Henschel HS P.75
Main parts cut from the blocks and prepared for glueing. Drilled holes for alignment pins to aid in positioning while glueing.
dryfit
first sections glued and sanded
and bottom side
nosejob 😉
Kit cockpit was sparce and left some big opening to the rear frame
made a cockpit in styrene
totally removable for painting and detailing
The resin landing gear is rather solid, but the model in very heavy. I think it will bend from it's own weight over time. So I soldered some Albion alloys tubing to replace the original parts..
Checking the seams
Checking the seams
Checking the seams
Cockpit painted in base RLM66
Cutting up the Quinta decals
And glue them till it looks busy
Section of the wings is euhm... weird
To have a regular section, this should be removed
Also one of the wings has a dent
Some heat later
Then some reinforcement pins
Dryfit... some large holes to fill
First one done
Second too
Both equal
Still some sanding to do when joined to the hull, but that is place by place, here at the rear
Here at the front
But first the landing gear, even in dryfit, or it can't be mounted anymore.
filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler
filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler
and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session. The wing has a lot of micro-holes from bubbles
and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session
still some wings to add, but so far so good
Ready for a check with primer
Ready for a check with primer
More filler was needed
Looks promising
Looks promising
Looks promising
Pleasantly surprised
Pleasantly surprised, some small pitting still in the wing, but...
Tracing the lines for scribing. These small holes from bubbles were filled with tiny amounts of CA
Tracing the lines for scribing
Cutting out the louvres
Cutting/deepening the lines before scraping
Both sides done
Started the bottom side
Proposal fot bottom lay-out, with additional droptank and wing mounted guns
Top lay-out, the beige exhaust is from the kit, the grey ones are from a Typhoon... but look more sleek, albeit too large for the top
The right one are smaller but from a He-111. I only want to use the top scoops
These...
cutting up the exhaust
in tiny parts
clamping before thinning the contact surface
sanding paperthin
all done
Canards, with some reinforcement insid
Canards, with some reinforcement inside
Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled
Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled
Tail, same story
Dryfit
Further scribing topside
Further scribing bottom
Exhausts bottom
Exhausts top
Exhausts top
Dryfit main landing gear
Dryfit main landing gear
Added some detail with paper
Nose landing gear dryfit
Other details too
And at the bottom. Still need to check for droptank etc...
Riveting almost added
Opmerkingen
27 16 September 2022, 07:57
Bart GoesaertSome progress on the wings.. dryfit is now OK, but the section of the wings is something that bothers me from the start...
25 September 2022, 20:30
JohnAre the wing sections not matching up to blueprints and they need to be flatter? That looks like a lot of sanding so I'd leave it be, but that's me being lazy.
Cool looking bird, it kind of looks like a Shinden that someone stepped on a little!
26 September 2022, 01:29
Bart GoesaertBitten the bullet and started sanding. First 80 grit, then 120 and 360 grit. Then some wet sanding.
Next up is joining them with the hull
26 September 2022, 20:46
Erik LeijdensRemarkable subject Bart, never seen this one before. Also a challenging kit but I see you are doing fine, just take your time with this one! Also watch out with sanding resin, best to sand under water.
27 September 2022, 06:59
Bart GoesaertThx erik. It is a so called paper plane. think it never got past the design phase, or maybe windtunnel tests. Think the inherent instability of the aircraft was a killer without the more modern computer aided compensation. For sanding I use a mask (thanks to corona there's an abundance at home). Wet sanding is for the finer work.
28 September 2022, 07:08
Nathan DempseyVery interesting subject! Looks like a challenging kit, but you're doing great. Can't wait to see the painting stage on this build.
28 September 2022, 13:52
Bart GoesaertThx Nathan.. that will take some more time. First sanding the hull smooth, then rescribe....
29 September 2022, 17:17
Bart GoesaertThank you.
Still looking at some late war camo's, but this one looks tempting:
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30 September 2022, 11:22
Michael KohlNow this looks like some serious modelling to me. Watching and wishing success.
30 September 2022, 14:34
Bart GoesaertThx Erik. Main tracing of the upper hull has been finished. Riveting has to follow. On the nose I will still have some work to fill the original tracing. Made another lay-out there with regards to the canards...
5 October 2022, 04:05
Bart GoesaertSome questions/proposals about the lay-out for exhausts etc. Opinions are welcome
8 October 2022, 07:09
Nathan DempseyI really like your drop tank and gun pod additions. My opinion on the upper exhaust is for the He-111 type. Definitely better than the kit version.
8 October 2022, 08:53
AndreasKHi Bart, I am not sure about the droptank in this position. Have the feeling this airflow and turbulences would interfere with the vertical stabilizer. Definitely it would change once it is dropped!
13 October 2022, 06:00
Bart GoesaertThank you Andreas. It has to move anyway because of the exhausts at the bottom. They had to be closer together due to engine lay-out. Will come back to that later on, omit it alltogether or go for a P-51 lay-out... time will tell
13 October 2022, 06:14
Erik LeijdensGreat progress Bart! Quite a work with a resin kit and you make the best out of it.
13 October 2022, 19:04
Bart GoesaertThank you. I have confidence in building, it's a bit the painting stage that worries me. Tonight I worked on the main landing gear... dryfit looks OK, only to adjust the height
13 October 2022, 20:41
Bart GoesaertThx guys. I used a Rosie the rivetter for the smaller holes. The larger holes are made with a MRP needle scriber.
20 October 2022, 05:46
