Henschel HS P.75Voir: Diaporama Mosaïque Liste 1September 16, 2022Main parts cut from the blocks and prepared for glueing. Drilled holes for alignment pins to aid in positioning while glueing. 2September 16, 2022dryfit 3September 16, 2022first sections glued and sanded 4September 16, 2022and bottom side 5September 16, 2022nosejob 😉 6September 16, 2022Kit cockpit was sparce and left some big opening to the rear frame 7September 16, 2022made a cockpit in styrene 8September 16, 2022totally removable for painting and detailing 9September 16, 2022The resin landing gear is rather solid, but the model in very heavy. I think it will bend from it's own weight over time. So I soldered some Albion alloys tubing to replace the original parts.. 10September 21, 2022Checking the seams 11September 21, 2022Checking the seams 12September 21, 2022Checking the seams 13September 21, 2022Cockpit painted in base RLM66 14September 21, 2022Cutting up the Quinta decals 15September 21, 2022And glue them till it looks busy 16September 25, 2022Section of the wings is euhm... weird 17September 25, 2022To have a regular section, this should be removed 18September 25, 2022Also one of the wings has a dent 19September 25, 2022Some heat later 20September 25, 2022Then some reinforcement pins 21September 25, 2022Dryfit... some large holes to fill 22September 26, 2022First one done 23September 26, 2022Second too 24September 26, 2022Both equal 25September 26, 2022Still some sanding to do when joined to the hull, but that is place by place, here at the rear 26September 26, 2022Here at the front 27September 26, 2022But first the landing gear, even in dryfit, or it can't be mounted anymore. 28September 28, 2022filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler 29September 28, 2022filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler 30September 28, 2022and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session. The wing has a lot of micro-holes from bubbles 31September 28, 2022and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session 32September 28, 2022still some wings to add, but so far so good 33September 29, 2022Ready for a check with primer 34September 29, 2022Ready for a check with primer 35September 29, 2022More filler was needed 36September 29, 2022Looks promising 37September 29, 2022Looks promising 38September 29, 2022Looks promising 39September 30, 2022Pleasantly surprised 40September 30, 2022Pleasantly surprised, some small pitting still in the wing, but... 41October 4, 2022Tracing the lines for scribing. These small holes from bubbles were filled with tiny amounts of CA 42October 4, 2022Tracing the lines for scribing 43October 5, 2022 44October 5, 2022 45October 5, 2022 46October 6, 2022Cutting out the louvres 47October 7, 2022Cutting/deepening the lines before scraping 48October 7, 2022Both sides done 49October 7, 2022Started the bottom side 50October 8, 2022Proposal fot bottom lay-out, with additional droptank and wing mounted guns 51October 8, 2022Top lay-out, the beige exhaust is from the kit, the grey ones are from a Typhoon... but look more sleek, albeit too large for the top 52October 8, 2022The right one are smaller but from a He-111. I only want to use the top scoops 53October 8, 2022These... 54October 8, 2022 55October 8, 2022 56October 10, 2022cutting up the exhaust 57October 10, 2022in tiny parts 58October 10, 2022clamping before thinning the contact surface 59October 10, 2022sanding paperthin 60October 10, 2022all done 61October 12, 2022Canards, with some reinforcement insid 62October 12, 2022Canards, with some reinforcement inside 63October 12, 2022Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled 64October 12, 2022Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled 65October 12, 2022Tail, same story 66October 12, 2022Dryfit 67October 12, 2022Further scribing topside 68October 12, 2022Further scribing bottom 69October 12, 2022Exhausts bottom 70October 12, 2022Exhausts top 71October 12, 2022Exhausts top 72October 13, 2022Dryfit main landing gear 73October 13, 2022Dryfit main landing gear 74October 13, 2022Added some detail with paper 75October 13, 2022Nose landing gear dryfit 76October 19, 2022Other details too 77October 19, 2022And at the bottom. Still need to check for droptank etc... 78October 19, 2022Riveting almost added Commentaires3 November 2024, 17:13 - Project infoHenschel HS P.7578 images1:48IdéesTous les albumsVoir tous les albums »