DONE !! CASA CN-235

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October 4, 2020
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October 4, 2020
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October 4, 2020
The content of the box - Vacuformed sheets. That's new to me. I am curious how this one turns out.
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October 4, 2020
Let the show begin.....defining the "parts end" with permanent marker.
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October 4, 2020
Getting closer to the edge with a scissor.
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October 4, 2020
And even more closer with a real sharp scalpel blade.
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October 4, 2020
Scisor and blade exercise is important - because now it starts with sanding. Sanding. Sanding,...
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October 4, 2020
After some time you see the marker shining through...slower and carefully now continuing with a higher grade of sanding paper.
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October 4, 2020
at the end...a small burr get loose from the part. Done. 🙂
how many parts are in the box...um? Ok. See you in a few weeks - have to go sanding
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December 5, 2020
Okay...well. When putting all those sanded parts together in a trial fit it seems that at the end an aircraft turns out - indeed.
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December 5, 2020
So to get to this point it took some effort...some couple weeks for seperating all the components from the sheet.
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December 5, 2020
The formed parts - and especially the fuselage - is extremely thin. I try to give a lot of support to make it stable and rigid.
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December 5, 2020
Joining the wobbling edge seems a tricky exercise. Try to reduce the effort by support of wooden wedges.
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December 5, 2020
Carving and sanding it in shape is done quick - compared to the plastic sanding of the last weeks 🙂
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December 5, 2020
Some more ribs and frames to make the hull robust.
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December 6, 2020
The front wheel comes in 2 halfes and they should be glued to the gear on 2 small surfaces - a butt joint I hardly trust. So a practicable joint to fix the gear strut and the tyre is not there - Therefore I drilled a hole here....
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December 6, 2020
...and here. A brass tube will allow to join the wheel and the forward landing gear.
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December 6, 2020
After trimming the axle the wheel should slip on easy and I expect that this front wheel assy is now more stable than before.
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December 8, 2020
Details from a CASA 235 nose landing gear.
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December 8, 2020
Scratched struts are on as well as forward lights.
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December 8, 2020
Some wiring here...
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December 8, 2020
...some wiring there.
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December 8, 2020
mmh ... seems ok. Now let's see what we can do with the doors.
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December 14, 2020
The part on the very right of the green sprue is the nose landing gear door. Having seen some reference pictures, I decided to go with the cut-away from the vacu sheet. The doors are usually sandwich composite parts. To imitate the "core -appearance" I will scratch them with styrene...
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December 14, 2020
The real door hinges are goose-necked to support a quick opening by less movement of the strut - some remains from old PE will do....
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December 14, 2020
My "composite doors" with hinges.....
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December 14, 2020
...undergo some dry fit...
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December 14, 2020
The arm lever for the opening mechanism on this CASA is pretty keen.
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December 14, 2020
Another dry fit with actuator struts attached,...
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December 14, 2020
Seems to work, position and angle are not quite right yet, but can be adjusted.
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December 14, 2020
Precautions to avoid tailsitting. I put some lead in radom and cockpit.
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December 14, 2020
The attachment of the tail cone is challenging. The thing is thin and wobbeling - but it should be rigid and strong as is should carry the vertical and horizontal stabilizers afterwards.
I hope this section is consolidated now with my balsa wood construction.
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December 14, 2020
The idea was to add some guidance for the joints and to bring together the 2 halfes as consise as possible.
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December 14, 2020
With that flush fitting it should work out pretty well (I hope.)
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December 14, 2020
Next issue - fitting the horizontal fins. To support the joint and to assure the correct angle I built in an flat beam of wood.
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December 19, 2020
I did the same on the vertical tail fin.
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December 19, 2020
A view at the wooden "tail wing box".
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December 19, 2020
Trial fit #999. I'm still quite doubtful that all this comes out well at the end...
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December 19, 2020
The tail cone with all the rudders attached.....
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December 26, 2020
2x Engine Cowling. I decided to open up the Air Intakes, the NACAs on both sides of the hoods and the Exhausts.
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December 26, 2020
I used some styrene sheet to scratch the "channel" from the intake to the Engine.
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December 26, 2020
Now it is better, because you can't no longer look through the cowling onto the naked Wing 😉
Also the NACAs are cutted "open" now.
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December 26, 2020
Opening the holes for the Exhaust.
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December 26, 2020
...and inserting some bended thin metal sheet to creat my "new" exhausts.
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December 26, 2020
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December 26, 2020
And I did some re-scribing to pronouce the panel lines which are "gone" in the Vaccu forming process respectively by my sanding operations.
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December 26, 2020
