Schneider Trophy Races 1941
1April 27, 2021Let's get this party started🙂 Floats taken from Trumpeter An-2, spats are leftovers from Special Hobby Northrop Delta.
2April 27, 2021So far, so good...
3April 27, 2021But some heavy equipment will be necessary here.
4May 6, 2021Surprise, surprise!!! Resin turbine diameter is too big...
5May 6, 2021...and prevents closing the fuselage.
6May 6, 2021Even the "rotor blades" needed to be filed...
7May 6, 2021...in order to fit inside
8May 6, 2021Still, these have not much similarity to the original - but I will leave it as it is.
9May 6, 2021And here is the source of my inspiration
10May 8, 2021Turning into a single seater...
11May 8, 2021means repeated puttying and sanding. The cockpit will be installed later from below (I hope 🙂)
12May 11, 2021Mmm...I love the smell of putty in the morning...
13May 11, 2021I decided to give horizontal stabilisers some dihedral, even though in the original plane these were mounted horizontally. But this is a floatplane that needs some more directional stability. I am pondering the idea of adding also a ventral fin.
14June 7, 2021Pilot's office assembled - a piece of sprue will be removed after installing the whole inside the fuselage. I am not going to give it too much care as not much will be seen through the canopy.
15June 7, 2021I had to fabricate the instrument panel backing from thick plasticard as the kit's piece did not match the photo etched face at all (left for comparison on the right...)
16June 7, 2021Empennage puttied and sanded to fit, panel lines and riveting restored.
17June 13, 2021Cockpit installed. Control wheel is way oversized so in a hindsight maybe some kind of a control stick would be better here. Nevertheless, since I plan attaching the canopy closed not much will be seen...
18June 13, 2021Taking shape. Fit of the main parts is...hmm...
19June 13, 2021Determining the position of floats...and kind of a proof of concept 😉
20June 13, 2021Take notice of the gaps where the wing roots are...
21June 13, 2021In the meantime I am pondering on a painting scheme...
22July 13, 2021Puttying...
23July 13, 2021And more puttying and sanding...
24July 24, 2021Spats and water rudder installed - puttying in progress...
25July 24, 2021Proof of concept again... I am pondering on the way of installing the floats: in flight (parallel to the fuselage) or "take off mode" - as shown.
26July 24, 2021Proof of concept again... I am pondering on the way of installing the floats: in flight (parallel to the fuselage) or "take off mode" - as shown.
27July 24, 2021Water rudder is a leftover rudder from Me 209 kit 😉
28May 8, 2024
29May 8, 2024Canopy installed.
30May 8, 2024After a failure with the Baby Dragon I decided to resume this build in an 'easy' mode 😉 Though installing the canopy was not easy at all...
31May 12, 2024Approaching the finish line...
32May 12, 2024Approaching the finish line...
33May 12, 2024Approaching the finish line..
34May 13, 2024I announce her finished.
35May 13, 2024I announce her finished.
36May 13, 2024I announce her finished.
37May 13, 2024I announce her finished.
38May 13, 2024I announce her finished. Next in the line soon 😉
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