Luftwaffe Zlin Z-XII - Captured / Aircraft in Foreign Service GB

[A4K]

Terry!

Yep, 105.5 mm with rudder, prop and cowls attached Cory!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks for the scale reference Evan....don't drop anything on to the carpet or you won't see it again...

 

[A4K]

No worries Wayne, and damn straight!

 

[A4K]

As with the Z-212, removed the ejector pin stubs. Pics before and after.

Next step final cleanup of the interior components and detailing.

 

[Wayne Little]

Well, you've had plenty of practice at it.....looks the Biz!

 

[A4K]

Cheers mate!
Not as nice as I would have liked, but you won't see bugger all of it when she's closed up.

 

[Wayne Little]

I must say on some of my past builds, it was rather irritating to do lots of interior work and then not see a good portion of it once the fuselage is closed up, now I review and deal with visible areas and avoid the extra work!

 

[rochie]

I must say on some of my past builds, it was rather irritating to do lots of interior work and then not see a good portion of it once the fuselage is closed up, now I review and deal with visible areas and avoid the extra work!

where as i almost ignore the interior and concentrate on the outside

 

[A4K]

That's good advice Wayne...I figured here you *may* be able to see in a bit, so want it to look tidy atleast.

And Karl..

 

[Wayne Little]

where as i almost ignore the interior and concentrate on the outside

Each to his own good Sir!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

But then again doing the interior can be fun and frustrating and annoying and tiresome and upsetting when you can't see any of it. But we still do it.

 

[A4K]

Yep. Ridiculous bunch aren't we?!

Contemplating Wojtek's advice of removing and redoing the rib detail, probably with thin stretched sprue.

 

[A4K]

Ok, rib detail removed from the spare closed canopy fuselage, and walls thinned down to more scale thickness.
Still need a little cleaning up and fixing up in places.

Try to get some Evergreen plastic strips tomorrow to redo the rib work, as per the photos Wojtek posted on the Z-212 thread.

Pics 1 and 2: comparisons of original build fuselage and thinned down replacement fuse.
Pic 3: build subject, DL+AH. (source: the net)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done Evan, should look great with new ribs etc.

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice bit of work Even.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys! No ribs yet, the Evergreen' supplier has disappeared... will try the monthly 'model market' on saturday.

 

[Wurger]