Travel Air Mystery Ship R614K - completed
Reworked trailing edges (1,3 mm thick in the kit, see upper wing for comparison.
Ailerons separated. 0,3 mm plastic added. Recesed panel lines as margin between black and red filled with CA.
Ailerons separated and finished to shape.
Attachment points for the wiring. Ailerons (covered with fabric) incl. structure & attachment points/hinges completed.
Streamlined wheels corrected in shape (too long in the kit). New struts from flattened 1mm brass tubing.
Elevators reworked, overdone fabric structure corrected.
Recessed panel lines as margin between red and black filled with Mrcolor 1500 Surfacer.
The quality of the engine is astonishing for a kit that is more than 50 years old!!
Only the outer wing sections have dihedral (4,5').
Corrected wing.
Sheet covers for the gaps between the wing sections. Cooler from half round rod.
Corrected (added) "fin” on the wing trailing edge.
Semigloss varnish in place.
Rigging minus spread bars on the lower side completed.
"Self designed" etched flat rigging in place.
Minor imperfections on the vacuum formed windshield fixed (with a fine brush).
Comments
6 4 May 2019, 10:06
fj55mikeOMG, your projects just keep getting better and better! Can't wait to see what you do with this one.
9 May 2019, 21:22
bughunterBernhard, in the time I think about a solution of a problem you nearly finishes a whole project😎 Great work again 👍
30 May 2019, 19:51
Wim van der LuijtI was wondering how you were going to tackle the masking.....very clever solution with the circles....paint job is already looking awesome!
2 June 2019, 08:46
Bernhard SchrockThank you Mates for your comments. It was worth to spent yesterday two hours for exactly masking. I used Tamiyas white tape and I'm very content with the results. The last task today was the applying of narrow black decal stripes and the kit decals (very good quality).
2 June 2019, 15:07
Hanno KleineckeMagnificent masking and paintjob, absolutely invisible connection between painted and decal stripe !
2 June 2019, 15:30
bughunterI really like your interpretation of the aircrafts of that times 👍 Impressive rigging!
4 June 2019, 20:19
Nathan DempseyJust watched a documentary on Pancho Barnes. She really loved this plane.
5 June 2019, 23:30
Slavo HazuchaLooks fast even in scale & stationary! Great work & beautiful result!
6 June 2019, 11:21
Bernhard SchrockThank you for the nice comments. It was an unusual modeling project based on a 55 years old kit. It's stunning that Hawk released an entire series of planes which were built only once or very few. Some of them I have built already, for example Supermarine S6B, Howard Ike and Laird Solution and I remember that I had a lot of fun.
7 June 2019, 04:20
Bart Goesaertsplendid result... maybe an old kit, but a very beautiful one, and very nicely enhanced...
7 June 2019, 06:33
Ben SchumacherDefinitely not a project for the faint-hearted... the result is absolutely perfect!
12 July 2019, 08:00
Slavo HazuchaJust reviewed this again... Still puts a big smile on my face - such a thing of beauty this is 👍
12 July 2019, 16:32
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Winner of the Thompson Cup Trophy 1929.
