Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Please look at this brilliant work from Russian scratchbuilder Ivan Zhukov. I think that it is good idea to present it here with Author's permission. The Author’s concise description and lot of photos below: Initial work started 3 years ago with 3D model in Rhinoceros 4.0 to get proper shapes. Later 3D model was used as “master” to cut internal structure details. The main airframe components were cut from 2 mm foamed PVC sheet and covered by shell of the same plastic, but 0.7 – 0.9 mm thick. The nose section framework was soldered from 0.9 mm copper wire using cardboard jig and templates for frames proper shape and alignment, then nose section was stuffed by all necessary equipment and “avionics”. The crew was modified from various plastic figures parts using two component epoxy putty. Cockpit glazing was thermoformed over plaster moulds. The M-88 engines are totally scratch built, using white metal casting for cylinders. Wheel wells interior structure and landing gear are soldered using copper wires, brass tubing and sheets. The next tricky task was to cover entire airframe with aluminium skin. The same technique, as Peter Castle’s (Airscale) one. Forming, cutting, riveting and so on. Long, long way to finish. Tail control surfaces have plastic internal structure and 0.2 mm thick PVC skin. Wheels were formed in plaster moulds using epoxy putty. Some external addition such as torpedo and its racks, machine gun, gunsights, wheel well doors etc. were 3D printed and painted to finish the project. Wingspan of finished model is around 700 mm and length about 470 mm. Edited February 12, 2021 by Fencer-1 KiwiZac, Nikola Topalov, 109 and 19 others 20 2
Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 Nikola Topalov, KiwiZac, 109 and 14 others 16 1
Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Edited February 12, 2021 by Fencer-1 coogrfan, mpk, 109 and 18 others 20 1
Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 coogrfan, BrentE, Daniel Leduc and 17 others 19 1
Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 Daniel Leduc, CODY, CZPetrP and 24 others 26 1
blackbetty Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 WOW - that is some serious scratchbuilding!!! mpk 1
dodgem37 Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Some people have all of the talent. This aircraft is Mitsubishi G4M Betty-like in profile. Sincerely, Mark mpk 1
Cees Broere Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for posting the in progress pics too. There are some truly remarkable craftsmen around. mpk 1
dutik Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Holy Moses! Leaving me speechless... Regards - dutik mpk 1
dennismcc Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Mind blowing, that is a master craftsman at work. Anyone know what the tank is attached to the torpedo ? Cheers Dennis mpk 1
Fencer-1 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, dennismcc said: Mind blowing, that is a master craftsman at work. Anyone know what the tank is attached to the torpedo ? Cheers Dennis Parachute container for high drop. mpk and dennismcc 2
dennismcc Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Fencer-1 said: Parachute container for high drop. Thank you for that Cheers Dennis mpk 1
Out2gtcha Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Utterly amazing! Really stupendous work for sure mpk 1
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