Another trial assembly showed that some more front-weight is needed before I close the fuselage halfs. So some more lead balls placed to avoid tailsitting.
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January 5, 2021
Finally I have joint the two halfes of the fuselage and the tail section....
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January 5, 2021
...alot of sprue goo and filler was needed to make a smooth transition of the joint.
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January 5, 2021
The size and position of the doors do not match with the version I need. Interessing that they are correct in size but in a switched location.
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January 5, 2021
Same with the windows,... I need 1 more and the whole pattern slightly shifted to the rear.
So all the engravings for doors and windows will be filled with liquide sprue and sanded over. ...I hate scribing but beside that, some panel lines are gone also and need to be recovered,...
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January 20, 2021
So here are some pic's of my scribing activities,....
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January 20, 2021
Checking size respectively position of the cargo & pax doors,....
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January 20, 2021
Scribing result on LH side......
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January 20, 2021
...and also RH and underside done.
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January 20, 2021
Here I have already fixed the vertical and horzontal stabilzers onto the fuselage.
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December 19, 2020
The quality of the moulded parts is ...not the best. Some more sanding is needed to get those parts in shape.
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January 20, 2021
Similar to the front landing gear I decided to "support" also the main landing gear with some metal tubes in order to hold the load of the entire kit without breaking wheels loose later on (there is pretty load of lead in the nose part).
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January 20, 2021
Mainlanding gear ready for paint and assembly.
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January 26, 2021
Painting and Assembly done.
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January 26, 2021
Adjusting the landing gear within the bin is quite tricky. No marks or stops are given. A slight movement respectively a slight missmatch between left hand and right hand gear and the whole thing seems to come out of balance - as the span of the wings is intensifying any tiny misalignment. Leveled it out with ruler, blueTack and time...
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January 26, 2021
Made my own stops and after several attempts I found it ok to use glue. Picture comparision showed later that the whole assembly should protrude slightly more - but too late now.
I started a time consuming masking session to protect the main landing gear from next coming (sanding) operations. 😉
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February 23, 2021
When closing the Wheel Bin alot of putty was needed in order to close rather huge gaps.
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February 23, 2021
Bottom view after filling & sanding that area.
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February 23, 2021
Side view after fitting the wheel bay to the fuselage.
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February 23, 2021
Mounting the wing to the fuselage started....
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February 23, 2021
Wooden stiffener for the upper wing middle section.
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February 23, 2021
Liquide sprue and Tamyia putty as a gab filler used here and also for...
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February 23, 2021
....adjusting the outer wing panels. Gravity, ruler and protractor are used to level out the wings during glueing and curing to get the sightly upwards position of the wing tips.
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April 6, 2021
Now I have added the engines and the flap track fairings. Putting on some primer is coming closer,....
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April 26, 2021
So the first layer of primer is there. Quite surprising - It looked not that bad.....
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April 26, 2021
....there where only a few minor imperfections that need some filling/sanding and repaint.
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April 26, 2021
I started with aircraft grey to bring some depth effect to the surface...
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April 26, 2021
...more spraying...
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April 26, 2021
...this is my third model where I try black basing/marbeling...quite tough to decide when it is enough...
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April 26, 2021
A thin layer of blueish grey comes as a final coat.
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April 26, 2021
The black anti-icing panels are next,...
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May 2, 2021
Anti iceing panels and the underwing exhaust plume section done.
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May 2, 2021
Unfortunatly I had a bad surface preperation and on the HTP the demasking caused some damage.
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May 2, 2021
Starting the recovery....
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May 2, 2021
Aircraft grey...
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May 2, 2021
...plus some blueish grey on top.
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May 2, 2021
Done. Gloss coat next and then ready for the decals,.....
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May 22, 2021
First session of decaling done...
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May 22, 2021
All decals on and sealed with a coat of gloss acrylics.
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May 22, 2021
After some days of gloss coat cure, I did a very decent oil wash, as the marbeling effect already shows a quite worne out surface.
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June 24, 2021
Giving the propeller blades a first layer of black.
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June 24, 2021
Preparing the antenna.
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June 24, 2021
The installed antenna on the RH side of the vertical fin.
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June 24, 2021
Nose landing gear and bay doors installed.
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June 24, 2021
Underwing section ist done - some minor touch-ups to cover painting flaws were needed
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July 1, 2021
Assembly of the propeller blades.
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July 1, 2021
Yeep. The last "unclued" components...Now...quite busy actually, but I think I need to finish this build this weekend. 🙂 😉
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Komentarzy

