mozart Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 2 hours ago, monthebiff said: Nice start Max, I realy hate building and painting engines and always leave as long as I can before working on them! Regards. Andy As you've probably guessed Andy from my G4 and this one, I love building and detailing engines!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 A little bit of work on the engine, I found the supplied resin pushrods very difficult to fit and thought they were slightly over scale so decided to go down the lead wire route. I drilled two small holes in the "sump" in front of each cylinder and CA'd the wire into each before cutting to length to fit underneath the rocker covers. One or two need a bit of cosmetic treatment to take a slight bend out, but I'm fairly happy with the results. I also did the oil feeds on the back of the cylinders in 0.7mm lead wire instead of resin, I don't think much of this will be seen though: MikeMaben, Jan_G, mgbooyv8 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 I've spent the afternoon separating the fuselage framework from their casting blocks, delicate work to avoid fracturing the brittle resin, and then working out where fits to where. These are the side structures and base ones plus the plywood cockpit floors and petrol tank: A lick of paint on the frames then the instructor's (rear) and pupil"s (for'd) throttle controls added: Whilst I'm waiting for the CA to solidly set on that lot I had a quick look at the wings and ailerons. Very precise casting meant very little clean up was necessary and the ailerons, especially the upper wing ones, fit so snugly you could almost get away with not having to glue them. More tomorrow I hope, but this really is a great little kit. The Stockholm IPMS site has been an enormous help: https://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/01/stuff_eng_detail_fw44.htm mgbooyv8, MikeMaben, Jan_G and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Great work Max. That's really nice detail in the cockpit! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Never built a Silver Wings kit Max but this looks really nice. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Nice progress, Max! I have this kit in the stash, and look forward to building it some day. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) The little goldfinch is coming along quite nicely, I'm working steadily on the cockpit areas using rather limited reference material but improvising where there is none! The dials on the IP are represented by a thin plastic film, put a couple of blobs of white paint on the reverse and the dials really spring out. Edited January 12, 2019 by mozart KiwiZac, Jan_G, TorbenD and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 A bit more progress with the internals: I couldn't imagine that a 1930s designed trainer would sport the full fighter-type of seat belt, I thought something more akin to the simple Sutton-type of the British Tiger Moth, so I made my own version from tape and lead foil: The floor's taking shape - from above: and below: Jan_G, KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Well it's been a rather grey and mucky day outside, but a very productive one in the model room: I've got some fuel line connections to make tomorrow between the fuel pump and the tank, the IPs (now complete) and seats to fit, followed by the top framework and then I can probably think about closing her up, though there's always the thought about not counting my chickens before they're hatched!! KiwiZac, Gazzas, Jan_G and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Great progress Max! I have found some cockpit info that could be of help! At least for painting some little bits here and there: And something for later in the build: Alain KiwiZac, mozart, Jan_G and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Looking good, Max! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Very nice progress Max. Regards.Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks for your continued interest Alain, Gaz and Andy, and espcially for those helpful photos Alain, I can put a little extra detail in. It's my first SW kit too, and I'm really impressed with the quality of it (it seems this is quite an early kit and later ones are even better) and the thought that has gone into making it fit together well. The least satisfactory aspect so far are the instructions, you need quite a lot of imagination at times to interpret what the illustrations mean, though these too have improved subsequently. More later I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Good job I didn't count my chickens....... All's set out and looking OK: so I thought let's put it together, starting with getting the seats in place. They are held by a rod which goes through the frame, the brake lever, the seat base (going under the control column linkage between the front and rear cockpits) then through other side of the frame....so not a lot to align!! but the rods supplied were too short so I used some 1mm plastic rod: the rear seat was easier than the front: but after a few tense moments it all fitted....phew! So far, so good. Just the front block which secures the few pupils' instruments, the headrests and instructors' IP to fit: but will the two fuselage halves close up........ Edited January 13, 2019 by mozart Gazzas, KiwiZac, Trak-Tor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 11:08 AM, mozart said: ... but will the two fuselage halves close up........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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