Fiat G.91 R3 - Dayglo Models

[Isar 30/07]

Little breathtaking after the scratch marathon.

 

Only little progress today:

 

Time to care about the canopy. Canopy is made of clear resin and looks impressive: Clear and thin!

The casting block made me think that the canopy is nearly as thick as the casting block is - but it is of perfect thickness!

 

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Removed the casting blocks, polished the clear parts using car polishing and then coated them with Future.

 

 

[Isar 30/07]

Spent some time to do some dryfitting:

 

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2 mm thick! 

 

The wheel well - pictured from front to rear.

 

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As you can see from my whitened fingernails - I had to do some pressure to put the wheel well into the fuselage. 

What to do now? Can I live with that thickness? Would I always see THIS when looking on the model once it is finished?

Should I go the hard way and thin the fuselage???

 

On the other side: The wheel well is underneath the wings and one cannot see it, unlike some other wheel wells as Tornado, A-7, MiG 23...

 

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I have to think it over....

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

Reimund

 

 

 

[sandokan]

Follow what your heart says Reimund☺

Modelling is that!

Resin build is a challenge but at the end you will keep the goal.

Tib☺

[Coneheadff]

Reimund, Alex and anybody interested on.

I found an italian modeler society website where there are many pictures about the restoration of a G91. I think useful.

http://www.modellismosalento.it/en/walkaround/walkaround-aerei/440-fiat-g-91-r-in-restauro.html

 

Ciao Tiberio

Thanks a lot Tiberio!!!!

 

Those are wonderful reference pics

 

Cheers,

Alex

[Coneheadff]

Reimund,

 

didn't we talk about those problems yesterday? ;-) I think I would leave it as it is and try to "hide" it with a bit of putty and some pipes and hoses.

[Isar 30/07]

After some days break, here´s a little progress.

I tried to update the otherwise rather empty wheel wells.

Thanks to Tiberio´s walkaround pics, I did a lot wiring unsing copper, lead, rods, tubes and lead foil.

 

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and the result

 

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[Isar 30/07]

The front wheel well needs quite little attention comparing to the main wheel well.

 

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Posting (and comparing!) these pics ,I recognized some wiring missing. Back to workbench later this day...

[Isar 30/07]

Next is the landing gear which is made of brass with high hevel detailing.

Comparing to Tiberios pics they just need some wiring here and there.

 

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[Isar 30/07]

Oh, 2 pics are missing.

 

Ok, here they are:

 

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I flattened the wheels and checked the fitting.

 

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Cheers - Reimund

[Gazzas]

Wow!  Impressive!

[Coneheadff]

Great job Reimund!!! It's really impressive!!

[sandokan]

What impressive detailing!!!! Very congrats Reimund!

Tib

[Anthony in NZ]

Reimund, that is some project!  Such a cool looking aeroplane, your work so far is very impressive......keep up the great job

[LSP_Ray]

Nice work, Reimund! Glad to see you back on this! Those wheelwells look fabulous!

[Isar 30/07]

Thanks to you all (Gaz, Alex, Tiberio, Anthony and Ray) for your comments!

I appreciate that very much!

 

Cheers - Reimund