Me 262A-1 / Halinski / 1:33

[ricleite]

@ Falco - Thanks
@ Gene - You can see it here:

Vought SB2U Vindicator - 1/33 - Kartonowa

The front gear well walls fit correctly on the structure. I was a bit weary, because using 0,8mm card (instead of 1mm) could cause trouble…
Regarding the front gear itself, I plan to put the assemblies together at a later stage.

[birder]

Nice work on gear structure will look great do you use putty when making the tire?

[Erik Zwaan]

The nose gear looks fragile Ricardo, I hope you reinforced the strut with wire, or is it simply rolled up thin paper? By itself this can be very strong too but the "hook" that holds the front wheel may be a structural weak point?

Cheers,
Erik

[ricleite]

@ Glen - I put tiny drops of white glue while rolling the paper and glue continuously near the end.
@ Erik - It is fragile. There is a wire inside the main strut but it stops just above the wheel axle, which is a pipe. You can look through! As the nose wheel does not take a lot of load, it should do. I would never dare to do the same thing on the main gear...

Today’s pictures show the nose. I opted to glue all the skin parts together before mating the whole thing to the structure. By the way, that task will be postponed. First, I’ll have to check how much nose ballast will be needed.

[YOAVHOZMI]

The artillery houses look great.
I loved the method of their assembly.
Great idea.

Excellent construction in Ricardo.


As for the weight in the nose to balance the model...
from my experience, I think an iron marble, or a nut or two of iron, will do the job.


YOAV

[Erik Zwaan]

Great nose job Ricardo! Yes, a small nut should do, the more you put it upfront the lesser weight you require!

Cheers,
Erik

[busoramas]

great build, this could be the harder model you ever build I think.

regard

[ricleite]

Thanks, friends

@ YOAV - The strange thing about the artillery is that there is no artillery! The barrels are missing. I wonder if they are so far behind that they were not modeled. Anyway, it is surprising in a Halisnki, particularly this one!
From what I remember, the model where more ballast was needed is the Tigercat...
@ Erik - right . The front fuselage structure provides good places to put and fix the ballast.
@ Paúl - more work intensive, probably (regarding aircraft subjects, only). Harder, probably not...

Skinning the front fuselage, just behind the nose, is trickier than it looks. The problem lies on the spent cartridges ducts. Being glued to the skin, they don’t allow the skin to be closed and pushed over the structure.
I can assure you that this section is solid!

[ricleite]

Jet plane kits usually include printed disks for both the compressor and the turbine. Modeling the turbine blades is definitely not usual. The parts for the blades are printed on both sides. So it is only necessary to paint the cut edges.

[birder]

Reminds me of watching armor tread under construction with all those pieces ..you have placed them carefully it appears nicely done