ericg Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) I picked this kit up from a very good friend of mine at a great price the other day and it got the better of me and had to be built! I have the Aerotech MC 72 almost ready for primer but have sidelined it again because I need to rework the wings. I need a civil aircraft build for the shows that I attend throughout the year and thought this would fit the bill nicely. The sturdy box. Not much in the way of artwork, the artwork is inside the box! Full of white metal, resin and photo etch. Fairly basic but perfectly adequate instructions, colour chart and certificate (a nice touch) A quick paw through the parts. These are very basic kits but make for stunning replicas once finished provided that a bit of extra tweaking is carried out. This kit seems to be a little smoother than previous releases. I primed the interior with Tamiya fine surface primer, and then sprayed SMS Primer Surfacer to allow for a bit of sanding to smooth out the cockpit a bit. I sprayed the cockpit with SMS Pilbara, and used a dark wash around the details. Not much if this is going to be seen so I haven’t spent too much time detailing it. The wings of this kit are very thin and I have a couple of resin kits built in the past that have had the wings start to droop in my display cabinet. I don’t trust any kit to not do the same thing so I now insert brass rod into everything. The following method works well. It is not for the faint of heart, especially on an almost $300AUD kit. I have done this to all 4 parts of the wings, and took pics of different wings during the process. I use the other end of an appropriately sized drill bit to cut a deep trench into the resin, down along a straight edge ruler. I embed brass rod into the wing, glued in place with superglue and the resulting top of the trench is filled with a superglue/talc mix and sanded smooth. A check coat of SMS Primer Surfacer which is then sanded smooth. Most of the area of each wing is covered by photo etch surface radiators, so the worked area will be covered. I made the rod pass through the major join in the top wings to give this area a lot more strength. I drilled and inserted rod into the horizontal stabilisers. Not quite as drastic a measure this time. The rod has extends as far into the part as the drill bit shows, and has been positioned through the tab to give the join some strength as well. All major parts complete. The floats and struts have been dry fitted. The refinement can now begin. Edited July 8, 2020 by ericg Jan_G, Kagemusha, billwinkes and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Excellent results so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 There is always something new to learn on this forum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_IV Richard Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Wow, wow, wow!!! Juraj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Great start Eric! I love that Aerotech make these Schneider kits in 1/32, I just wish they were a little more affordable. The type of the resin they use is really good to work with. The wings on this one certainly look to have a more refined, in scale thickness than on their Supermarine S5. Looking forward to seeing this one in it’s Gold and Pale Blue livery although I have to admit I’ve seen a few interpretations of this scheme with more blue on the cowling, wings and floats than in the painting guide provided. I know Aerotech put a lot of effort on that front so could well be that different liveries were used at different times. I also seem to remember reading somewhere that it was painted gold all over at one point - but then again that might be a total mis-remembering by my fuzzy brain. Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 ooooo.....that does look nice. Good idea on the spar. Regards, Pete in RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 That is a beautiful aircraft Eric. I'm looking forward to seeing you do your magic on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Looking good already, Eric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Man Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I copy Trak-Tor....Wow wow wow. Eagerly waiting for the next update.... Kind regards, Robert Jan Trak-Tor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Thanks very much for the comments guys, appreciated. The area where the fuselage meets the tail was a bit too sharp for my liking, comparing it to photos showed a more gradual bend. i squared off the area concerned Glued a lump of resin in its place The new shape. Much better. The prop was next on the radar to be fixed. Whilst resin is a great material to model in, I find that some areas will warp over time so I avoid that by stiffening them up. The prop was a bit curly, whether that was the way the master has been made or whether it is slightly warped. I bent each blade out of the way and drilled through its root, into the spinner, I then cut a trench into the back of each blade, meeting up with the hole that I had just drilled. I cut brass rod that fit into the hole and the trench, which was then superglued into place. The blades were then straightened before I filled the holes. Straight as a die. Sprayed with SMS primer filler and sanded. Trak-Tor, Chek, Stefano and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Awesome as always, as you know I used the trench in the wing method on my panther, not for the faint of heart!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Brilliant fix on the prop, mate! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Moving along with this build. I had originally planned to have this one ready for the Australian Model Expo on the 6-8th of June for entry into the Civil aircraft non-airliner category. Unfortunately this event was cancelled a couple of months ago so it was put aside whilst I concentrated on other builds. With a few models now completed in this time, I have been looking at all of my older unfinished stuff and trying to get lots of builds finished that require not much work to get them done. I built up the beaching trolley with its spoked wheels and attached all of the photo etched panels, as well as the brass cooling lines down the sides of the fuselage and the exhaust ports. I just need to work out the cooling panel under the nose, which is provided as a photo etch part but those don’t work too well in these kits. Each panel has been glued into position using 5 minute epoxy. Edited May 27, 2020 by ericg Chek, Rivas, Kagemusha and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Man Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Fantastic display Eric. Great to see process on this beauty. Kind regards, Robert Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Wow, that looks great already! Juraj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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