Hubert Boillot
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Just a quick glance at he boxart appears to show a Wright powered civilian DC-3. Notice the different engine installation, no astrodome, etc.
And those main tires need about half their air let out of them. DC-3s rode on noticeably flat low pressure tires.
I also felt the wheels look a bit "squarish" in profile, but I did not want to enter any "bashing game" about pics of a prototype
I do not mind a cargo-door to be cut off, but I would moan about the possible joints of a cut-out cargo-door in the kit, when I want a small-door civilian ...
Just hoping now it stays within my "affordable" psychological price bracket. A bit worried about that following Heinz quoting Jiri about the price in the HPH thread in the vendors section
...Hubert
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One question that has been bugging me since I saw some pics taken by Karim at Moson.
I always thought the cargo door was specific to the C-47 version, not the DC-3, which had an "ordinary" passenger door
. Time to take a dip in the documentation methink ...I love the rendition of the surface, and the well thought-out PE band to hide the mid-fuselage joints, top and bottom ...
Hubert
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Hmmmm I hadn't considered a problem with the landing gear and went ahead in my merry ignorance and built my D as is... ok I'll start a pool now on when it collapses who wants in?
If you have used the plastic gear, most likely it won't collapse. What you will probably see is the a slight deflection towards the wing tips of the main landing gear legs, and the wheels taking a pronounced camber angle as the axles progressively flex under the weight of the kit. Another forecasted outcome however if you have used the white metal copy of a certain manufacturer
...A final physics reminder for all. Even if you put some weight in the nose to get the kit on its three wheels, the brunt of the kit weight will be carried by the main landing gear, not the front one ...
Hubert
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The F-5E is not my "cup-of-tea", but I have nevertheless followed with great interest this thread.
And I just wanted to praise everyone here for the way the thread has developed and flourished. LSP spirit in its greatest form.
Here comes an eagerly awaited kit, that turns out to be a good kit, but not without its flaws. In other places, these flaws would have ignited fire and flak, with some drastic conclusions like "It's unbuildable. KH have - again - f**** it up" (remember some threads on the WNW junkers J-1 with its missing piece of trailing edge, or the Zoukei-Mura Ta-152 ? ).
Here, the flaws have been calmly analyzed, and solutions provided, all of them within reach of an average modeller. This thread has proved most useful and enjoyable to read, even for the uninterested-in-the-subject modeller like me. So kudos and thank you to all participants.
And a very special "hip-hip-hip-hurrah !" for Erik (Airfixer) who has relentlessly provided detailed and clear explanations about issues and how to fix them
If I ever change my mind about building a 1/32 F-5E, I know where to look.
Hubert.
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Thank you for the review, and to Alistair for releasing the set. it has been asked for so vehemently since the kit was released that one wonders why it has taken so long.
Anyway, we now have our solution, and should see more OV-10s built in the future. And hopefully Alistair will have a lot of orders to fulfill
.Hubert
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Thanks Mark - I have a bottle of that - but never managed results like yours!
Time for another try perhaps...
Look forward to seeing this come together - great subject!
Iain
Micro Scale Foil Adhesive is the only one that works well with foil. However, it is very thick out of its plastic container. But it takes diluting with alcohol or even ordinary water very well. You can thus get a thinner and more even coat than by applying it directly out of the container.
Some have even sprayed it, after dilution; I was never bold enough to try that, for fear of ruining my airbrush ...
Finally, in my limited experience, it is better to spread the glue on the plastic, where you can limit the panel with masking tape, and apply the foil, than spread the glue on the foil and trim the edges of the panel which have adhered where you did not want it to ...
As for your Crusader, Mark, it is looking great. You obviously have found your own effective way with foil and Micro Scale Foil Adhesive
Hubert
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I am with Alain on this one.
The rods seem to meet the top of the box structure, and provide the support for the knuckle articulation of the control column, and the said articulation, btw, seems to be ABOVE the box.
