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2021-08-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

Albatros D.III (4)Assembling lower main wings & a horizontal stabilizer

After making the side body, I assessed the lower wings. It is the most important point that left & right lower wings are installed symmetrically. Jigs should be helpful to set symmetrical wings, so these fixtures are strongly recommended t…

Albatros D.III (3)Cutting out parts, inking & attaching stickers

Carefully cutting out parts. I wonder whether or not the moss green coloring if main wings could be dark? Always, it is very difficult to mix several colors to be suitable tone. The color of white could be necessary. Painting the edges of …

Albatros D.III (2)Painting

It was a hard mission for me! Manfred's fighter had a red main body and moss green main wings. Therefore, I had to paint them with 2colors at the same time. That was my first challenge, but the pleasure of finishing this work was very big …

Albatros D.III (1)Starting production

When I saw the beautiful shape of the main body of Albatros D.III, I couldn't control my urge to make its model. Therefore, I decided to make it. I think the beautiful body of this plane will fascinate everyone. How about you? Firstly, I m…

Type93-K5Y1 (7)Let’s go!

Now, let's make a training flight! The trainer aircraft Type 93 has been completed. I think that the characteristics of the actual Type 93 have been expressed , but what about?Biplanes have a complicated structure, but the feeling of makin…

Type83-K5Y1 (6) Installing a propeller and wheels

Assembling a propeller, an engine, main landing gears and a tail wheel.As same as Nieuport 28, a propeller and an engine are made of a balsa wood bar. This propeller is delivered by Betafpf Co, same as Nieuport 28. The structure of main la…

Type93-K5Y1 (5)Assembling the upper main wing and horizontal stabilizers

Putting the upper main wing on the struts of lower wings. Bracing wires, which are expressed by cut a sheet of styrene whose width is 4mm, are colored with a black water-based acrylic pen. However, due to the production of the model, the w…

Type93-K5Y1 (4)Assembling the lower wings

Firstly, I assembled the main body and reinforced the interior with stiffeners whose width are 5mm. The side plate of this body seems a little bit small, but its length is enough for installing a lower wing..., I calculated its specificati…

Type93-K5Y1 (3)Inking & attaching stickers

Inking the body. Since this airplane is a primitive trainer biplane, there are a lot of panel lines and it took long time for inking. At this actual airplane, the engine cover is painted black color. Therefore, I decided to paint the engin…

Type93-K5Y1 (2)Cutting out & painting

Accurately cutting out parts from a sheet of styrene with a cutter.The lower main wing is divided in the middle, so this wing becomes two parts. The upper main wing, however, is cut out as a single item. Since this plane is a trainer, I pa…

Type93-K5Y1 (1)A trainer

As the next model, I chose Kawanishi Type93 K5Y1. I wanted to make a bright-colored airplane, so I decided to choose a type 93 intermediate training aircraft.The production of Kawanishi K5Y1 intermediate training aircraft began production …

Nieuport28 (11)Take off!

Nieuport 28 has been completed! Before I made it, I was worried that the blue color would not match to this airplane, but the dark blue color looks good on the Nieuport 28's smart body. After this experience, I become interested in biplane…