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

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Vaughan, coming along nicely.

[Guest]

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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[Guest]

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.

[Vaughan]

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

Thanks Guys

Ian, so far no real problems apart from the fuselage needing a lot of pressure to close the gap which wasn't caused by the floor pan or cockpit area. The fuselage meets and forms quite a high point down to the tail section which should be there but more subtle (see photo I took at the Shuttleworth Collection) so some filling down was required to flatten it.

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[Ian M]

Cheers V I'll try to remember that..

Ian M

[Vaughan]

Ian, I should have taken some before and after shots to show you what I mean. Here's what the fuselage looks like now(difficult to show in a photo) which I think looks more realistic. I hope this helps.

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[yak face]

Looking really nice Vaughan , top work , cheers tony

[Guest]

Is a very nice and clean build Vaughan.