AlexM Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Howdy! The interior makes progress. I have to admit that it's partially speculative or "qualified guessing", as the few interior photos and drawings I'm aware of apparently show machines of different production series with slightly differnt layout. This applies in particular to the radio equipment. Cheers Alex sandokan, Jan_G, airscale and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 WOW !!.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Fantastic. AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Thanks guys! Here is a comparison of the waist guns position with a series I aircraft (middle) and a series III aircraft (right). My model rather follows period drawings from the second halve of 1941, resembling the early version with slightly differences. For example the battery (square box on the left) is mounted higher than in the middle photo. I can just guess that my drawings show a series II aircraft, but references about the actuall differences between the three production batches, especially the series II, is pretty sparse. sandokan, Guyman1, airscale and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 That's crazy-cool! Finding images of Italian A/C is too hard full stop. AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohm-men Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Wow! Very, very nice! I love your eye for detail. There is something special about these Italian aircraft designs... One of the most beautiful aircraft in floats imho. AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Brilliant work so far ... love the clean building and painting. Jim AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Brilliant work so far ... love the clean building and painting. Jim The rather clean painting comes also from my lack of skills in weathering This is a very exciting moment for me: The fuselage parts are glued together. Thanks to connecting holes and pins, as well the two main spars to keep the alignment, everything went well Now follows some major filling and sanding. Cheers Alex Gazzas, airscale, Lee White and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 amazing it's a wonderful but scary moment closing it up - it looks superb and the interior is exquisite love it.. Peter AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I need to get out more.. I just found this thread, and as others have said, this is absolutely incredible, and I am completely blown away. This has to be one of the most beautiful twin engine airplanes ever built. Such a sweet, sext design. Alex, I love floatplanes and flying boats, so if you ever get to kitting this, I'll be first in line to buy. Again, blown away here in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Pretty dang special. I LOVE it. Not to mention the airplane itself unusual, but the scratch work is off the charts! AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Always glad to see a fuselage closed up. That's when it transitions from a collection of parts to an aircraft. Nice work! AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hi Alex, Extremely interesting project you're doing here! I like the way you've printed some of the interior structure along with the "shell" of each fuselage half..... I guess that not only is it convenient, but it must stop the bowing of the printed parts somewhat.... one of the issues I've had on my B-17. How did you go when vac forming that clear nose? Did you pull it straight over the printed part? Was it cleaned up first or straight off the printer? I was thinking, as I believe Kevin has suggested, that it might be easier to cast copies in resin of the printed parts to work with for things like that? The fuselage I can understand not doing, due to the size and cost of the mould.... Fantastic progress so far mate, keep it up! Craig AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Awesome job so far Alex. I could never imagine this coming to life in 1:32. Superb efforts here. Thanks for sharing this with us. Troy AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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