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Arado Ar 234 B-2 - Fernaufklärer (Finished)


kkarlsen

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So while waiting for the fuselage to dry, the project got sidetracked...

 

Some time ago I stumbled across some very intriguing photos of an engine being replaced on an Arado.

 

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The engine is being mounted under the wing, using a portable crane.

Somewhere I read, that the Jumo engines only had about 10 hour's of flying before being changed?

 

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You know me, this was simply too much of a temptation ;-)

Just had to try, if it would be possible to scratchbuild one of those cranes...

 

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Drawing up a plan to fit 1/32, I started cutting up two different sizes of styrene rods and gluing them together.

After some trial and error, I started to find some techniques that worked...

 

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The first two top crane parts have come together.

 

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the vertical parts.

 

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Yes it required some patience and I was still not sure if they all would fit together in the end...

 

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The wheels were cast in resin after working a template, they go two and two together...

 

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The parts are coming together. The bottom parts in the left corner were very fiddly and had to be reworked a couple of times.

 

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Next up: Assembly...

 

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Phew, it worked, some minor adjustments, but it finally came together..

 

Cheers: Kent

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