1/32 Roden PT-17 Kaydet - Complete

[olgerd83]

Let me join this Group build with the new model from Roden - PT-17 Kaydet, I will use PE parts from Eduard: seatbelts and interior,

they are both for ICM kit, but I think there will be no problems.

Hope will be able to finish it by the end of Group build, so fingers crossed)))

 

Edited February 1, 2021 by olgerd83

[mozart]

Good, another biplane trainer......should be interesting to watch your progress and thoughts about Roden’s kit Oleg. 

[Rockie Yarwood]

Great choice, Oleg! Hey Maru, can I have some popcorn too? Great, thanks! 

Edited December 10, 2020 by Rockie Yarwood

[Out2gtcha]

Lovely, always welcome with another Kaydet!

[olgerd83]

Thanks guys, so let's start

 

- this kit has not ideal plastic, I would say 6 out of 10, so I spent 2 evenings to remove, send, give nice shape for interior details

for example seats, they were awful

 

 

- glued together some interior parts, radio, control stick (it also was not straight), pedals etc.

 

 

- painted all interior parts in black

 

quick question - what color should I use for interior sides of fuselage?

instruction says light red brown, but I have some doubts about it. On real planes that I found pictures, they have different colors: plain metal, grey, blue (to match outside colors), so I'm a bit confused

 

 

 

[mozart]

The dope used to tighten the fabric was a pink-red colour so if the interior wasn’t painted but left natural, it would be “light red brown”. 

[olgerd83]

Thank you for replies.

 

 small update, that's what I managed to do this weekend:

 

- painted all tubing interior parts with interior green, seats - aluminum, added PE seat belts, dashboards and other parts

 

 

- glued all cage together

 

- painted inside fuselage parts in red brown

 

- as you can see, another "perfect" fit - it's RODEN baby))) luckily - it easily can be fixed

- found my prototype picture

 

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice work so far, Oleg!

 

Kev

[Kagemusha]

Great interior colour contrast. 

[BradG]

Looks great.

[Alain Gadbois]

Beautiful work on the interior.

 

Alain

[olgerd83]

Thank you guys, let's proceed:

- I painted all fuselage tubes and glues all cockpit details together

 

 

- surprisingly, I spent very little amount of putty

 

- while putty was drying, I decided to work a bit with engine. I removed plastic wires

 

- glued both engine halves together

 

- using nuts, medical needles and wires I made....

 

this hedgehog

 

also painted all engine details in black

 

- fuselage and wing were sanded

 

- and covered with primer

 

 

- to be continued.....

 

 

 

 

[Alain Gadbois]

Great work, notably on the engine details.

 

Alain

[mozart]

Looks very neat and straightforward so far, impressive work Oleg. 

[olgerd83]

Thanks.

 

Christmas long weekend was very productive

-painted wings in yellow, firstly I used Hataka paint for Early US planes colors, but I didn't like how it looks (used half of bottle and it was not too bright)

so I repainted everything with Mr.Hobby RLM 04

 

Here, on left, you can see Mr.Hobby and on right - Hataka

 

 

all wings are covered with Mr.Hobby RLM 04

 

yellow parts are covered and fuselage was painted in blue

 

 

I like it very much, even though its an American plane, but it looks so Ukrainian )))