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Posted

I am making agonizingly slow progress on this model, literally a couple of parts here and there every couple of days -- really having to push through on this one.

 

In the meantime, I pulled the trigger on purchasing two additional Halinski kits to add to my stash, a Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai (George) and a Messerschmitt Bf-109E-7/Trop. Both kits have been sold out at Halinski's web site for ages, and I have been scouring the internet off and on for a couple of years now in search of the N1K2-J. I knew of one web site that had that kit, but their shipping charges are astronomical, so I held out while looking for a cheaper source -- never did find one. When I recently saw that the expensive shop still has a copy, I decided to order it in spite of the stiff shipping charge. I added the 109E-7 to defray some of the cost and added laser-cut frames and a canopy to complete the deal (the site didn't have those items for the Kawanishi, but Halinski still has them). Let the waiting begin . . .

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Fokker D.VI

Posted

I'm hating this model at the moment. I'm not hating the subject -- the subject is fine, and the artwork is lovely. No, what I don't like at the moment is the design of the kit and its very apparent shortcomings.

 

As you may recall, I have been slowly working on the landing gear, which have some very tricky and delicate parts. I got those bits done -- not great results, but at least they're done. Then came the gear doors. First we have the brackets that mount the doors to the struts. There are three of them, and they're all labeled as part 62. Not 62a, 62b, and 62c -- just 62. And there is no way to easily tell from the diagrams which order they're supposed to go in from top to bottom. I made an educated guess, and I don't think I guessed correctly.

 

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Next we have the landing gear diagrams. This frontal view shows the main gear door reaching up to about 2 mm shy of the wing.

 

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Yeah, about that . . .

 

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Yep, that's closer to being a 10 mm gap. Some more surgery is in order. 😑

 

What's really annoying about this is that this is the third Marek Paczynski design I have attempted, and every one of them has had design issues (one proved unbuildable). Worryingly, I have a bunch more Paczynski designs in the stash. 😒 But, I will press on with this one, since it is so close to being done.

 

Stay tuned!

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Fokker D.VI

Posted

I hope that carrying on goes well, Chris.  I'd hate to hear you had a massive bonfire of those kits.  

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

I wish I could make bad models look so good as you do Chris. My one and only card model experience was with what I feel was a poor design, but it's probably more the fault of the modeler in my case than it was the kit. I dropped mine into the bin and counted it up as a learning experience. Looks to me like you're going to wind up with a fine-looking model on your shelf due to your skills to make a silk purse of a sow's ear.

Posted

Wow. In doing more online research regarding the landing gear, I have become even more mortified about this kit's design. Not only are the gear doors not the right length, it turns out they are not the correct shape, either. On top of that, the torque bars are wrong as well -- the kit places them on the front of each strut, but pictures of the actual plane online show them on the back. 😑😑😑

 

Ignorance would have been bliss in this case.

 

EDIT: Just discovered that the locator marks for the door brackets are not in the correct locations and do not match what is shown in the diagrams.

 

Since the gear design is obviously a complete cluster-you-know-what, I'm just going to slap the main doors on and call them done.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Fokker D.VI

Posted
59 minutes ago, Javlin said:

Looks like you overcame and persevered Chris looking mighty good from here!!

 

Ah, but the trials just keep on giving! Turns out the propeller is also wrong, based on a thorough internet search for photographic references. Of course, the designer doesn't mention (well, maybe he did, but it's all in Polish) what he used for source material and where he obtained it. So, I will be making some alterations to the propeller structure as well. Happily, it is the last major assembly, so after this it should be smooth sailing.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Fokker D.VI

Posted

The Big Reveal!

 

So, after finishing the propeller, which differs significantly from the kit version, there remained only the venturi, pitot tubes, and antenna mast. Glad to be done with this one. Enjoy the pictures!

 

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Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Fokker D.VI

Posted

Great build Chris, it looks great and the kit deficiencies you highlighted do not detract from your skills in building it. :champagne:

Andrew
Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) 
HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64)

Completed (Kits):-

Vanguard Models (1/64) :HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler

Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars)HM Cutter Sherbourne

Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight

 

Posted

Superb finish   Chris   - Top Notch  build.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

Posted

Hard to believe this is card.  Wonderful build, Chris.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Difficult subject. very well done...

 

Nice job Chris... It's the difficult ones that are most impressive....

 

And this one impresses...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Quote:

"Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"

Posted

Despite all the problems, it turned out a great model. It looks to me every inch like a MC 200.

Congratulations,

Dan

 

Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64

Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48F-15C Eagle - 1:48Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48F104S Starfighter - 1:48

 

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Wow, that came out really great Chris!!  Nice job man!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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