Mohawk Build pics
finished.... quite a stressfull build....
Ready for decaling ! 🙂
Take a seat .... 9 parts each...
Cockpit assembly
insert cockpit into fuselage. Added some weight to make sure it's not a tail sitter
in the meanwhile, straight forward assembly of tailplanes and bits of the payload
fuselage assembly
A lot of troubles with the canopy, started with the sides, will need some putty on the front
Landing Gear Out !
Tricky moment,...it's ALMOST a tailsitter.. scared me for a few seconds. I hope the propellors add some extra weight towards the front.
basecoating
This took a while to figure out. Not perfect, some smudges to clean up.
Kommentarer
7 November 2015, 16:54
JonasFor those who are thinking of building a Mohawk: ADD WEIGHT! As much as you can. I added some, it was enough, but barely....
13 November 2015, 14:37
Bart GoesaertNice one so far. Are there any other things besides weight that you should keep in mind while building this one?
13 November 2015, 15:42
JonasThe Canopy is quite a challenge. I spend a lot of time dry fitting it, it would never come out perfect. Putting the side windows in the open position would solve it, but I don't like it that way. Starting with the side windows, then the top helped quite a bit. I will need to fill two small gaps near the bottem edge of the front window
Other things, quite a bit of flash on the spruces, but nothing you can't take care of with some effort. Very fragile landing gear parts (but it makes it quite detailed)
13 November 2015, 19:03
Günther DebiscopJonas,
as the ordenance seems to be hollow, maybe you can put some weight in there too to balance the plane some more.
30 November 2015, 11:16
JonasAs is expected for any aircraft, ordnance is positioned on the Center of Gravity, almost directly on the MLG line for this Mohawk. I considered/tried it. No way I could fit enough lead in that small space forward of the landing gear for it to make a real difference.
30 November 2015, 18:48
Christian RistitsThis seems to be a lot of work and a difficult build...but you are doing well and I expect this will be a real eye-catcher!
30 November 2015, 18:58
Album info
a few crappy pictures while building ....
any mistakes on the model I will blame on my camera being way to old 😛