73 4 October 2020, 19:45

Juergen Klinglhuber
Started my first vacu formed kit. Curious about this journey and what kind of pleasant surprises will wait. 🙂

4 October 2020, 20:05

Henrik Persson
You have some work to do, i will fallow your project.

4 October 2020, 20:18

Mirko Römer
Terra incognita 🙂 good luck, Columbus!

5 December 2020, 14:56

Juergen Klinglhuber
Ha -- 😄 crazy, but I thought at least I should have tried it once...Thx for your wished Mirko. I guess I need it.

5 December 2020, 15:03

Mirko Römer
I never dared to tackle one so far. Gimme some hope, please 🙂

5 December 2020, 15:15

berni
Hello Juergen, good start, I am in. 👍

5 December 2020, 15:22

Chris Parsons
Loving this! I actually just finished my second vac. kit, also a Broplan. An ATR 72...Pictures on here somewhere

5 December 2020, 16:56

David Taylor
looking good so far.Started a Wellesley couple of years back,horrible kit ,its in a box somewhere.LOL

5 December 2020, 17:10

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome berni.

5 December 2020, 20:11

Juergen Klinglhuber
Chris - I just check out your ATR 72. Great result. Luckely I can skip interior work. But I see already troubles coming along with engine cowling and wheel bay - similar to your ATR kit. This portion of work will become pretty challenging.

5 December 2020, 20:17

Juergen Klinglhuber
David - fingers crossed that this one will not end the same way - but the more I progress the more I understand why this happend 🙂

5 December 2020, 20:19

Cuajete
Good progress 👍.

14 December 2020, 20:05

Chris Parsons
Looking great!
Good progress.

15 December 2020, 03:57

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi guys - thx for your coments and your "likes". That's good for staying motivated with this bird 😉

19 December 2020, 14:21

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
good

19 December 2020, 15:26

Juergen Klinglhuber
@ Chris,
and all followers of this build - let me report: Engines done! 🙂 some pic's attached

26 December 2020, 20:42

David Taylor
Coming along nicely.

26 December 2020, 21:20

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx David.

27 December 2020, 17:33

Juergen Klinglhuber
Sanding continues,....I have meanwhile joint the fuselage and rear section.

5 January 2021, 11:10

Chris Parsons
Some major plastic surgery here! Brings back memories...
Looking good!

5 January 2021, 14:04

Cuajete
I'm sure that your hard job will be compensated. Well done so far.

5 January 2021, 19:15

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Chris & Cuajete for your comments. Motivation on this kit is going up and down periodically 😉
So your appreciation is welcome! thx

7 January 2021, 16:59

Gordon Sørensen
Great job, Juergen! Looks like a lot of sanding, but the fuselage looks good!

