1:32nd scale Salmson 2-A2

[Kagemusha]

10 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Looks great, Mike! Good luck with the Vulcan.

 

Kev

 

Indeed, I hope you'll post some photos of the Vulcan in the non-LSP section.

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
I've decided to change the model to represent Salmson 2-A2, Serial number 381, of Escadrille SAL 28.
No reason other than I like the unit's elephant marking,

 

Mike

 

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
A few updates on the Salmson 2-A2 build.

The front end is coming together now.
The engine assembly is fitted with the painted access panels.
The three on the left side are being left off as the intention is to have a mechanic working on that area.
I've added the twin cross bracing wires to the front bay frame (0.08 mm mono-filament, 0.4 mm diameter blackened Brass tube and 'GasPatch' 1:48th scale turnbuckles (Type C).
I've also added the access panel metal support ring around the front of the engine support beams.
The 'GasPatch' replacement Vickers machine gun and the mounting recess in the panel have been slightly modified to fit.
Also the carburettor air intake pipe has been drilled out as it was moulded solid.

 

Now it's onto adding more detail such as wiring, terminal box, cables etc to the exposed structure, using photographs as a guide,

 

Mike

 

[LSP_Kevin]

That looks superb, Mike!

 

Kev

[europapete]

This is coming along great Mike. Tonight I printed out your build pdf on the Fokker D2, as I have that kit in the stash. Which was, as it happened, next to the WNW Fokker EIV. Hhmmm........pulled both off the shelf, and checked the EIV cowling fit to the D2 fuselage, and it's do-able. The EIV kit has two cowlings, I have a Taurus U111 engine, so,  I see a D3 in my future. Thank you for the indirect push in this direction, and will post a build log. Will be a while though. Regards, Pete in RI

[sandbagger]

Hi Pete,

Look forward to you're 'kit bash' Fokker D.III.

An interesting conversion,

 

Mike

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
I've been working on the areas of the model that will remain exposed.
The fixed in position access panels have been painted and fitted.
I've cut out the cable entry openings in the rear frame and removed pre-molded detail from the fuselage rear access panel area to allow for adding detail.
This included twin crossed bracing wires, electrical terminal box, a fuselage rib and electrical wire conduits and pipes.

 

Next is to add the electrical wires,

 

Mike 

 

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The exposed fuselage side bay is finished as far as I can.
There are no drawings or photographs of the is area on a French Salmson 2-A2, apart from aircraft that are either being built or that have crashed.
Therefore there's no 'complete' French aircraft detail available.
However, there is a photograph of an American Salmson 2-A2 that does show this area complete.
Although the American aircraft were fitted with a Type 3-US generator, which was different from the French version, the detail in their bays look very similar.
Therefore I detailed the bay with electrical conduit and wires, tubes and what I assume were aircraft batteries (the observers wireless had its own battery).
The detail is a combination of scratch parts, 'ANYZ’ 0.5 mm silver braided line (AN011) and ‘MFH’ black 0.4 mm flexible tube (P-961).
Decals used were spares from previous model builds.
Out of necessity, the added detail may not be accurate, but at least is does represent that bay area.

 

Mike

 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2021 by sandbagger

[geedubelyer]

That all looks splendid Mike. The wood is particularly convincing.

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
Just a quick update.
I forgot to fit the generator drive belt.
To represent the generator drive belt, I cut a strip of photo-etch 1.0 mm wide, then annealed it (softened over a flame).
It was then bent around a 1.8 mm diameter drill to form a semi-circle.
It was then brush painted with ‘Tamiya' Rubber Black (XF18).
Once dry it was secured in position around the forward shaft of the generator, with the two ends onto the round ‘pulley’ on the rear of the engine. 

 

Mike

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice work, Mike! Great details.

 

Kev

[KiwiZac]

On 12/3/2021 at 9:55 AM, sandbagger said:

Hi all,
Just a quick update.
I forgot to fit the generator drive belt.

I'm kicking myself for not seeing that earlier, it was so obvious  Beautiful job, Mike!

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
I've been fighting off a cold and cough (not Covid) for the past few weeks, so I've not posted updates.
However, here's and update for the Salmson.
I've used a combination of 'Tamiya' acrylic and 'Hataka' lacquer paints for the external camouflage scheme.
This was all airbrushed with 'Alclad' Aqua Gloss 600 for applying the decals.
I cut templates to create the various shapes required then transferred them onto the 'Aviattic’ Linen Weave effect (ATT32236) decal sheets. 
These were applied after which the kit decals were added.
Everything was given a coat of 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC311) lacquer as the base for applying weathering, which I'll be applying next,

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

[scvrobeson]

Those linen decals really do add an extra layer of realism to it. Fantastic work

 

 

 

Matt 

[Ironwolf]

It's a very good work on that Salmson 2A2, with a fantastic touch of realism from the linen decals, I will have to trie those on my next WWI model.

Ironwolf