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Curtiss Hawk H-75 A7 (ML-KNIL) | SH 1:32


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It was suspected to be a tough guy and it is one indeed. 

Two fuselage halves joined together - the fit is poor, to remain polite. 

Lots of CA will help to make it smooth. 

 

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Wings to fuselage joint will be a real challenge. There's almost no fit, especially the lower part of the wings doesn't match.

 

The riveted wings:

 

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7 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said:

Would it help the fuse to wing fit to do the old trick of gluing the upper wings to the fuselage first, then gluing on the bottom 1/2 of the wing?

 

Yes, that is one of the ideas I consider. This however, doesn't help with the lower part of the wings. And first of all I'd like to keep the correct dihedral. Will see.

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to maintain a correct dihedral, I have made a jig then I bonded a stringer on inner side of top halves. In this manner, the fuselage is squeezed(the frame must be reduced in wide)
On this pic yuo can see the stringer, a plastic stripe 0.15x0.15

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https://lapatrouillesimple.forumgratuit.org/t101p50-p36-le-curtiss-model-75

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Sanded off as much unnecessary material from the resin covers of the wheel wells as needed to fit them between the wing halves.

 

That wasn't enough ...

 

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but now they're ready to install:

 

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Some work on the fuselage halves joints:

 

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And the air intake - still needs some attention,...

 

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... but I think it doesn't look bad even now, compared to this:

 

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Thanks Mates!

 

The moment of truth is inevitably approaching: how will the wings fit?

Well, it looks like there will be no tragedy.

 

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The wheel wells covers installed.

 

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The dihedral will need some attention, but compared to the drawings, the adjustments should not be challenging.

 

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These gaps, well - have been expecting that. Don't mind the geometry at this stage, nothing is glued, no adjustments made, so it is still an open question. 

 

Stay tuned, Hubert

 

 

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