7 January 2021, 19:01

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Gordon. YES: a lot of sanding, and I'm afraid that it is not over yet 😉

20 January 2021, 19:04

Juergen Klinglhuber
a little bit of an update on this build - I joint tail and horzontal fins with the fuselage and did some scribing exercise.

20 January 2021, 19:06

Łukasz Gliński
How come I missed this? My 295 is still waiting, let's see what awaits me 😄

20 January 2021, 19:49

Łukasz Gliński
Have you considered filling the parts, so they get stiff? Like here:
Breguet Br. Bizerte | Album by potez452 (1:72)

21 January 2021, 15:49

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz - welcome 😉

21 January 2021, 20:23

Juergen Klinglhuber
and...OMG! potez452's documation is great.
and...YES. I thought about filling them. But I was not sure what material will make it stiff but not too heavy. As my Tamiya putty was eating away the styrene in the areas where i used it to support the bulkheads that I put into my craft ...I gave up this idea. I will check what potez452 use, may quite useful for the wings...THANKS

21 January 2021, 20:30

Juergen Klinglhuber
Was able to work a bit on the landing gears. Don't ask me details,...... 🙁

26 January 2021, 19:45

Łukasz Gliński
Looks brilliant, remember this is Broplan, even worse than A-Model😉

26 January 2021, 20:53

Cuajete
Good job 👍

28 January 2021, 18:43

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Lukasz & Cuajete for your comments.

29 January 2021, 14:19

David Taylor
Had a similar problem with pz2 LuchsI made a jig to put on the chassis to level everything up when I glued suspension arms on.

29 January 2021, 14:55

S M
Yay it's progressing! Almost complete 😄

23 February 2021, 16:21

Juergen Klinglhuber
🙂 Yes. Wheel bay closed and wing attached.

23 February 2021, 16:22

Łukasz Gliński
How big is it now?

23 February 2021, 17:19

Juergen Klinglhuber
@Lukasz:
wingspan 35,5[cm]
lenght 29[cm]
beside my PBY Catalina build (modellversium.de/gal..atalina-academy.html) this one is the biggest plane in my collection by now (I am mainly in 72 scale).
But an C130 Hercules & a Dornier JII Wal is in my stash too.

23 February 2021, 20:19

Chris Parsons
Nicely done!!

23 February 2021, 23:12

Łukasz Gliński
These wings look tricky, great job 👍

6 April 2021, 20:41

David Taylor
patience and time is paying off looking good.

7 April 2021, 08:18

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx Lukasz & David. I am ready for a layer of primer now. I'm curios how this "treated" surface with all the putty, sanding, etc,....turns out then. Pic's will follow asap.

24 April 2021, 20:15

S M
Good progress ? The pre-shading seems to work

26 April 2021, 20:16

David Taylor
Nice progression.

26 April 2021, 20:49

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you gents for your comments....

28 April 2021, 06:05

Cuajete
Looking so good.

28 April 2021, 17:43

Łukasz Gliński
Congrats on the tail recovery. It keeps looking better with each update. 👍

2 May 2021, 07:43

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi guys - Some minor progress to be reported....all decals on and sealed now. A lifgt oil wash applied too. Looking forward to find the time to dim the surface down and to add the last pits & pieces.

22 May 2021, 19:49

S M
The decals looks great ? makes the model alive 🙂

23 May 2021, 08:03

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
great

23 May 2021, 09:25

Cuajete
Nice!

23 May 2021, 18:37

David Taylor
Looking great.

23 May 2021, 19:52

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx alot for you nice comments.

24 May 2021, 17:00

Łukasz Gliński
What size is that jar? Seems pretty big. 😉

24 May 2021, 20:02

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz - yes it is a big 40ml jar.

24 June 2021, 08:15

Juergen Klinglhuber
As summer time is slowing down my build process it took some time to post a new status. Now I added some pictures of detailing work which I have done the last few weeks. I see the finish line come close.