The structural crossbar Alain mentions would the rear spar, and should align with the rear floats supports. It would then be logical that the diagonal rods somehow connect to this spar, one of the most critical load-bearing structural elements.
They would then be inside the box, the said box being attached one way or another to them, and acting as a kind of internal keel.
You are being limited by the scale factor there, Torben. No way you can accurately represent thin metal sheet with plasticard, nor can you be 100% sure that the diameter of your rods is exactly 1/32 of the original 1:1 one.
Hubert
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« who has the better looking aircraft" ...
The French do ... After all didn't we put the Amiot 143 in front-line service
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Hubert the derailer
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My theory is that for decades, the guys in the Blackburn design office only had straight rulers and dividers to design their siblings.
Then an apprentice found out a complete set of lofting curves in a drawer in a forgotten corner of the office, and the designers, so happy with these new revolutionary tools, had an orgy with them when designing the Brick ...
Hubert
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I sure do hope the price will be in the range of the INITIAL Catalina price, i.e. less than 600 €. In as much as I want a 1/32 DC-3, 700 € or more would be a definite no-go for meWhen I asked Jiri for an estimated price some time ago, he looked at the Catalina and said: "Same size, same price."
The Catalina is 720,- Euros now. Hope they will sell the Dakota for less than that.
... Here would go down the drain an absolutely enthusiastic support ...Hubert
PS Edit : on a positive note, I like the way the upper fuselage joint is hidden by a PE fret. Well thought out, HPH
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About to go on vacation, but I'll definitely order one set when I'm back...
Hubert
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YEEESSSS
!Hubert
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Hi Spectre
The Derby is a very clean missile aerodynamic wise with no external ridges etc. It should be easy to scratch build, Diameter is 160 mm, so a 4 mm tube is perfect.
Nick
Hi Nick, I don't want to appear pedantic, but 160 mm in 1/32 is 5 mm, not 4 ...
Hubert
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I thought that GT-resin pretty much sorted out the fin, tail keel, etc. In their correction set ?
Hubert
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Actually, the wear of the front disc looks very realistic ...
Excellent job on this engine, Chuck
Hubert
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Another civilian possible in 1/32. Just hope they will propose other decos than just LW with Swastikas ...
Hubert
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Thx again for looking in and commenting Juraj, Kev and Gaz... in for for a penny, in for a pound...
Thanks Malc and Hubert (again) - Malc, the hi-res version of those plans you sent me last night have helped clarify a number of details especially with the cockpit - thanks again, really helpful.
Hubert is spot on in that there was no seat, just the aforementioned planks with a (Chesterfield sofa style) leather back rest and matching headrest. From the videos I've also worked out that there were was look like shoulder cushions/padding loosely attached to the rear of cockpit wall sides - the S6 cockpit photo a couple of posts back also seem to show this.
What I hadn't realised
until you pointed it out Hubert (after Malc's prompting) is that there is probably no solid bulkhead behind the back rest as modelled in the kit (maybe a small one behind the headrest) but the backrest is likely to be attached to the next set of ribs back, possibly set forward off some horizontal frames like the Spitfire without any of the redundant height adjustment hinging. At least I assume that's what you mean Hubert? Hmmm What to do...? Whilst the back rest covers much of the area knowing me and all the effort gone on so far I'm going to see if I can address this somehow.
Cheers again,
Torben
Yes, exactly ...
Hubert
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HAD produce a set of resin wheels, pretty certain G-Factor brass undercarriage.
Yes for G-Factor.
There is also a huge PE fret from Flightpath. The metal however (that looks like nickel-silver alloy) is very stiff and does not react to annealing well, or at all for that matter. Getting compound curves (like for the airbrake) was impossible for me. As for the flaps, the set is oustanding, if fiddly, but then the flaps are not supposed to be down on the ground (or only after a significant hydraulic pressure bleed)
A vey nice kit, as others have said.
Hubert
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Plus I'd love to make the left fuselage is molded without this huge gaping cargo door (which could then be cut from the inside.
Hubert