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Roland Sachsenhofer (Roland)
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Noratlas Israel

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16 31 May 2018, 13:34
Eelco Gregoire
Nice start!
31 May 2018, 14:01
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Eelco!
31 May 2018, 15:17
Maciej Bellos
Great work there with the bits and pieces!
31 May 2018, 15:44
Gordon Sørensen
This looks a little smaller than the BV222... watching!
31 May 2018, 20:10
Łukasz Gliński
Wow, that's cool. Love the Heller kits. What sets did you use to get such a nice cockpit?
31 May 2018, 20:26
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you guys for all your interest and comments. I pepped up the cockpits with pieces of Eduards seat belts for Luftwaffe heavies, the radio equipment was improvised with parts from the spare box, selected and partially fitted to get a convincing impression. The closed up cockpit will allow a very shadowy sight of the wireless equipment -if any....😉
1 June 2018, 07:37
Ronan
Very nice start, i'm in😉
1 June 2018, 08:44
Soeren R.
Fantastic eye for details! The cockpit is truly amazing Roland.
1 June 2018, 08:45
Roland Sachsenhofer
Your words are encouraging me- thank you Ronan and Sören!
1 June 2018, 09:40
Łukasz Gliński
Thx Roland, I thought somebody decided to produce a PE fret for Noratlas 🙂
1 June 2018, 13:18
Bart Goesaert
Enjoy building this one... Cockpit looks fantastic, assembling and sanding the hull will be a heap of work...
1 June 2018, 13:33
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!
I managed to close up the fuselage of the first Noratlas by now. All the sub-assemblies of wings, tail or fuselage booms for both machines are assembled as well.
Fit is quite ok, so to speak. And the Nora is going to be not of the tiny sort; that´s for sure measuring the wingspan- oh yeah!😉
2 June 2018, 17:58
David Funke
looking great so far!
4 June 2018, 09:50
Ronan
Wich versions will you realize , Roland ?
4 June 2018, 18:51
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you!
The one you can see assembled with closed doors will be an Israeli Noratlas -in bare metal, the other one is going to be a Bundeswehr Noratlas from LTG 62. This one will display full camouflage with white heat protection on the fuselage top.
I will show pictures of the planed examples in the next days.
4 June 2018, 19:47
Roland Sachsenhofer
Looking like a little whale the first Nora is ready for priming and painting. I have re-masked those clear parts which got damaged during sanding.
I have sanded down those raised panellines and will let them in this condition. I like their look and will rescribe only a few selected areas.
9 June 2018, 17:19
Łukasz Gliński
Looking good, curious to see what the raised panel lines will be looking like after all.
9 June 2018, 20:28
Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s freindly, Lukasz and Lode! Iam also keen to see that all "metalized"
11 June 2018, 08:28
Bart Goesaert
looking good so far...
11 June 2018, 09:40
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much for your words Bart!
11 June 2018, 18:40
Gordon Sørensen
Nice looking interior, Roland! Always amazes me how just good painting and a few details can totally transform an otherwise featureless cockpit...
11 June 2018, 18:55
Vitor Hugo Sousa
think in using a metal bar inside the wings to reinforce, see picture nº 6 here hyperscale.com/2008/galleries/noratlasvs_1.htm
11 June 2018, 21:32
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for your kind comments! Vitor, your beautiful work on this kit is my reference to build the Noratlas since I did see it. I would recommend not only the lovers of the Noratlas to take a look at this inspiring project....
12 June 2018, 09:14
Roland Sachsenhofer
A little update: the Noratlas get´sslowly into form. Engine nacelles need further enhancements and corrections.
28 June 2018, 18:18
Łukasz Gliński
With that tissue (?) it looks like a stranded whale😉
28 June 2018, 18:44
Cuajete
Very nice interior
28 June 2018, 18:56
Roland Sachsenhofer
Lukasz, I had the same association 🙂
Thank you for your comments!
30 June 2018, 08:12
Martin Oostrom
I like both builds!
30 June 2018, 08:59
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Martin, that pleases me!