24 June 2021, 08:18

David Taylor
Wow massive difference.

24 June 2021, 13:16

Chris Parsons
Great work

24 June 2021, 16:27

Alexander
Incredible work done so far - truly remarkable dedication and effort that you put into this near tabula rasa of a kit! Very much looking forward to the finish! 👍👍👍

26 June 2021, 15:59

Thomas Bischoff
awesome! Have a weak spot for these transports 👍

26 June 2021, 20:41

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx you all for your kind comments.

27 June 2021, 14:37

S M
Close to ready I see. So thrilling 😄

1 July 2021, 20:30

Juergen Klinglhuber
Finally - Done with my first vaccuform experiment. The Casa CN-235 was finished in July, but was not able to take some pictures. Now - here they are....
cheers

29 August 2021, 20:09

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, this is exquisite 👍 love the cockpit decal - the hand reminds me the "Titanic" movie 😉

29 August 2021, 20:11

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx Lukasz.

29 August 2021, 20:27

Dietmar Kollmann
Very nice model ! Hope to see it in Ried !

30 August 2021, 04:33

Bernhard Schrock
Dir gebührt eine Medaille alleine für die Tatsache, dass du in der heutigen von 3D-Hitec & Co dominierten Modellbau Welt einen Vacu baust!!

30 August 2021, 05:28

Harry Eder
Absolutely great result Jürgen! 👍 Looking forward to see it live in Ried! 😉

30 August 2021, 07:00

David Taylor
Wow,superb.

30 August 2021, 07:17

S M
Congratulations! You really nailed it! 👍

30 August 2021, 09:48

Neuling
Top result! 👍

30 August 2021, 10:20

Thomas Bischoff
Cool 👍
you would not believe that this is a vacu kit

30 August 2021, 14:07

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
great

30 August 2021, 16:22

Bernd Korte
Nice result and kudos for hanging in there!

30 August 2021, 17:15

Alex Rodionov
WoW. Great. So difficult kit and such a nice result. 👍

30 August 2021, 17:30

Cuajete
Fantastic result and better job.
I hope that some brand release the CN-235 in plastic.
Congrats!

30 August 2021, 19:37

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi @all - many thanks for your kind words. It was fun to make experience with vaccu technique. Not sure if this was my first & last attempt....
@Dietmar & Harry - The bird will be there and I am looking forward for the exhibition too. After the Covid break it will be good to meet some mates and checking how productive they have been in the last 2 years. Hope the current figures will not spoil it at the end. Fingers crossed.

30 August 2021, 20:25

Rui S
Nice work 👍

31 August 2021, 01:18

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx Rui !

2 September 2021, 19:24

Alexander
Great looking result, really like what you did with that kit! 👍

23 October 2021, 00:44

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Alexander - Vaccu was a challenge, but interessing and from a distance fun too.

26 October 2021, 15:58

Alec K
Excellent effort on what surely is a difficult kit.

27 October 2021, 00:42

Chris Parsons
Thing of beauty

27 October 2021, 04:04

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding !

27 October 2021, 04:49

Lex Jassies
What a beautiful result! 👍 🙂

27 October 2021, 09:39

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thanks a lot, guys, for your nice comments!!!

28 October 2021, 10:11

Michael Kohl
Hard to believe that this once was a vacu-kit. Just to brave such a task deserves respect. I bow my hat for the incredible result.

28 October 2021, 15:20

Juergen Klinglhuber
Vielen Dank für die Blumen Michael..! thx

31 October 2021, 09:46

Roy McKay
This looks stunning. And you make it look so easy. I've got this kit to do an Irish Air Corps one, was going to start it this weekend. Not so sure now!

18 February 2022, 22:43

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Roy for your nice comments. And I hope you have started the kit. It's alot of work and effort, but it is worth it - you will have a very rare model on the shelf then,....let us know how it turn out! cheers

21 February 2022, 13:19