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Arado Ar 234 B-2 - Fernaufklärer (Finished)


kkarlsen

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20 hours ago, alaninaustria said:

Great to see you tackle this Kent! Do you have dimensions of the big slabs?

Cheers

Alan

 

Unfortunately not, they will eventually do some surveys at Grove, but for now I'm just going with my best guess, 'rule of thumb' or whatever, to get things going...

 

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The old concrete today...

 

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Danish workers pouring the concrete at Grove.

 

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By august 1940 the runway's were ready.

 

Cheers: Kent

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  • 2 weeks later...

Concrete was poured a couple of weeks ago, moment of truth turning the slate over from the mirrored pouring...

 

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The result is better than I expected, no big air pockets or anything...

 

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The division of the concrete slabs have been made with a hobby knife. Some nice irregularities add some texture to the concrete...

 

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Surface detail...

 

That's it for now: Kent

 

 

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1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said:

Amazing looking!   How much does it weigh out of curiosity? 

 

It's really not that heavy, 1 cm thick concrete approx. 50x50 cm's 5-6 kg's? I will put it on the scale once I get it home....

 

Kent

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Trying to get this one across the finish line...

 

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The 'Portalkran' is painted and weathered.

 

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So are the accessories.

 

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The 'Rasensteine' have been cast in resin. The pattern becomes visible, when they are put together.

 

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Started working on the water drain of the runway. I will need about 55 cm's.

 

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Figures are primed before painting. 1 Pilot + 4 Ground Crew...

 

Cheers: Kent

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  • 3 weeks later...

An update on the runway base...

 

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The concrete grass slabs 'Rasensteine' have been glued down...

 

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The drain canal too...

 

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Adding 'dirt' to the grass slates...

 

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Some groundwork with small stones and sand...

 

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It's getting there...

 

Cheers: Kent

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