Hasegawa 1/32 Fiesler Fi -1B Storch Gran Sasso

[papa 695]

Great start Vaughan i will join the rest and watch this

 

[Gern]

Andy I've just tried a dry fit in the fuselage and there's not much to see apart from 3 cylinders each side but it's still worth putting the work in. So maybe one side open the other closed.

That'll be nice! You keep hiding all these wonderful engines you do behind cowlings and panels. We never get to see them on the finished 'planes.

Gern

 

[Vaughan]

Engine mounts and firewall are now in situ oil tank still to add exhausts and some more wiring.View attachment 73164

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[yak face]

Fantastic work so far Vaughan, a great subject especially if you do the Gran Sasso version, a fascinating story, cheers tony

 

[Ziper_it]

Excellent work, great details. This is growing very well.

Looking for progresses.

Francesco

 

[Vaughan]

Thanks Tony and Francesco

I've been quietly working on this one over the last week and here's where I'm up to.

The seats are complete with the addition of some scratch built seat belts from tamiya Tape and wire. They are both attached to the floor pan as is the joystick and the foot plates, they too have toe straps made from Tamiya tape. The back wall has been added and spare magazines for the rear facing machine-gun. I've also added the finishing touches to the fuselage sidewalls.

Next up will be to attach the internal framework.

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[Richi72]

Nice details Vaughan,

I really enjoy watching these pictures and this build.

Cheers Richi

 

[Polux]

Excellent work Vaughan.

Looking very good so far.

Cheers

 

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely Vaughan

 

[Vaughan]

Thanks gents

Yesterday afternoon I fitted the internal framework and then offered it up to the side wall(as a dry fit). All seems to fit ok. Then another dry fit with the two fuselage halves, engine and prop and to finish off I popped the canopy in place. That is going to be one big greenhouse.

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Vaughan, coming along nicely.

 

[Polux]

I must say is a very interesting build!

With and excellent work too!

Cheers

 

[mossiepilot]

Just found this Vaughan, great work so far, the engine looks the biz, I'll follow this with great interest.

Tony.

 

[tr1ckey66]

Loving this build Vaughan. This aircraft is such an icon for me and I have fond memories of building this as a kid (in smaller scales). The build itself is up to your usual high standards and I'm really looking forward to seeing this progress. It's a lot of glass but that's what makes this aircraft - great stuff.

ATB

Paul

 

[Vaughan]

Little progress on this one over the last 2 weeks. The fuselage is now together requiring a fare bit of pressure to keep it closed. The canopy is masked up using Eduards pre-cuts, they weren't the easiest of masks to apply as they curled up once removed from the backing sheet. Prop is now sprayed and the decals applied just a little weathering to add.

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[AJay]

Vaughan, that is very impressive work!

 

[stona]

Looks good Vaughan. It also looks like you've got to fight that large area of glass a bit

I've never seen those clamps before and they look pretty good, assuming you can get decent pressure with them. I tend to use those ratchet jobbies from Wicks or similar, but I'd be interested in those which you have used. Do they have a name/manufacturer ?

Cheers

Steve

 

[Vaughan]

Steve they are Berna Clamps (invented by a frenchman a Dr. Philippe Berna would you believe). I bought them from Modelezone shortly before they closed down when tools and paints were 1/2 price so they only cost a fiver. This is the first time I've used them and they're quite effective. The jaws are made of a soft plastic and the rod is carbon fibre. Depending on how hard you squeeze the jaws directly relates to how hard they grip. You can get them on eBay or Amazon for a reasonable price. Here's the link for Amazon

 

[Ian M]

I was going to ask about those as well. In the link you sent I see Amazon get them from Creative Models, who if I am not mistook is one of Johns suppliers for the Scale Model Shop...

maybe if we pester the life out of him he can get them in stock as well. (and probably cheaper than Amazon too).

Having just bought one of these kits, I am paying good attention to your build. Looks like it builds well. Any problem areas to be careful about?

Ian M

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice and clean construction Vaughan, this is turning out to be a great build. Those clamps got my attention too.