Spad XIII eduard 1/48

huberlu · 21 February 2009, 04:14 PM

Thank you for your nice word.

The post of piloting is finished. The handle which opens the shutters of hood is a plastic triangle painted in brown, left grey is painted by top. The lever is a fall of photocut and the handle a stretched edge of plastic cut in the blade of rasoire.

The maul is plastic stretched.

"Tumblers" and rest are plastic stretched and in thread of copper:

huberlu · 21 February 2009, 04:15 PM

I chose to glue together the bottom of post on a side of the airframe what seems to me less risked than to glue together it on the wing inferior and its girders (as stated). I however tried. I could not even take in the bottom of post into the airframe...

A+

StephenLawson · 21 February 2009, 05:08 PM

It looks like the upper cowling deck is arched too high.

huberlu · 21 February 2009, 10:55 PM

Hi

N°1 is just put down but not glued together. Or is it second one?

huberlu · 22 February 2009, 03:39 PM

The kit is not "conceived" (?) correctly!

I sanded a lot the inside of cover (the one,1) and taken down a little (1/2mm) the second one (2).

It's ok now.

StephenLawson · 22 February 2009, 08:30 PM

Excellent huberlu!

I remember doing a similar bit of work on a DML Spad XIII. But it was to cut down the outer perimeter of the shelf.

huberlu · 27 February 2009, 04:44 AM

Hi! And thanks for your words.

And if and there is worse. I cut both reinforcements 1 / 2mm (I do not know any more if the photograph was made before or after operation):.

and sanded there:

After that it's correct ... I added the bar behind the seat (it will be right once glued together by every quoting idem for cables) and a " chest in cloth " which is fixed there:

The chest is alu food type there " box for congelation ":

I forgot to make a photograph inside the Spad.

I glued together a side of the airframe with the cover (the best that I could). I began with the left side which is the most difficult to put, and ... it misses 1 / 2mm in the front and also 1 / 2mm in the back

Then same job with the righthand which comes back almost perfectly. The bottom of the airframe is not reached yet:

huberlu · 27 February 2009, 04:45 AM

This side is correct (...):

The opposite side, sanded is going to be needed and we must be delicate:

Since the photograph I stuck a little better by pushing it back of inside with a stem.

The seat is in refined including the low party because it bangs at home in the compass which is glued together on the fla

Good news: The hood (the ring) puts on in place without problem and is correctly lined up.

A+

StephenLawson · 27 February 2009, 10:14 AM

I would say A++. Nicely done!

karrart · 27 February 2009, 02:19 PM

I just finished this kit a few weeks ago and all the fit problems
you've been having are familiar to me! The same parts, in the same
ways. I ground out and thinned the underside of the upper front
cowl area where the guns rest until it was nearly paper thin.
Everything underneath that area was shaved and shaved again,
and it was still a pain to squeeze it all together. One frustration
I had was the single piece for the turtle behind the cockpit with
the horizontal stab molded in place. The part was warped and the
stab was twisted way down on the left so I ended up having to
cut that off and reset it. There were more problems, but this
will do for now!
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