Hasegawa 1:72 Polikarpov I-16
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Got the engine cowl fitted with the photo-etch, which is much more of a scale thickness than the original plastic, as is the cooling shutter plate which I want to fit half open. Filling and fettling was a bit of a pain, especially since there's no room to build glue up inside the cowl becasue of the close-fitting shutter plate:
Also made a cockpit door out of scrap p/e, a hinge from brass tube and leather padding from plastic card. Just needs a latch making. It'll obviously be posed open when complete allowing a better view of the cockpit details:
Also made a leather crash pad for the front of the cockpit opening:
I added an internal longeron that would be visible with the door open. After scratching some heel boards, folding cockpit p/e such as the control colum grip, and making a more realistic rudder bar, I found out that real aircraft has the seat and rudder pedals etc. mounted within the fuselage on a framework, rather than on a full-width floor as in the kit.
So I cut the original floor down and made some cross-braces:
Needs one more brace adding, probably during assembly to aid painting.
Also made a cockpit door out of scrap p/e, a hinge from brass tube and leather padding from plastic card. Just needs a latch making. It'll obviously be posed open when complete allowing a better view of the cockpit details:
Also made a leather crash pad for the front of the cockpit opening:
I added an internal longeron that would be visible with the door open. After scratching some heel boards, folding cockpit p/e such as the control colum grip, and making a more realistic rudder bar, I found out that real aircraft has the seat and rudder pedals etc. mounted within the fuselage on a framework, rather than on a full-width floor as in the kit.
So I cut the original floor down and made some cross-braces:
Needs one more brace adding, probably during assembly to aid painting.
Slow progress really; made some progress on the cockpit by drilling the missing instrument panel light holes:
And drilled out the fuselage venturi for the airspeed indicator:
Finally, detailled the cockpit with Eduard etch, wiring and various cables etc. Also finished the modified cockpit floor:
And drilled out the fuselage venturi for the airspeed indicator:
Finally, detailled the cockpit with Eduard etch, wiring and various cables etc. Also finished the modified cockpit floor:
Binned it - ruined some panel lines in the vicinity of the screwed-up join line on top of the fuselage. Salvaged the internals and will try again with a new kit, but I've no idea what happened here. It's like the acrylic paint thinners reacted with the glue, which is...weird.
Edited by dr_gn on Thursday 13th October 00:45
dr_gn said:
Binned it - ruined some panel lines in the vicinity of the screwed-up join line on top of the fuselage. Salvaged the internals and will try again with a new kit, but I've no idea what happened here. It's like the acrylic paint thinners reacted with the glue, which is...weird.
Edited by dr_gn on Thursday 13th October 00:45
BTDT myself.
Yertis said:
dr_gn said:
Binned it - ruined some panel lines in the vicinity of the screwed-up join line on top of the fuselage. Salvaged the internals and will try again with a new kit, but I've no idea what happened here. It's like the acrylic paint thinners reacted with the glue, which is...weird.
Edited by dr_gn on Thursday 13th October 00:45
BTDT myself.
I split it apart to salvage the photo-etch stuff and new floor etc. inside the cockpit.
I got a replacement off EBay, so will try again. It's looking likely that it was the new Humbrol poly cement I used that reacted with the acrylic paint and caused the disaster; that's the only thing I don't usually use.
Humbrol. Hmmm.
Funny thing is that I'm willing to bet that you could have fixed that to everyone else's satisfaction; at root you are probably why I don't build models anymore, you are much, much better at it than I ever was, and you have an attention to detail that I never had.
Still, I enjoy looking at the models you build. Hat's off to you.
Still, I enjoy looking at the models you build. Hat's off to you.
Einion Yrth said:
Funny thing is that I'm willing to bet that you could have fixed that to everyone else's satisfaction; at root you are probably why I don't build models anymore, you are much, much better at it than I ever was, and you have an attention to detail that I never had.
Still, I enjoy looking at the models you build. Hat's off to you.
I'll take it as a compliment - overall!Still, I enjoy looking at the models you build. Hat's off to you.
It's a long time since I scrapped a model, IIRC it was "Old Crow", but I started again and completed it.
If you enjoy the process of building models, then you really should just get on with it irrespective of what anyone else does. I go to shows and see models I couldn't ever replicate, but it doesn't put me off, I just select subjects that interest me and that I think I can make a good job of.
Once you stray from "out of box" builds is when the trouble can start. Select a good quality, modern kit, and you should have few issues. Tamiya Zero maybe?
Yertis said:
Did you lose your rag and smash it up? Because it looks like it.
BTDT myself.
No, you can clearly see this is a model of one that erm... was being tailed by a 109 and sadly broke up during a high-G manoeuvre due to dodgy Soviet manufacturing. Possibly due to dodgy glues. You can already see that Russian soldiers have removed the body for burial and salvaged the internal components as spares.BTDT myself.
It's a new purchase, using all the old detail stuff. I've salvaged the old one and my son is going to build it into the Finnish version with skis - he likes painting figures so I'll find him a pilot to put in it which will cover the missing cockpit details.
He's not bothered about panel lines, he just likes to paint things.
He's not bothered about panel lines, he just likes to paint things.
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