A5M2b "Claude" M4H 48hr 2023

This is how I started - just past 7:30pm Friday in Singapore UTC+8.
I've got the Wingsy Kits A5M2b "Claude" (early version) a micro motor, a pilot stolen from anther kit and a frame I'm planning to use for mounting. 

 

 

 

 

we have ignition! motorising was a stretch goal, but the way Wingsey have designed the engine makes it quite easy to mount a micro motor .. controlled by a microprocessor .. it's a micro machine😉 

engine detail coming together! 

a bit of head-scratching later and I figured out how all the engine parts fit together! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a pity it's all going to be hidden away, but I blew my morning time budget on the cockpit. the kit makes it pretty irresistible! 

 

Saying goodnight Friday - got most of the subassemblies ready: have ignition; got air! Hopefully it'll all just fall together tomorrow. 

 

finally closed up the fuselage 

 

Since the plane is in-flight, I need a pilot! I stole this from the Tamiya Ki-61 Hien kit and did a rapid paint job. I have a feeling the flying kit is a little too advanced for the Claude but, hey.. 

 

 

 

not enough time to paint my own background, so I tropical storm picture from a calendar (shot in Darwin actually) 

 

put the electronics on protoboard and installed in the rear of the frame 

stuck on the wall (to give it time to cure before I add the load of the plane) 

a few coats of H8 later and I'm ready to call it a night (Sat). Just got final paint, decals weathering and installation for Sunday. Pretty confident of finishing this in 48 now! 

painting the tail 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"bring it home through the fire and flames"