Revell 1/32 Arado 196A-3

[papa 695]

Great work so far keep it up Vaughan

[Dave W]

I like the leather effect on the rear gunners seat.How did you do that?.

[mossiepilot]

I love watching this Arado grow, the paint work is fantastic.

And Dave has beat me to the question.

How is that leather effect done? It's great.

I'll keep watching.

Tony

[Guest]

This is a hugely impressive build, looking forward to the finished model

[Vaughan]

Hi Dave

The leather effect on the gunners seat is a bit of a hit or miss affair. I started off by brushing on Modelair Dark Earth. Modelair is not meant to be brushed as it doesn't cover very well. But I take advantage of this as it goes on quite streaky and dries quickly and by building up the layers you get quite a good effect. I then finish off by adding a drop or two of modelair black to a small cup of water. This will give you a really dilute wash. This is also brushed on once the dark earth is dry. Once dry I then apply some more. I think the trick is not to be too neat when brushing it and almost taking it off and then reapplying it. I hope that makes sense.

Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Help!!!!

Hi All

Well after the completion of the internal fuselage with no problems thing seem to have gone down hill. The dry fit of the fuselage is going to be a bit of a challenge see images. The halves fit nicely together but there seems to be an issue with the lower fuselage mating around the wing roots. It seems that the fuselage is narrower than the lower section and needs considerable pressure to splay it out. I have tried putting clamps on and this seems to work although the fuselage is under a lot of pressure. I think I'm going to have to go down the route of using extra thin liquid poly cement, relying on the capillary action to flow around the wing roots, as I think I'm going to have clamp it first. I've never used this type of cement before so any hints and tips on how to use it would be greatly appreciate.

Vaughan

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[Guest]

Vaughan, an excellent build thread with some great detailing. The seat texture and colour looks superb. Look forward to seeing more : )

[Gern]

Hi Vaughan. Your work is up to it's usual very high standards so far.

I've heard of folks using all sorts of glues to fix the kind of problem you've got. Trouble is, the pressure caused by the fuselage trying to return to it's 'natural' narrow profile could pull the joint apart or distort it in some way. Is there no room for some sort of spacer between the two sides? An off-cut of sprue perhaps wedged between the sides would help relieve the pressure on the joint.

Gern

[papa 695]

Vaughan looking back to the last set of pictures you posted ( no16 ) it looks like the wire you fitted is just lifting the frame work up a little this could be causing the fit problem is there a way of you checking

[Vaughan]

Hi Dave

Thanks for your advice and Ian for your observations. The No16 photo was taken before I had glued the framework to the lower fuselage so that gap was closed up. Dave that was a good idea but I had a rethink. I went down to my local model shop and bought some plastic weld. Looking at the problem again and what I should have done in the first place was glue one half of the fuselage and then follow up with the second half. Using the plastic weld and taking advantage of the capillary action I squeezed the wing root so it was in the right position and then applied the plastic weld with a brush. I didn't have to hold it very long before it set. I then went through the same process in front of the wing root and behind which I think you call the fillet and then that just left the underside where it buts up to the rest of the fuselage. A small amount of filler was required on the fillet and underside. I'm pleased with the result. Next was joining the two halves. Firstly I glued the forward facing machine gun again using the plastic weld. Once this had set I concentrated on the wing root using the same method as before. A little filler was required again. That just left the join in front of the cockpit again using the plastic weld. All that remains is to join the spine top and bottom and the tail fin. Fingers crossed that will work out ok.

Vaughan

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[papa 695]

Looks like you have cracked it Vaughan well done

[Vaughan]

Hi All

Well I think I'm going to give the fuselage a bit of a rest at the moment although I've yet to fit the radial engine. It will most probably be easier to leave it off until some of the painting is done. Anyway I thought I would make a start with the wings one being folded the other being in the flight position. Revell have made it easy in the fact you have quite substantial wing locating pegs which also enable you to paint the wings prior to attaching them. The folded wing locating peg was a bit of a pig to get lined up correctly, even though there are guide slots, so I had to dry fit the wing halves together to ensure a perfect fit. While the wings were taped together I thought I might as well try a dry fit and attach the fuselage to the floats add the tail plane and rudder and also pop the wings on just to get an idea of what she will look like. She is going to look quite impressive especially on the stand. This isn't a small model although having one folded wing will help it not taking up too much room on the shelf.

Vaughan

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[papa 695]

Looking very good Vaughan great idea with the wing folded looks the biz

[mossiepilot]

You know Vaughan, I know we know how much work has gone into this build, and this must have been said so many times, but such a shame to cover it all up with the fuselage sides, even temporarly.

Still a good looking build though.

Keep up the good work.

Tony.

[Vaughan]

Thanks for that Tony

If it's any consolation you will still be able to see a lot of the detail even once the canopy is in place.

Vaughan