Montage F2G 57

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August 5, 2018
Here is my subject after the restauration.
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August 8, 2018
The two birds that Bob Adegaard put back in flight condition. He sadly lost his live in the blue one in 2012. He continue to live making me dreaming.
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August 8, 2018
When Bob Odegaard begined his job, the plane was in very poor condition.
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August 5, 2018
The engine's Kit contain only three of the for row of cylinder. As i want to open the covers, i prepared some mold to reproduce the lacking parts.
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July 30, 2018
All the parts and tools that I used to represent the cylinder's pushrods.
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July 30, 2018
Building of the first row.
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July 30, 2018
The pushrods of the fist cylinder row are complete.
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July 30, 2018
The first two rows complete.
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July 30, 2018
All the pushrods are complete (ouf!).
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July 30, 2018
If you dont use it for a plane, paint it in green: you have a wonderful chrismass tree.
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July 30, 2018
Blank assembly for the motivation.
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August 5, 2018
I represented the spark plugs on each cylinder with stretched sprue.
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August 5, 2018
The four rows are ready for paint job. Before i continue to detail the engine.
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August 5, 2018
Witch front ring will i choose? from left to the right: the ring from the kit, the resin part from ultracast and the front ring cut from a Tamiya kit.
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August 5, 2018
I think this will be my choice for the front ring: the ultracast parts.
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August 5, 2018
It's too bad the kit have no option to represent the flap in down position. So i taked parts from a Tamiya kit.
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August 5, 2018
The propeller from the kit is a bit crude and the spiner is to short. Fortunately you can find the same propeller in the P-47 from Tamiya and as i have a Razorback bos this part is not used aniway. so i will use the Tamiya one.
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August 8, 2018
My today work.
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August 8, 2018
Wip on paint job
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October 26, 2018
A test fitting reveal that the rear parts dont fit on the support details off the wheel well.
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October 26, 2018
A comparaison between special hobby parts (left and Tamiya parts.
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October 26, 2018
I begin paint job on the wheel well Aires insert. I used Gunze inetrior green.
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October 26, 2018
Paint job on Wheel welle.
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October 26, 2018
I detailled the tail wheel. First i perforated the sructure, cut the wheel.
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October 26, 2018
The F2G had a cockpit very close of the F4U4 one if you build a militaru one. this racer have a "classic" seat (i think all the racer have this type of seat to gain mass).
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October 26, 2018
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October 26, 2018
The wheel and its fork were openwork. The wheel is glued sideways.
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October 26, 2018
I rebuild the structure with plasticard.
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October 26, 2018
Test fitting of the tail wheel on his bulkhead made from plasticard.
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October 26, 2018
i modified the tamiya part, i cut the upper part and build seat support. right is the mold i made to copy the seat fixation.
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October 26, 2018
A close view off the rear bulkhead of the cockpit.
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October 26, 2018
Wip on seat supports.
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October 26, 2018
Wip on seat supports.
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October 26, 2018
The parts to build the pilot seat.
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October 26, 2018
I buil the fixation on the seat, it's very small.
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October 26, 2018
Building of the harness on the seat.
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October 26, 2018
The seat is fixed to his bulkhead.
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October 26, 2018
I am happy with the result.

Comments

7 30 July 2018, 20:59

Michael Hickey
Cool details on your engine, should look great when painted.👍

5 August 2018, 21:28

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
Thank you.

5 August 2018, 23:05

Björn Svedberg
Very cool project! 👍 I'm following.

6 August 2018, 06:26

Wim van der Luijt
That's one beast of an engine!

7 August 2018, 18:07

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
Thank you Wim

7 August 2018, 21:11

Choppa Nutta
Yeah I was thinking that engine is absurdly large !! 🙂
Don't think I've seen a bubble top Corsair before....
Also something funky going on with the "Rudders"..... yes, that's a plural😉
I wonder that's for ? some kind of anti torque trim device ? maybe ?
Anyhow cool project and great colour scheme 🙂

7 August 2018, 21:34

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
@Choppa Nutta: This version was originaly built to fight against Kamikaze plane at low altitude. Only 10 were built and no one see combat operation. The engine is the P&W R4360 (28 cylinder, and 3000 horesepower. For the tail you are right it's an anti torque device. Afterwar these plane were sell as racer and several had sucess in national's airace. In 1999 Bob Odegaard take back this plane and another F2G (blue 72) to flight condition. Sadly i will lost his live in the second plane. the "modern" 57 is my subjet and have the particularity to have a second seat. This is the last F2G to fly. Best regards.

8 August 2018, 06:04

Choppa Nutta
Cheers for the interesting details Jean 🙂

8 August 2018, 08:55

Alexander Grivonev
This looks very interesting!

8 August 2018, 14:00

Holger Kranich
Damn! That engine must really give ya a punch in the face, when starting with full throttle!

26 October 2018, 06:49

Wim van der Luijt
very nice progress.....That engine must have been really something, I've seen a youtube video where one was started on a stand.....madness

26 October 2018, 10:03