Bf 109T-2 / Halinski / 1/33

[ricleite]

Thanks for the comments

@ Lex – I use all-purpose (cellulosic) glue. As you know, it is much easier to put excess glue than to remove it I have tried with white glue but it is worse and cyanoacrylate is too risky for my taste.
@ Yoav – The availability of canopies weights a lot on my buy/not buy decision. Sometimes, the transparencies have simple curvature and can be done more or less easily. When the canopy needs double curvature, I almost invariably choose another kit. That said, some of my very old scratch builds have canopies made at home, using wooden templates. I enclose a couple of examples.

[ricleite]

Despite being small, the gunsight has many parts. My camera’s zoom is somewhat limited, as you can see in the second picture…

[YOAVHOZMI]

In reply to me, you have already answered the second question I wanted to ask you .... What happens if you find a model but without a transparent canopy.

take care my friend and keep on the great work...you are an artist.


YOAV

[Tonino]

...and you said canopy work is not to your taste...! I wonder what could be happened if it was your favourite task!!!

[Erik Zwaan]

Ricardo, nothing more to add on the canopy and the gun visor - what an amazing details and beautiful, spotless build! Not a single speck of glue.

Regards,
Erik

[ricleite]

Thanks for the comments

@ Yoav - as there are so many interesting kits with plastic canopies available, the lack of canopies on other interesting kits is not a serious problem but it is, sometimes, annoying. From time to time, I fing myself thinking something like "grrrr, this one has not a canopy "...
@ Tonino - I'd, probably, deal with the canopy faster and sooner in the assembly sequence
@ Erik - I bet that you also don't put glue on every single frame

Mating the wing to the fuselage was easy. The wing root fillets are always tricky to adjust. In this case, each fillet is made of several parts. Also in this case, I find the division well placed. It doesn’t complicate the assembly. It is rather the opposite…

[Tonino]

Very good! One of my scariest point speaking of aircraft cardmodels is the join between wings and fuselage. Your build is very clean and seamless.
What kind of tool do you use to form such compound curves?

[ricleite]

@ Tonino - thanks For curves, it is as needed: desk edge, steel rods, fingers and nails as well...

The last assemblies show the landing gear already in place. The doors very much help to make the assembly stronger and stiffer. I wouldn’t dare to put extra weight to test, anyway…

[ricleite]

The model is complete. Construction was straightforward but, as usual in Halinski kits, demanding in precision and time. In my view, the kit is very well engineered and up to the publisher’s standards. If you are looking for an ambitious Bf-109 kit, this one is a good choice!
My next plane subject will be both very different and much simpler: SNCASO So.9000 Trident, from Answer/ModelArt.

[ricleite]

General views, with artificial lighting.