1/72 Koolhoven FK-58c by Azur

[fastmongrel]

Not many people have heard of the Koolhoven FK58 but its a plane that has always interested me that could have been better known with a bit of luck and more time to perform. Koolhoven F.K.58 - Wikipedia.

IMG_20200405_210057974 by Stuart, on Flickr

I have had this kit for a while its a short run kit made in the Czech Republic but designed in France. Like a lot of short run kits the instructions arent brilliant and this kit has few locating pegs or grooves for parts so for example the seat position is a guess and I hope I dont need to get the Razor saw out to move it. I think its going to be a case of glue then hope.

IMG_20200405_210109330 by Stuart, on Flickr

I am modelling the flaps open so I have cut the flaps from the bottom wing section.

IMG_20200405_210120475 by Stuart, on Flickr

IMG_20200405_210128368 by Stuart, on Flickr

The resin Hispano Suiza 14 cylinder radial is nicely moulded I have primed it and when the primer is dry I will add pushrod tubes from 0.45mm brass wire.

IMG_20200405_210135680 by Stuart, on Flickr

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great topic!

 

[fastmongrel]

One of those jobs where you wonder why you started. No one's going to see the pushrod tubes.

 

[fastmongrel]

Finished the push rod tubes

 

[fastmongrel]

Got the cockpit interior into what seems like the right spot. Now working on the flaps

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

The pilots seat did end up to far back by a mm or so but I think it won't noticeable when the canopy is fitted.

 

[Crimea_River]

Interesting subject. I do like the push rods.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[fastmongrel]

Interesting subject. I do like the push rods.

Thanks my eyes went a bit wonky doing them. When the engine and cowling are fitted no one will ever see them again but I know they are there.

 

[Crimea_River]

And if you had fun doing it, who cares?

 

[fastmongrel]

And if you had fun doing it, who cares?

It's keeping me sane at the moment. Well saneish.

 

[fastmongrel]

The engine is supposed to glue into the cowling but as with a lot of this kit there's no location to glue to. So I glued a block made of plasticard to the firewall then epoxied the engine in place and used the cowling to align the engine. I also opened up the cowling with some rolled up Emery paper as the hole at the front was way too small.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

Now the hardest part of modelling I have glued the undercarriage legs and the horizontal stabilisers and I have to walk away and not touch till they have set. The stabilisers like everything else in this kit had no location pegs so I had to drill and fit brass reinforcement wires.

The u/c legs don't have much support either and I think I will fit some reinforcement wires by drilling down from the top.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great job! Boy, those are some small flaps.

 

[fastmongrel]

Need to be small to fit in the machine gun pods on the underwing surface.