Focke-Achgelis Fa 269

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February 15, 2022
VTOL Project,.....
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February 16, 2022
So,....let's see what we have got here. Well sorted and protected resin parts. Vaccu formed clear parts and a sheet of decals.
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February 16, 2022
I start with the quite massive fuselage section. Quality of the part is good - fine panel lines, smooth surfaces and just 2 pinholes dedected.
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February 16, 2022
Drilling out exhaust pipes,....
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February 16, 2022
...and some scratching of instruments to fill the quite empty cockpit. I used the box art as reference as I was not able to get hold of some "real" picture or drawing evidence.
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February 27, 2022
First Paint job on this bird,....
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February 27, 2022
...and finally - Cockpit mainly finished.
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February 27, 2022
Adding some wires to the cockpit panel
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February 27, 2022
Ready for assembly.
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March 13, 2022
The vacu formed blister before cutting out the particular pieces.
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March 13, 2022
Clueing in the front panel....
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March 13, 2022
...and try fit of the cockpit section.
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March 13, 2022
Unfortunallty the joint goes through the front wind screen and overhead pane. I decided to cut both away and to replace them by a "full" shield.
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March 13, 2022
New pane #1...
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March 13, 2022
and #2.
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March 23, 2022
Joining the clear part onto the resin fuselage was quite challenging. Some filling and sanding was needed to get an smooth transition.
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March 23, 2022
Then I opened the air intakes to make the appearance of the "mouth" more prominent.....
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March 23, 2022
The construction plan is not very precise and not good legible - I guess this two bulges should be the frontsection of the cockpit.
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March 23, 2022
I could not identify on my available material if the nose is/was transparent on the original craft. I dicided YES.
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March 23, 2022
Bringing in some details to the wheel bay.
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March 23, 2022
Some stringers, wires and hoses added. I guess I can start the painting.....
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March 27, 2022
Quite some surgery was necessary to cut all the masks for the window panes.
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April 1, 2022
A pair of bay doors was missing. I scratched them out of thin styrene and added some stringers on the inner side of the panels.
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March 27, 2022
First Layer of black primer is on.
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March 27, 2022
I like to use Ultimate Primer since I followed a recommendation. Good stuff 🙂
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April 1, 2022
Marbling started with RLM76.
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April 1, 2022
After some more mottling.
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April 1, 2022
The result after applying RLM75 for the dotted camo look.
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April 1, 2022
These dots and my airbrush - I story on it's own - I will not share here 😉
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April 1, 2022
Highlighted some details at the wheel bay.
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April 1, 2022
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April 24, 2022
Colours almost done. Getting the bird ready for decals,....
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June 11, 2022
...almost done. I do not have much trust in the landing gears. The long and thin legs are....well, let's see how long they will do their job. 🙂
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June 13, 2022
DONE !
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June 13, 2022
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Comments

29 15 February 2022, 11:39

Alec K
Now THIS is something different! Following 👍

15 February 2022, 13:04

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Alec 🙂

15 February 2022, 16:35

Robert Podkoński
Following of course!

15 February 2022, 17:11

S M
Following! 😄

16 February 2022, 14:59

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome on board!

16 February 2022, 15:14

Łukasz Gliński
Me 4, that's a cool one!

16 February 2022, 16:38

Robert Podkoński
Perhaps it could serve as a lawn mower 😄

16 February 2022, 16:41

Thomas Espe
Wow, interesting and cool.

16 February 2022, 17:00

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz, Robert, Thomas. Nice to have you on board.
Some progress with the lawn mower project. Interior mainly done.

The canopy is a 2 half vaccu molded blister....not sure yet how to avoid the parting line right through the front and top window..??..That's something I have to work off during next week.

27 February 2022, 16:12

Juergen Klinglhuber
Windshield issue solved,....

13 March 2022, 20:44

Robert Podkoński
Impressive work on the canopy, Juergen! Chapeau!

13 March 2022, 20:59

S M
Very impressive! Those tiny clear parts are so difficult to manage.

13 March 2022, 21:08

Stefan Fraundorfer
Jürgen, I have never heard about this plane. Very cool from you, that you build it and show us this rarity.

14 March 2022, 16:40

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Robert and S M for your comments.
Hi Stefan, amoungst others I have a weakness for x-projects/experimental crafts AND for short runner kits. This one was the perfect combination.

15 March 2022, 15:57

Ricardo Reis
Strange plane, very nice! Following!

15 March 2022, 16:39

gorby
Interesting aircraft and build.

15 March 2022, 18:25

Skyhiker
Nice

15 March 2022, 21:19

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx gents for leaving your nice comments!

20 March 2022, 18:42

Juergen Klinglhuber
A few new pic's showing some progress on this bird.

23 March 2022, 05:52

Juergen Klinglhuber
First colour on....

27 March 2022, 18:09

gorby
Those wheel bays definitely look better.
I'll have to try that Ultimate primer.

28 March 2022, 10:01

Guillaume Blanchet
Interesting kit, Follwing!

28 March 2022, 11:35

S M
Nice progress! Did you left the nose unattached for easier masking?

28 March 2022, 14:22

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Gorby & Guillaume. And yes, S M, I did this to reduce masking efforts. Hope it turns out ok then.

29 March 2022, 04:50

Mirko Römer
Pretty special and interesting aircraft. Following!

30 March 2022, 20:10

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Mirko.
New pic available -

1 April 2022, 08:01

S M
Cool paintjob 😄

1 April 2022, 14:17

Alec K
Nice progress. The dot camo looks very good, I have yet to try something similar.

2 April 2022, 13:36

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx S M & Alec.
Now the bird is in it's final colour. It is ready to receive the decals as a next step.

24 April 2022, 16:19

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi there. After some weeks of absence, due to construction work on the house I was able to work a bit on Fa 269. A few hours more and I will be DONE with this one.

11 June 2022, 18:00

Alec K
Looking good. What a design!!

12 June 2022, 13:15

S M
Nicely decals added 👍 I'm excited to see it ready soon 🙂

12 June 2022, 19:41

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Alex & S M.

13 June 2022, 19:16

Juergen Klinglhuber
DONE !
Finally I am happy to show you some pic's of my FA269 project. I hope you like it. cheers

13 June 2022, 19:17

Marius
What an oddity of an aircraft! I had no idea it even existed. Tilt-rotor aircraft are a major engineering challenge nowadays still, not to mention 80 years ago.
Congratulations on the hard work and wonderful result! What a nice topic!

13 June 2022, 20:23

S M
Well done! It's just like in the box art 😄

13 June 2022, 20:40

Łukasz Gliński
Utterly cool! And made of some soap - respect! 👍

13 June 2022, 21:13

Ricardo Reis
Very nice... I mean awful... I mean cool! 😄 Congrats!!!

13 June 2022, 23:06

Alec K
😂😂😂

13 June 2022, 23:32

Alec K
Very well done indeed. I wonder how many of this kit were ever build 🙂

13 June 2022, 23:33

Ben M
Amazing result from a very primitive kit!

14 June 2022, 00:26

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi everyone and many thanks for leaving your nice comments. It's always motivating, especially on such pain creating kits (at least during the build phase). Finding appreciation afterwards compensate a lot.

14 June 2022, 18:37

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