Continued From Group V - BroPlan Vacuform Builds - Part I
October 7, 2020
- > Engine cowling parts for both model builds assembled, interiors spray painted Humbrol 78 Matt Cockpit Green + Testors Flat White 50/50 mix + 36% Flat White shading enamels replicating Verde Anticorrosione, OK results.
- > Styrene injected-plastic cowling rings, engine carburator ram air scoops cut-separated from sprues & vacuform cowling parts all required extensive knife & sand-shaping work, some glue seam fill puttying & sanding necessary for all well.
- > All injected-plastic landing gear well cover parts cut-separated from sprues, extensively knife & sand shaped, interior sides sprayed Verde Anticorrosione, OK results.
- > All injected-plastic FIAT A.80 radial engine parts cut-separately from sprues, extensively knife-shaped, crankcases spray painted Testors Model Master 2105 Dark Blue Gray, engine cylinders Testors Flat Black & White "special mix", OK results.
- > All landing gear assembly parts including mainwing wheels, engine exhaust pipes et. al. parts cut-separated from sprues & extensively knife-shaped (loads of flash), preped ready for painting.
October 8, 2020
- > One largely assembled model, one landing gear cover parts set, BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 pre-modification engine cowling assembly spray painted Testors Flat Aluminum enamel, good results.
October 9, 2020
- > BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 pre-modification build fuselage engine mount too wide, sliced it completely off, oval base x-y-z axis filed & sand-shaped, thick styrene sheet plastic cut & sand-shaped to fit over oval base, glued in place, OK results.
- > Painted FIAT A.80 engine assembly test fitted on sheet plastic base, some x-y-z axis sand-shaping necessary, engine then glued on, OK results,
- > Pre-modification engine cowling assembly test fitted over engine several times, OK results.
- > Kits lacked parts attaching engine cowling to fuselage nose, fabricated triangular attachment part from thick styrene sheet plastic, glued it on fuselage nose centerline, x-y-z axis test fitted cowling over it, some part trimming necessary, cowling then glued in place over it, OK results.
- > Kit Pitot tube parts nothing more than circular shafts, generic Pitot tube units fabricated from thin styrene sheet plastic & nylon fishing line, glued on circular shaft ends, OK results.
- > Holes drilled in mainwing leading edges near tips for Pitot tubes, navigation lights on tip masked-off, spray-painted Testors Flat Green & Model Master Insignia Red enamels, good results.
- > All landing gear assembly parts excluding mainwing wheels & engine exhaust parts, one set of Pitot tubes, spray-painted Testors Flat Aluminum enamel, OK results.
- > One hole drilled in ends of all engine exhaust pipe parts, those for pre-modification build glued on vental cowling assembly, hand-painted Testors Flat Rust & Steel enamels spot-mix, OK results.
- > Mainwing landing gear wheels spray-painted Testors Flat Black, White Rubber "special mix" enamels, set aside for later detail painting.
October 10, 2020
- > Period photos of AUT.18 show presumed formed sheet steel mainwing leading edges extending aft & outwards some distance of fuselage-mainwing roots, area masked-off, sprayed painted Testors Flat Steel enamel, OK results.
- > All BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 pre-modification kit decals affixed to model build fuselage (non on mainwings), good results.
- > All propellers fully painted, Testors Flat Aluminum blade topsides & shaft, Testors Flat Black & White "special mix" enamels blade undersides, OK results.
- > All mainwing landing gear wheel hubs & one tail wheel part detail hand-painted Flat Aluminum, mainwing wheels glued on oleo struts, OK results.
- > Holes drilled in BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 pre-modification mainwing wheel wells for mounting oleo strut assemblies & aft bracing struts all struts then glued in place, x-y-z axis alignments tricky aft bracking struts in particular, OK results, heart-stopping moments at times however.
- > Fully painted BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 pre-modification mainwing outer landing gear wheel well covers glued on oleo strut assemblies, cut styrene sheet plastic spacers needed at contact points, x-y-z axis alignments tricky, inner wheel well covers then glued in place adjacent to fuselage centerline, OK results, heart-stopping moments at times however.
- > Fully painted tailwheel & well cover parts glued in place, OK results.
- > Pitot tubes glued in place in holes drilled in mainwing leading edges, tube ends hand-painted "special mix", OK results.
- > One fully painted propeller glued in place on engine, good x-y-z axis alignments, OK results.
BroPlan MS-86 AUT.18 Pre-Modification Model Complete, See Post Below
October 11, 2020
- > BroPlan MS-88 AUT.18 post-modification build fuselage engine mount completely sliced off, flat & level base for mounting engine fabricated later.
- > Largely assembled model uppersides & wrap-around mainwing & tailplane leading edges base spray painted Humbrol 63 Matt Sand + 10% Testors Flat Yellow + 36% Flat White shading replicating Giallo Mimetico 3, OK results.
October 12, 2020
- > All BroPlan MS-88 AUT.18 post-modification build uppersides & wrap-around mainwing & tailplane leading edges well as entire engine cowling spray painted Humbrol 117 Matt U.S. Light Green Humbrol replicating Verde Mimetico 3, Testors Model Master 2009 British Crimson & Humbrol 118 Matt US Tan 80/20 mix replicating Marrone Mimetico 2 each with 36% Testors Flat White shading enamel mottles per CMPR/GAVS Schema C1, good results, set model aside to dry:
October 13, 2020
- > All BroPlan MS-88 AUT.18 post-modification build undersides masked-off, landing gear well cover part outsides, spray painted Humbrol 140 Matt Gull Grey + 36% Testors Flat White shading enamels replicating Gigorio Mimetico, good results.
October 14, 2020
- > Period photos of AUT.18 show presumed formed sheet steel mainwing leading edges extending aft & outwards some distance of fuselage-mainwing roots, BroPlan MS-86 pre-modification model's painted Testors Flat Aluminum, MS-88 post-modification model's spot-mix spray painted Testors Flat Black & White "special mix" shaded dark grey with Flat White & Testors Flat Steel speculatively per period photos, OK results.
- > Holes drilled in mainwing leading edges near tips for Pitot tubes, navigation lights on tip masked-off, spray-painted Testors Flat Green & Model Master Insignia Red enamels, good results.
- > Painted FIAT A.80 engine assembly test fitted direct on BroPlan MS-88 AUT.18 post-modification fuselage mounting, some x-y-z axis sand-shaping necessary, OK results.
- > Engine assembly test fitted in AUT.18 post-modification engine cowling assembly, cylinder heads too tall, much sanding necessary getting them lower, last test fit OK.
- > Remaining engine exhaust pipes glued on vental engine cowling assembly, hand-painted Testors Flat Rust & Steel enamels spot-mix, OK results.
- > Engine assembly glued on fuselage mount, good x-y-z axis alignment, cowling assembly glued over upper front cylinder head bank, good x-y-z axis alignment, OK results.
- > All BroPlan MS-88 AUT.18 post-modification kit decals affixed to model build fuselage & mainwings, good results.
- > Holes drilled in AUT.18 post-modification mainwing wheel wells for mounting oleo strut assemblies & aft bracing struts all then glued in place, good x-y-z axis alignments, OK results.
- > Remaining fuselage tail wheel part detail painted Testors Flat Black, White, Rubber "special mix", glued in place, fully painted wheel well covers then glued in place, OK results.
- > Fully painted AUT.18 post-modification mainwing outer landing gear wheel well covers glued on oleo strut assemblies, cut styrene sheet plastic spacers needed at contact points, good x-y-z axis alignments, inner wheel well covers then glued in place adjacent to fuselage centerline, OK results.