SIAI-Marchetti SF-260M

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May 10, 2019
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April 16, 2019
a little detail to the interior. Just scraping away some excess resin...
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April 30, 2019
Mated the hull sides, the wings and the tail. When mating the hull to the main wings, there was a little difference in width. So i glued the front and back first, added a spacer in the middle before gluing those
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April 30, 2019
No large gaps here
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April 30, 2019
Some cleaning up on these edges, but need to check with some primer. The squares in front of the nose need to be replaced
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April 30, 2019
Some cleaning up on these edges, but need to check with some primer. The squares in front of the nose need to be replaced
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May 3, 2019
first I drill some holes
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May 3, 2019
from some copper rod I make a needle (just make a point with a file)
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May 3, 2019
make it protrude just a bit and position the part over it. When the position is ok, just press...
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May 3, 2019
and you have an indent where to drill next. Then add a rod in the hole for positioning, and repeat for the other hole.
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May 3, 2019
all "perfectly" aligned and strengtened, it is still me, so ahum...
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May 10, 2019
Nose fitted, a little bit to small in 3 directions
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May 10, 2019
Filled and sanded
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May 10, 2019
Filled and sanded
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May 10, 2019
Filled and sanded
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May 20, 2019
the border over the IP was very thin and fragile, also some parts were missing
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May 20, 2019
removed the details, made a new top from paper, and added the details again
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May 22, 2019
Vacformed front canopy cut out, and ready to detail...
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May 22, 2019
Vacformed rear canopy cut out, and ready to detail...
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May 22, 2019
a bit of corrections to the tub...
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May 22, 2019
the other side
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May 22, 2019
new front landing gear cover
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May 24, 2019
rubber sealing added
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May 24, 2019
main canopy detailed, still the handles for opening/closing to add
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May 24, 2019
main canopy detailed, still the handles for opening/closing to add

Comments

16 April 2019, 06:06

Bart Goesaert
Engraved some detail in the sides. Mated the hull sides, the wings and the tail. When mating the hull to the main wings, there was a little difference in width. So i glued the front and back first, added a spacer in the middle before gluing those, to minimise the gaps... seem to have worked rather fine.

30 April 2019, 18:33

Bart Goesaert
added some pictures about how I reinforce some parts in a resin (or other) kit that don't have a lot of body to glue.

3 May 2019, 04:48

Bart Goesaert
Nosepiece fitted and sanded... front gear door is missing from the kit, wrote several mails to the company, but no answer up to now, so more scratchbuild ahead.

10 May 2019, 11:09

Nathan Dempsey
Interesting subject Bart. I know this one will be a challenge. All the Planet kits are, but they do have unique kits...

20 May 2019, 15:32

Bart Goesaert
Little by little... hardest thing is arriving, preparing the vac-formed cockpit. For such a popular aircraft, there are very few descent walkarounds of this one... all the links from here are dead, and most pictures are from outside...

20 May 2019, 15:39

Bart Goesaert
That's what I tried, but only instrument panel foto's. Was looking for canopy rails and other details. Found them...[img1].html
And [img2].html?sort=3&o=0

20 May 2019, 17:40

Bart Goesaert
Some progress at the bathtub section... Small scratches in a vacform canopy, can these be polished out?

22 May 2019, 08:16

Bart Goesaert
Thx

22 May 2019, 16:23

Nathan Dempsey
I just did that on my Vampire NF.10, it worked like a charm.

22 May 2019, 16:28

Bart Goesaert
I hope it works, will try to obtain this product, anybody has a clue as where to buy it in Belgium? Did some polishing yesterday had to remove some CA-marks unfortunately, and when made wet it looks good, also added some details...

24 May 2019, 07:20

Bart Goesaert
thx

24 May 2019, 10:33

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