SIAI Marchetti S.79 "Sparrow Hawk"

[Don Boose]

Orazio -- Many thanks for this additional information about how you built this model and the photos, which are very helpful for visualizing your modifications. Don

[redhorse]

You did a great job on this plane. Such an interesting subject too, I love Italian planes.

[f18fixer]

I don't know what it is about that aircraft, I think its those big radial engines up front, but it just looks cool, You did a wonderful job on the kit, I didn't even know that aircraft was available...Now I have to get one...My wallet says thanks alot....LOL

Great job...Craig Beal

[pahorace]

Thanks Jim, try to provide more news and more pics to explain the construction of the model.
Thanks f18fixer, you can find this plane here: WWII

The plane is sold in three liveries (I bought all three) but I chose this livery (Spanish Civil War) because it represents the golden era of S.79 planes.
At that time was one of the bombers fastest. Russian fighter planes could not reach it.
But already in 1940 with the appearance of the Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft had already passed.

I used semigloss photo paper 160 g/sqm then treated with acrylic varnish for the parts; paper 100 g/sqm or 80 g/sqm for connecting strip and guns; cartonboard from Kellogs Corn Flakes for the former.

I started construction with shocking mistakes!

Before I built the skeleton and then I tried to play with the skin. Result:
these misalignments and distortions (I say this for all beginners like me).





I threw it all away and I began again.

I try to paste the skin on the edge of part 38 (the plane floor) and then adjusting the former.
Everything seems to work.


Continuous with the Cockpit Part 30, which will be reinforced with former derived from the table double-former (to support the wings and the constant handling future) and the nose of the plane.
Here I make use of double former and connecting strip.
Unfortunately, the windshield (you see) will over time a kind of aging, caused by cyanoacrylate glue used.


Orazio

[pahorace]

After that I made the interior, very easy to do.
The interior can not be entered until you paste the wings.


I went to the construction of knot engines and ogives.
It was the first head to the petals that did and I thought about using a light car bulb with adequate measure.
The glass of the lamp does not stick to the glue and allows me to shape the petals effectively.
I also used a strip of paper rolled cylinder as referring to the teachings of Gil (now do not remember where).


Then I continued with housing Landing gear and I have applied the transparent parts to small and thin pieces of various windows.
For this I used fragments of Polypropylene transparent thin very flexible but difficult to manage.
For gluing I used cyanoacrylate glue after cleaning with ethyl alcohol to its surface to be bonded.


Then I built the wings, creating a skeleton reinforced with the addition of teams not in the kit.
The curvature of the skin of the wings I do by hand, sliding on the edge of my table from the work (keeping your hands with the two ends and taking care to make a passage and homogeneous without folding the paper).
Is a technique I've seen in various directions and by good results.
For the wings I used the connecting strip created by me in a special table.


After I built the engine supports.
Of course, as you can see, even here I have made use of small connecting strip.
And doing a lot of evidence before pasting.


At this point I had all these elements:


So far I have not assembled but nothing I have done several tests for assembling realize how all the elements match, where made, if possible, small changes and where disguise any inconsistencies.
Everything in the end is carefully placed in boxes classifiers.


Orazio

[pahorace]

It gives me the time of the group plans to tail.
Even here use connectig strip.
The black plate steel is used to contain the fall of glue.
On the last photo, I apply on the Rudder, a form that is in my table "Connecting strip" to give volume to the structure.


Here is the finished work.


Orazio

[pahorace]

Now is the time of Tailplane end Elevators
Here I apply the micro loops with brass wire from 0.25 mm to attack after the wires supporters.
Of course I have seen hundreds of pictures from the web and magazines and also designs Scalet at 1:48 help me in the assembly.


It's time of propellers.
But this is another adventure to tell later if interested.

Orazio

[lehcyfer]

Very nice, clean and precise build. Detailed step by step progress.

That's what I look for in modeler's build threads.

Keep posting in such manner Orazio and I'll be always reading your posts with interest.

And I'll ask again - Your model looks "panzer"-like, in that the paper seems very thick. I don't know if it's really that thick or the shiny surface makes it look so. Did you varnished the paper before cutting the parts out?

EDIT: Where my eyes are

I used semigloss photo paper 160 g/sqm then treated with acrylic varnish

I advice you to paint finished model with a matt varnish - too much shine takes attention away from the model and directs it on the surface of paper from which the model is made.

[Don Boose]

These detailed photos and explanation are of exceptional value, Orazio. It is always a great pleasure to see your models under construction and to see the neat and orderly way in which you organize and display the parts.

Don

[SJPONeill]

A great build of one of my favourite aircraft (ever since butchering the Airfix one 35 years ago!)...this is on my wishlist for when I finish some other projects...