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As we had a 1920 theme for the 08-Open in Stockholm I had to build something. Why not a horrible kit in a horrible scale. I know that 1/48 isn't not my scale, but I had no plans of bringing it home again after the show. Besides, it isn't 1/48. It is 1/50 so maybe that is why I choose it.
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| As I said a horrible model but at least they placed the ejector mark in a good spot. In the engraved roundels centre. Yes, moulded markings. It is a kit from the 1950’s. |
| Scraping between the ribs with a craft knife with a curved blade. The result might not be correct, but the surface gets some "life" in the wing and the engraved markings disappear. After 3.5 hours of work I'm halfway. Then, I needed to rest, the elbow started to hurt. |
| When almost done with the wings one happens to look at the fuselage and realize that the misery continues there. After the fuselage has been done I started to glue some plastic strips on the inside of the fuselage. Well with the size of the kit some of it might be visible for a change. 1/72 is my normal scale. |
The work of something to resemble an interior is almost done. A third seat was built and s plastic card was added behind the cockpit as a start to rebuild the back.
Some information about the original can be found here:http://www.europeanairlines.no/the-most-northerly-aerial-service-of-the-world-porjus-suorva |
| I got the wing in place and modified the rudder so now I need to build a set of floats for it. |
| Floats was started with some guess work from pictures. |
| The floats are short, so it is a possible "tail sitter". |
| Old planes mean lot of rigging. I'm not ready for double and triple wires so I cheated and went for single lines. |
| I got the lines in place and managed to finish the plane in time for the show. |
| It didn't become the heavy tail sitter I was afraid of. Still too heavy in the tail but at least the rudder doesn't touch the ground. |
| This plane didn't have much markings. I got fond of this little plane during the build process, so I didn't discard it after the show. It now has a place on the shelf with my other models. |
| Stockholm September 20, 2017 |  |
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