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blog:models_mak_fledermaus [2021/08/16 11:37] – [Box Contents] john | blog:models_mak_fledermaus [2022/10/13 10:01] (current) – [In-Progress Images] john | ||
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* Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), fixed pose (no real moving parts) | * Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), fixed pose (no real moving parts) | ||
* In-universe role: Aircraft, //Strahl Democratic Republic// or can be built as //Mercenary forces// variant | * In-universe role: Aircraft, //Strahl Democratic Republic// or can be built as //Mercenary forces// variant | ||
- | * Build date: ??? | + | * Build date: October 2022 |
This is a 20+ year old kit that I bought from Yahoo Auctions Japan (via [[http:// | This is a 20+ year old kit that I bought from Yahoo Auctions Japan (via [[http:// | ||
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===== Tools Used ===== | ===== Tools Used ===== | ||
+ | * Mr Hobby snips | ||
+ | * Badger ultimate sanding sticks | ||
+ | * Tamiya extra thin cement | ||
===== Colours Used ===== | ===== Colours Used ===== | ||
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===== In-Progress Images ===== | ===== In-Progress Images ===== | ||
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+ | **[October 2022]** - Started building the Fledermaus kit. There' | ||
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+ | That said, it's a fairly clean design, and with a bit of thought, goes together relatively easily. Plenty of plastic cement and use of a file is needed on many of the seam lines to tidy them up. | ||
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+ | Lower and upper fuselage sections, with the cockpit partially completed. This is not according to the build instructions, | ||
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+ | Interior and the five main thrusters (which are all two-part designs): | ||
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+ | Thrusters fixed in place: | ||
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+ | Main engine attached to upper fuselage: | ||
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+ | Upper and lower fuselage temporarily in place (I haven' | ||
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+ | Assembled the pilot figure (minus his hand... which is rolling around my desk somewhere...) and started fitting the additional parts to the fuselage: | ||
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+ | **[Update 5th October 2022]** - Added 'fuel tanks' to upper fuselage: | ||
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+ | **[Update 9th October 2022]** - Started building front and rear landing gear: | ||
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+ | **[Update 12th October 2022]** - Completed landing gear and cutting cockpit canopy to fit: | ||
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