1/72 DFS Kranich - Jet/Recon/Transport GB

[A4K]

Cheers guys!

Floor in progress, kit item to compare.

Initial fit.
Rear cockpit section needs slight trimming to sit lower, nice tight fit when pushed down. Assembled take-off dolly visible behind.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Certainly no comparison between your superb floor and the kit part. Nicely done Even.

 

[A4K]

Cheers mate - not finished yet though!

Kit floor sits way too high in the cockpit. The Kranich was deliberately designed with a deepened fuselage and lower floor to enable fitting of seat type parachutes.

 

[rochie]

very nice job Evan

 

[A4K]

Cheers Karl!

 

[Airframes]

Beaut job Evan. And that's far to bl**dy small for my hands to work with !

 

[Wurger]

Looking good Evan.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys!

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice Evan!

 

[A4K]

Cheers Wayne!

 

[Crimea_River]

Doing a great job Evan.

 

[ccheese]

Doing a great job Evan.

I'll say ! Good job...

Charles

 

[A4K]

Cheers Andy and Charles!

Filed the cockpit rear to shape, square cutting the rib slots (initial triangular file cut in above pics) and working on the rudder pedal slots.
Pics up when done.

 

[Wayne Little]

look forward to more of this delicate work Evan...

 

[Capt. Vick]

Intricate stuff amigo! And in the one true scale at that!

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys!

In (painfully slow) progress... (love 1:72 but damn fiddly to work in sometimes!)

Looks like shite in the pic too. If I can get some proper sheet styrene from somewhere, may redo the lot, not that anything will be seen in the end...
These are made from a margarine container lid and a plastic name tag - not the best plastics to work with!

Note:
slots for rear cockpit rudder pedals won't be cut, as whole area was gutted to make room for the fuel drum - no details will be visible here when in position. Most lower rear fuselage frames have been omitted for same reason, and for fit!

 

[Wurger]

Looking good though.

 

[Wayne Little]

It is looking good, don't stop now!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very nice.

 

[Airframes]

I agree with the guys, good stuff, Hope you can glue those difficult plastics.