane without an interesting history? No offend intended. In my opinion it has a great potential for a very interesting model-making project. I started to build it two years ago and I am still working on it. In several posts I would like to describe all my efforts to this moment.
I think you all know what does Boeing F4b4 from Hasegawa mean. It is almost a toy.
I like to open my models and do something that was not done before. Or maybe I simply didn't see anything done like that.
So in this project I decided to open some areas of the fuselage but after discussing it with my friend Andrzej Ziober I didn't need much persuading to do something more – almost full opened model with only small areas covered with skin. The thick sprues of the fuselage provoked me to cut off all the frame from both halves. So I marked lines of the frame and started cutting it out.


 

 






 
After a month of cutting the terrible accident happened. During polishing inside one of the halves the frame was broken.

 But nobody said that the work would be nice and easy. In fact the accident appeared to be the blessing for my work. The main difficulty for me was an insufficient documentation - especially good drawings. The only support for this project were the pictures of original planes. I do not want to bore you to death so I think that would be enough for the first time.
Tomasz