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Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Hi,
Well, work on SB2C stalled a bit, due work on local Modell show, Danube 1255 preps , held past weekend,
https://www.eastmodels.sk/clanky/753/podujatia/dunav-1255-2018-sobotny-report--video.html
 
Anyway, i sanded bottom halves to the locating pins blocks line, sanding on the flat (glass) surface glued wet sandpaper . After halves were glued, i seal the joint line with CA glue, sanded and primed with MrSurfacer. Later will do re-scribing and riveting, to
restore lost details.
Once (soon) i do more work on SB2Cwill post more pics.
RGDS

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Well, i know why you ask, your avatar say's it all , and must to confirm, port wing panel lines fits perfectly , while starboard one, misses to join perfectly for a less than milimetter.  Both wings i align by the aileron and wing slats points, and panel lines meets with acceptable accuracy on the leading edges.
 
Hope the photo is sharp and contrasted enough to show panel lines .
 

 
Being resin kit producer by myself, i understand  the problems with this inaccuracy but knowing that the RTV rubber molds  and later casted resin parts could be  distorted and shrunk while curing , that's the "story" of Resin kits production , even you have perfectly matched master pattern parts , you have no guarantee that series made parts will be identical.
In small scales, this could be neglibigle  but in large scales, with massive casted parts , the misalignment could be significant.
 
Thanx for the other comments too, will do some more pics this weekend,
 
RGDS

Twin Cyclone , done,
 

 
Cockpit initial assembly,
 

 

 
Wings + UC bays,
 

 
And after some heavy treatment to remove wing spars slot "rails" which should allow easy assembly and actually prevent good fit
 

 
upper wing cores superglued,
 

 
Flaps, just started... etched fret is huuuge, A4 sized, i'm scared  with number of tinny bits which should superglue to made large open  "barndoors" flaps. Will take me few days just to assemble flaps parts.
 

 
Fuselage halves with some work and etched parts glued,
 

 

 
So far, great and fun kit to work, but with such amount of small parts provided,  its time consumpting ( and loosing some nerves too).

First project in 2018 finished  jan. 7th, restoring old VEB Plasticart 1:100 IL-18 AEROFLOT airliner,  pure plastic nostalgic project.
 

 
more pics at BRITMODELLER ,
 
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031859-il-18-veb-plasticart-old-kit-saved-from-trash-bin/&tab=comments#comment-2915544
 
and proceed with HPH Helldiver, which is not plastic, nor nostalgic, but is impressive kit with perfect cast parts, ok, maybe a little overenginered in some areas,  will see how parts fit , in next weeks.
 
 

 

 

 
Took me two weeks to remove all the parts from casting blocks and prepare parts for building.
 

 

 
So far, so good, not a lot broken parts , no any badly cast parts, and  now could go to build with less  sanding and cleaning.

Hi,
Well, work on SB2C stalled a bit, due work on local Modell show, Danube 1255 preps , held past weekend,
https://www.eastmodels.sk/clanky/753/podujatia/dunav-1255-2018-sobotny-report--video.html
 
Anyway, i sanded bottom halves to the locating pins blocks line, sanding on the flat (glass) surface glued wet sandpaper . After halves were glued, i seal the joint line with CA glue, sanded and primed with MrSurfacer. Later will do re-scribing and riveting, to
restore lost details.
Once (soon) i do more work on SB2Cwill post more pics.
RGDS

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Well, i know why you ask, your avatar say's it all , and must to confirm, port wing panel lines fits perfectly , while starboard one, misses to join perfectly for a less than milimetter.  Both wings i align by the aileron and wing slats points, and panel lines meets with acceptable accuracy on the leading edges.
 
Hope the photo is sharp and contrasted enough to show panel lines .
 

 
Being resin kit producer by myself, i understand  the problems with this inaccuracy but knowing that the RTV rubber molds  and later casted resin parts could be  distorted and shrunk while curing , that's the "story" of Resin kits production , even you have perfectly matched master pattern parts , you have no guarantee that series made parts will be identical.
In small scales, this could be neglibigle  but in large scales, with massive casted parts , the misalignment could be significant.
 
Thanx for the other comments too, will do some more pics this weekend,
 
RGDS

Twin Cyclone , done,
 

 
Cockpit initial assembly,
 

 

 
Wings + UC bays,
 

 
And after some heavy treatment to remove wing spars slot "rails" which should allow easy assembly and actually prevent good fit
 

 
upper wing cores superglued,
 

 
Flaps, just started... etched fret is huuuge, A4 sized, i'm scared  with number of tinny bits which should superglue to made large open  "barndoors" flaps. Will take me few days just to assemble flaps parts.
 

 
Fuselage halves with some work and etched parts glued,
 

 

 
So far, great and fun kit to work, but with such amount of small parts provided,  its time consumpting ( and loosing some nerves too).

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About I-16 camo ...
 
http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/i16/i16.htm

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About I-16 camo ...
 
http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/i16/i16.htm

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Twin Cyclone , done,
 

 
Cockpit initial assembly,
 

 

 
Wings + UC bays,
 

 
And after some heavy treatment to remove wing spars slot "rails" which should allow easy assembly and actually prevent good fit
 

 
upper wing cores superglued,
 

 
Flaps, just started... etched fret is huuuge, A4 sized, i'm scared  with number of tinny bits which should superglue to made large open  "barndoors" flaps. Will take me few days just to assemble flaps parts.
 

 
Fuselage halves with some work and etched parts glued,
 

 

 
So far, great and fun kit to work, but with such amount of small parts provided,  its time consumpting ( and loosing some nerves too).

First project in 2018 finished  jan. 7th, restoring old VEB Plasticart 1:100 IL-18 AEROFLOT airliner,  pure plastic nostalgic project.
 

 
more pics at BRITMODELLER ,
 
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031859-il-18-veb-plasticart-old-kit-saved-from-trash-bin/&tab=comments#comment-2915544
 
and proceed with HPH Helldiver, which is not plastic, nor nostalgic, but is impressive kit with perfect cast parts, ok, maybe a little overenginered in some areas,  will see how parts fit , in next weeks.
 
 

 

 

 
Took me two weeks to remove all the parts from casting blocks and prepare parts for building.
 

 

 
So far, so good, not a lot broken parts , no any badly cast parts, and  now could go to build with less  sanding and cleaning.

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,

Do some work in past week or so, flaps first,  two days of snipping and supergluing. No comment for etched parts, they are good, but i'm tired after the this flaps assembly, does not touch Helldiver for a week.
 

 
I use 0.5mm styrene sheet stripes , provisionally glued to wing trailing edge to use it as a flaps gluing base , and later remove this subassembly , till finish fuselage-wing joint surfaces.
 

 

 
After the few resting days, fuselage is completed and assembled,
 

 

 
And started with tricky part, poor wing-fuselage joint lines.
Intention is to  made wings removable ,  for easy transport.
 
Life will be much easier  if i simply glue wings in place and use filler to fill the gaps, which
are in some places 1-1,5mm wide.
 
So, i coat wing join area on fuselage with release agent  , slid wings on the "spars" and  use polyurethane glue as a filler , to fill the gaps and create solid wing extension core.
 

 
After an hour, wings are removed and "joint lines" sanded ( almost).
 

 
Thin section of wing-fuselage underside covers are way too flimsy and not follow the wing airfoil underside shape , so i remove it and glue bomb bay doors , to gain some strength in this area,  and will restore this later.
 

 
Hope soon will be more pics,