**** DONE: GB-70 1/48 Curtiss H75 A-2 - WWII Spanish Civil War to Fall of France (1 Viewer)

[destrozas]

Great job!!!

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

I keep working; cockpit is in the fuselage (MGs and armor plate added), fuselage closed and fuel cap repositioned

Some work on engraving panel lines (again... )

I orderd a Quickboost P-36 engine, I don't like the one of the kit...

 

[Wurger]

Well done Steph !

PS. IIRC there weren't any engraved panel lines of the stabilizers and the fin. The plate strips of the metal skin were reiveted overlap.

 

[le_steph40]

Well done Steph !

PS. IIRC there weren't any engraved panel lines of the stabilizers and the fin. The plate strips of the metal skin were reiveted overlap.

Argh ! I use the drawings from Wings of Pegasus, here (drawings) and here (H75) . His plans are usually given as a reference.

 

[Wurger]

Argh ! I use the drawings from Wings of Pegasus, here (drawings) and here (H75) . His plans are usually given as a reference.

Yes I know them. These are correct but it is quite difficult to show the overlaping using a 2D paper sheet. What is more it looks like each strip had the front edge pressed and shaped in order to allow the back edge of the following strip to sit without any step. But it is quite difficult to notice it in most of the tail images. As a result the shallow panel lines could be.

The link may come in handy .... Curtiss P-36 Hawk / Hawk Model 75 / Mohawk

the pic source: the net.

 

[destrozas]

Yes I know them. These are correct but it is quite difficult to show the overlaping using a 2D paper sheet. What is more it looks like each strip had the front edge pressed and shaped in order to allow the back edge of the following strip to sit without any step. But it is quite difficult to notice it in most of the tail images. As a result the shallow panel lines could be.

The link may come in handy .... Curtiss P-36 Hawk / Hawk Model 75 / Mohawk

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the pic source: the net.

Goood info!!!

 

[fubar57]

Doing good, Steph

 

[waroff]

on horizontal and vertical stabilizer, the skin panels are joggled on fwd edge and the next panel cover the joggle for avoid a step at the joint

le bord avant des panneaux étaient soyés et étaient recouvert par le bord du panneau adjacent.

 

[SaparotRob]

on horizontal and vertical stabilizer, the skin panels are joggled on fwd edge and the next panel cover the joggle for avoid a step at the joint

le bord avant des panneaux étaient soyés et étaient recouvert par le bord du panneau adjacent.

Definitely sounds better in French.
I still ain't using metric.

 

[Greg Boeser]

on horizontal and vertical stabilizer, the skin panels are joggled on fwd edge and the next panel cover the joggle for avoid a step at the joint

le bord avant des panneaux étaient soyés et étaient recouvert par le bord du panneau adjacent.

I've been a sheet metal man for over 40 years and have never heard that term. The things you learn here.

 

[destrozas]

I've been a sheet metal man for over 40 years and have never heard that term. The things you learn here.

That's the good thing about having a living language to communicate with: one word has countless terms, and expressions can be very extensive, especially if you write as you speak in your native language, which may have expressions that are not used elsewhere. Surely in your country there are differences between states, or provinces or even regions (depending on how it's regulated; here we are autonomous communities, a confederated state but without calling it that).

Here in Spain, a silky joint is used for a joint between two panels that is completely uniform without any relief.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Work on the engine is done

I cut out the ailerons and worked them with plastic rods and putty

Next step: work on the horizontal stabilisers

 

[Wurger]

 

[destrozas]

Nice!!!, c'est bon!!!

 

[fubar57]

Wiring certainly makes a difference

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good Steph.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Some work before to assembly wings and fuselage

Plastic wedges added for Karman fitting

 

[Wurger]