Thunnus Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I love your choice in subjects, Dennis! I've always liked the Series 5 fighters and am eagerly waiting for Italeri's Folgore but I don't think anyone is going to do new tool Reggiane Sagittario anytime soon! Great work on the cockpit... what's up with the chains that the Italians use for harnesses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 13 hours ago, Thunnus said: I love your choice in subjects, Dennis! I've always liked the Series 5 fighters and am eagerly waiting for Italeri's Folgore but I don't think anyone is going to do new tool Reggiane Sagittario anytime soon! Great work on the cockpit... what's up with the chains that the Italians use for harnesses! Hi John, they are very attractive looking subjects all three of them, and despite having a PCM and 21st Century C202 I am looking forward to the Italeri effort. The chains used in the seat harness threw me off the first time I encountered them on the C205, very strange, but it must have worked for them. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loreleone Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Hi Dennis, when I made mine I encountered some problem on the forward part of the fuselage, from the cockpit to the spinner needs to insert a little piece of plasticard, more or less 1 mm, especially on the top part. Great work and great plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, loreleone said: Hi Dennis, when I made mine I encountered some problem on the forward part of the fuselage, from the cockpit to the spinner needs to insert a little piece of plasticard, more or less 1 mm, especially on the top part. Great work and great plane. Thank you, I've just finished closing the fuselage up and so far everything looks fine though there is a gap on the underside, maybe I was lucky, I know that alaninaustria had the same problem and used the ame fix. Cheers Dennis Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Now to see if I got it right, it seems that no matter how many times you test fit as soon as you apply glue it no longer wants to fit. Getting it all ready. I once had an IP come loose while I was sanding the fuselage to wing joint on another build so I don't like to take chances now, hence the support firmly glued behind the IP. The other side And the tail, which I suspect will let me down and not fit. And away we go, cocktail stick used to apply the CA. Roket accelerator applied and sanding started. Some white bits showing gaps. And that's now bang up to date. Cheers Dennis denders, sandokan, MikeMaben and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Nicely done, strategic work dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looking good Dennis. Keep them coming. dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 hours ago, chrish said: Nicely done, strategic work 3 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: Looking good Dennis. Keep them coming. Thank you gents, on the final lap now (I hope) Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Yep, that's a PCM kit Keep on keepin' on Dennis chrish and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Yep, that's a PCM kit Keep on keepin' on Dennis Thanks Mike, hopefully today I can mate the fuselage with the wings. Cheers Dennis MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Keep on keepin' on Sounds like something from a Motown record dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Right on brother dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Just caught up with your build Dennis. You are doing a bang up job on the always challenging to build PCM kits. I think you have executed some very clever solutions to some of the fit issues. This will be beautiful when you are finished with it. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Greif8 said: Just caught up with your build Dennis. You are doing a bang up job on the always challenging to build PCM kits. I think you have executed some very clever solutions to some of the fit issues. This will be beautiful when you are finished with it. Ernest Thank you Ernest, it's coming together nicely now, just making some adjustments to the wing/fuselage fitting and deepening some of the panel lines then it will be getting near paint time. Cheers Dennis Greif8 and Greg W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 Not much progress to report but we are at the bit that could go wrong, mating the wing up with the fuselage, I've been gently sanding and filling away and think that I am just about there. The lower part of the engine bay needed a bit of sanding to get it level with the front of the wing, I'm not too worried about the rear as the Re 2005 has full width flaps so there is a join line there anyway. A big thank you is due to sandokan (Tiberio) for the great information that he sent to me, it is very useful and it was very kind of him to take the trouble to send it to me. Carrying on the cockpit floor and seat assembly fitted well with a few adjustments, however it is only held really firmly at the rear bulkhead so I added another buikhead at the front just in case. All ready for test fitting and fettling, some of the rivets on the fuselage were a bit light so I gave them a once over with the MDC riveter, I also deepened the panel lines in anticipation of the sanding losses. The gun cover was fitted, this needed some sanding to get it flush as the cowling was smooth on the real thing, Mr Surfacer was the first attempt at filling the seams but I had to resort to CA to get a nice smooth finish. The headrest and the bulkhead (armour ?) were then fitted, I started to sand this smooth but on the real thing there was a join so I didn't try too hard just some Mr Surfacer. Then some sanding to get the fit as accurate as possible before I start gluing. Next the join up. Cheers Dennis scvrobeson, Dpgsbody55, Greg W and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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