Scalemates DHC Beaver Group build 2021
Painted frames and masking of windows
I did not spent too much efforts on the interior - visibility is hardly given once the Cockpit is closed.
Fuselage parts and cockpit brought together,....
All the rivets and panel lines are are shown as protruding - I start sanding them down and will do re-scribing.
Here another picture with the protruding rivets.
Close up.
Rivetmaker action,.....
...all around new rivets.
Finally - wings...more riveting and scribing.
When re-scribing of the wings was done, I made a dry-fit and figured out that something went wrong with the front window that I glued on the wing - there was quite a distance to the frames of the fuselage.
I decided not to break loose the window but compensate with some very small stryrene stripes.
Engine - from the sprue...
...and painted.
Cowling and exhaust painted too....
Dry fit
Wings are on - all clear parts masked.
Adding a first layer of grey primer so identify flaws. Some tiny reworks needed....
Top view with Ultimate grey primer applied.....
The paint job on this one did not turn out as expected - I tried to bring in some tonal variation with the olive colour in a kind of "marbeling" techique - but the effect was poor. Decided to give it another attempt to bring in some variation by dot filtering later on.
Dayglo and anti glare on.
...and added some grease 🙂 to get the bird ready for decals.
Decals are on. Now I applied some filter dots (mainly yellow & white) to get to my tonal variations that I screwed up when I was spraying the bird. Quite curious how this will turn out.
Comments
33 3 April 2021, 19:40
Juergen KlinglhuberI started off with my Beaver build last weekend. First pic's attached.
6 April 2021, 20:38
Robert PodkońskiI agree with Łukasz and Cuajete. And I will follow with pleasure and interest, of course 😉
27 October 2021, 19:06
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you gents for your appreciation - for riventing exercise it went quite ok. I did not play around with this much on other kits before, but with that kind of protuding "bolts" like on this kit I decided to go that way. Upper wing surface left - than I am ready for assembly.
28 October 2021, 10:03
Juergen KlinglhuberIt took quite a while, but the bird is ready for the paint shop now.
4 December 2021, 10:37
Alex KThe re-scribing / re-riveting you did really paid dividends! Two thumbs up! 👍 👍
4 December 2021, 15:59
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you Alex K & Cuajete!
@all - thx for hits on the like button. thx for your support and motivation.
6 December 2021, 11:23
bughunterThat is a great improvement compared to the kit provided details and looks now like 1:48 👍
6 December 2021, 11:38
Bernhard SchrockIt's amazing to see a modeler building a wintage kit! Go Jürgen go!! I'm in.
7 December 2021, 20:40
Łukasz GlińskiThat looks impressive after rescribing and re-riveting 👍
PS. Are you willing to get rid of the RCMP decals?
8 December 2021, 13:04
Juergen KlinglhuberYour comments make me happy - thx Bernhard & Lukasz.
@Lukasz - I would be happy to send them to your attention and use, but unfortunattly the kit was second hand and opened already. Austrian markings were added (back in the days IPMS Austria did some up-dates on existing kits - they organized a print of decals for a limited number of kits) but no Canadian markings. Sorry.
9 December 2021, 10:26
Łukasz GlińskiNo problem, just keep up that grand detailing work on this lovely plane.
9 December 2021, 10:35
Gordon SørensenGreat looking interior, Juergen. This is a kit that needs to be re-released by Airfix.
27 December 2021, 13:18
Juergen KlinglhuberExactely one year after starting this built I can call it "DONE".
Being the one and only in this groupbuild relased a lot of pressure with respect of timing 😉
Nevertheless this little bird had given me quite some challenges. So the topcoat was done twice. The old decals showed cracks and the wheels broke loose 3 times - the last time this moring, when I was going to take the pictures. I dropped the transport box and it went down half of my stairway. I lost both of the tires, both of the elevators and the antennas. The rest was still ok, so lets call this a lucky mishap. And...I can report: literally this bird did its maiden flight one year after starting construction. 😉
I hope you enjoy the pictures. cheers
3 April 2022, 14:59
bughunterIt would have been a real shame if it had been destroyed on the first flight! Nicely done 👍
3 April 2022, 20:08
Daniel MysakNice little Austrian Beaver👍. Never thought this is the old Airfix kit when seeing the finished model.
7 April 2022, 13:57
Juergen KlinglhuberDanke Neuling & Daniel. I was quite desperate sometimes during the build with all the un-planned hick-ups, but for sure it paid off to go the extra mile with the remove of the protrudeing rivets and resrcibbing them. Thx for your endorsemnet and recognition.
8 April 2022, 10:29
Project info
Group Build
Scalemates DHC Beaver Group build 2021
3. April 2021 until 4. April 2022
3. April 2021 until 4. April 2022