1/72 PZL P-11c - From WW1 to WW2 GB
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Looks good so far!
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A4K
Brigadier General
Cheers guys!
Re-thought my strategy re fuselage construction. It will be better to join the modified nose sections to the rear fuselage halves before scratchbuilding the cockpit, as the visible area extends beyond my cut off point. Want that join to be nice and smooth before detailing.
Closer inspection of engine photos shows the thinner section of the cylinders shouldn't be visible beyond the outer rim of the streamlined reduction gear housing. Turns out the RPM/Pantera, Mastercraft, and Siedlce housings are all too narrow in diameter, RPM kit item by 1 mm. This may not sound much, but is very noticable in 1:72.
Will either modify a spare spinner of correct diameter or modify the Mastercraft P.7a engine (which does actually have the nicest cooling fin detail)
Re-thought my strategy re fuselage construction. It will be better to join the modified nose sections to the rear fuselage halves before scratchbuilding the cockpit, as the visible area extends beyond my cut off point. Want that join to be nice and smooth before detailing.
Closer inspection of engine photos shows the thinner section of the cylinders shouldn't be visible beyond the outer rim of the streamlined reduction gear housing. Turns out the RPM/Pantera, Mastercraft, and Siedlce housings are all too narrow in diameter, RPM kit item by 1 mm. This may not sound much, but is very noticable in 1:72.
Will either modify a spare spinner of correct diameter or modify the Mastercraft P.7a engine (which does actually have the nicest cooling fin detail)
Vic Balshaw
Major General
It's coming along nicely Kevin.
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A4K
Brigadier General
Cheers Vic!
Evan, doin' great man...
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A4K
Brigadier General
Thanks guys!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good work Evan. Sounds like you're thinking it through thoroughly. Wow a little alliteration by an illiterate!
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A4K
Brigadier General
Most grateful guys, great to be giving it a good go! 
And yep, all in it's own time...no clock watching. (Cut out new gun ports last night, according to the scale plan positions)
And yep, all in it's own time...no clock watching. (Cut out new gun ports last night, according to the scale plan positions)
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A4K
Brigadier General
Moving slowly along....
Finished a soldering job for a mate, so had a wee play with some IC component lead cutoffs - et vóila: PZL 11 cockpit and fuel tank framework.
Alot of small details to be added yet, but these are the basic box structures, bolted together in reality.
Nose sections added, and engine reduction gear housing being corrected too.
Finished a soldering job for a mate, so had a wee play with some IC component lead cutoffs - et vóila: PZL 11 cockpit and fuel tank framework.
Alot of small details to be added yet, but these are the basic box structures, bolted together in reality.
Nose sections added, and engine reduction gear housing being corrected too.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Wow, nice Evan!
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Great work!
very, very nice Evan
fubar57
General
Most impressive frame work Evan.
Geo
Geo
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Beauty! Very nicely done Evan.
Good work so far Evan!
