Out2gtcha Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Fabulous! Lovely work for sure. I still have another one of these in my stash for a Reno T-6 racer build. This is making me want to pull it out again! dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Added the engine: Also had some mission creep: That resin is not for the Texan, or the Beagle. Speaking of the Beagle: We shall get a LSP scale one. Not this year, but it is on schedule. Yeah! And the resin parts for the small scale Beagle arrived. Cut some cockpit parts to fit and started painting. Regards - dutik Out2gtcha, BiggTim and Zero77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Looks great! Speaking of the Beagle: We shall get a LSP scale one. Not this year, but it is on schedule. Yeah! A 1/32nd scale IL-28?!?? Who is that news from, HpH? Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Better, my old fellow, much better! In styrene! Did my homework: Too big for Eduard, HPH is busy with other stuff (and I prefer styrene over resin. HPHs kits are nice, but hard to build, as you know). Asked Fly (remember the Arado 234?), but they are not interested in that era... So I asked someone else who is able to make large clear parts in styrene and has made kits of Cold War too. The Beagle is not on top position of the companys to-do list, but it is. The will make an announcement when ready. Keep your fingers crossed! Teaser: Regards - dutik Out2gtcha and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 That's gonna be a large beast in 1/32 scale! Nice progress on your Texan, too, dutik. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollieholmes Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 When i first read Beagle i thought you ment the Begle Pup twin engined prop job. Nice work on the T6 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Made a jig to glue the elevators in the correct positon.. Not really high tech, but it does the job Cowl is on, flaps are glued in place. Next is to add the small parts (hinges, control lavers and such) to wing and tailplanes. Not to forget a fistful of eyelets for the antennas. Regards - dutik Out2gtcha and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Finished the tailplanes. Drilled holes and slots at the lower end of fuselage and rudder to add the rudder controls which are not provided with the kit. Made them from copper wire bent to shape and some punched out styrene discs to simulate the hinges. The elevators and rudder got eyelets for the antenna wires. Tried Bobs buckles, but they are to fine for my hamfists. Even a 0,5mm drill makes a hole large enough to add half a dozen of Bobs eyelets Was able to glue them in place, but lost them when I tried to fill the hole and to sand flat the surface around Well, finally I made my own eyelets from fine wire. They are larger than Bobs eyelets, but this is ok because the antenna eyelets are also well-sized and well visibly bolted onto the elevator surfaces. Elevators were glued in position in the last step. Next are the small parts of wing and flaps. Last major step before painting is to add the remaining cockpit pieces and the canopy. Enjoy! - dutik Shawn M and KiwiZac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 looks good Dutik, I need to build the one in my stash as well dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 As always - summer is stopping me cold... The Texan is in the travel box now and will pay a visit at IPMS Germany meeting next weekend at the Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow (Berlin). When back there will be time to go ahead and to get it ready for painting. Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJ001 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) Don't know how this got past me !! - watching now tho'.Ian. Edited September 5, 2016 by IJ001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 You are welcome! During the break at least some photos of other models I've spotted at the Gatow exhibition. HPH is here: Where is my Porco Rosso??? Cat over there! Enjoy! - dutik KiwiZac, Zero77, MikeC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 More HPH: Fly! Fly like a Hurricane! Nice kit and easy to build - but much too many parts, told me by the owner! And MPMs quarterscale He-177 at last: Enjoy! - dutik p.s. My share? Got a HPH Albatros for a very good price MikeC, scvrobeson and Zero77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Back to the workbench again. The lower side lacked the hooks that secure the UC legs when retracted as well as some drain pipes. Cut holes into the UC bays, added hookalikes and some small brass tubes for the drain pipes: It is not fully accurate but better than nothing... ... What else? Visited the German Navys Engeneering school (Marinetechnikschule) near Stralsund during the open house day (and took part at the modelling exhibition there). They have a nice collection of historical stuff all around the campus and any kind of working recent equipment of the German Navy inside the buildings. Guess our Navy members and naval history addicted know what this is: Something very (very) recent: Folks, guess what this is? The Otobreda 127/64 Vulcano Leightweight naval gun that is used abord the FREMM frigates as well as the upcoming German F 125 class. A fully operational training gun, minus live firing (because it's indoors... ). The yellow tube above catches the ejected shells to prevent damage to the walls and injuries to the trainees. Below is the dual automatic feeder with the ammo magazines. The gun moves damn fast all around and the feeder in operation makes enough noise to make wearing an ear protection a good idea, even without firing a round... And of course they had a demonstration model of the longrange Vulcano round at hand Not to mention that they demonstrated the the 76mm OTO, the 25 mm and 12,7 mm remote controlled guns too, showed a lot of engines and tech of different types and demonstrated a running diesel engine that was built during WW1. Yepp, in the Kaiserreich OK, don't want to make you feel jealous BTW, did I mention that I am invited to see the german armed forces FLAK collection next month? The have any kind of AAA that was used by German forces. Even a Kugelblitz turret Regards - dutik scvrobeson and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) I'm wondering what your thoughts are about the poor, in my eyes, rendition of taped surfaces on the rudder and elevators Dutik? I sanded those prominent ridges down to almost nothingness! Max Edited September 11, 2016 by mozart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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