30 June 2018, 11:41
Roland Sachsenhofer
The engine nacelles offer some opportunities to a few refinements.... First the exhaust are non existent: on their place you will find some sort of humps. Happily they can be cut in a shape that comes near the true thing. See the pictures before and after 🙂
Another are the missing fan impeller, which are very prominent to see. In this respect they have to be added; I did this with tiny parts cut out plastic sheet.
25 July 2018, 19:03
Oliver Zwiener
Another very interesting project - keep watching 😉
25 July 2018, 19:16
Bill Gilman
Great work, Roland! You're a brave man, I would have walked away from that kit. But you will produce a masterpiece as we have seen in the past. 👍
25 July 2018, 20:33
Łukasz Gliński
Very nice detailing, looks like a tutorial for this kit😉
26 July 2018, 06:41
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you guys for your very kind comments! Although aging it´s quite a kit with its merits, still very buildable. There are very delicate details of cooling vents for example and I like the raised panel lines. That is a good base to catch the sturdy appearance of the real thing, in my opinion.
26 July 2018, 11:47
Roland Sachsenhofer
A few more steps have been taken, to bring the first Nora to an happy end. It is rather difficult to get the perfection needed for Alclad on that heavily sanded surface. I used Alclads "White Aluminum" and shades of "Aluminum" and "Magnesium" to paint the surface.
The final appearance will be much more less clean as it looks now with a fresh coat of clear gloss over the metal paint.
30 July 2018, 18:15
Cuajete
Nice painting. It will be even better in the final phase. Engines details are fantastic! 👍
30 July 2018, 18:39
Bart Goesaert
You are a Michelangelo in plastic... Nice work...
31 July 2018, 05:42
Christian
Excellent detail work on this scale, respect! I love this little assembly stand 👍
31 July 2018, 05:53
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates! Wow, you turn my cheeks red, Bart 🙂
31 July 2018, 12:28
Roland Sachsenhofer
A few pictures of the exhaust stains and general "wear and tear" of the surfaces. Painting, so speaking, has been finished, except a few touches of the dry brush of course.
Next will be attaching of props, wheels, antennas and so on..... I am confident to come to an happy end within days 🙂
2 August 2018, 19:36
David Funke
wonderful! I´m looking forward to the second Nora...
2 August 2018, 19:42
Cuajete
Well done so far, Roland! How do you do the exhaust stains?
2 August 2018, 19:47
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you David and Cuajete! The exhausts gave been painted with a mixture of Gunze H72 brown and Gunzes H77 "tire black". First a base of blackened brown, then a light coat of tire black....
2 August 2018, 20:19
Cuajete
Thank you, Roland 👍
3 August 2018, 11:42
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you guys! Wheels and wheel covers have been attached, now on to the home straight! 🙂
3 August 2018, 12:07
Roland Sachsenhofer
Finished at last! I had the antennas from stretched sprue or made them with copper wire. Windscreen wiper have been added and the pitot tubes have been improved with the sharp ends of needles.
All in all this was a nice kit -and the second Nora should benefit from my experiences.
I hope you like the pictures- thank you all for your interest in this project!
5 August 2018, 15:37
Gordon Sørensen
Great looking Noratlas, Roland! Your models always turn out looking excellent!
5 August 2018, 16:00
Oliver Zwiener
Irre Ergebnisse bei der Sommerhitze - ist Dein Bastelzimmer klimatisiert :-o ???
5 August 2018, 17:39
Cuajete
Very nice. Good work. Congrats!
5 August 2018, 19:18
Łukasz Gliński
Beautiful result 👍
5 August 2018, 19:56
Björn Svedberg
Looks great, Roland! 👍
5 August 2018, 20:02
Lost_Erik
Fantastic!
6 August 2018, 00:49
Ronan
Very nice result, Roland😉
6 August 2018, 07:34
David Funke
I love it!
6 August 2018, 09:47
Christian Ristits

A real eyecatcher and a seldom seen subjetc - congrats!
6 August 2018, 10:23
Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello mates, thank you all for your encouraging and motivating comments! That´s really cool!
Oliver, my "kit-office" locates in the basement- thank god and the surrounding walls it´s quite cool 🙂
David, I am keen to get the BW-Nora a few steps further!
6 August 2018, 10:34
Bill Gilman
Exquisite! 👍 👍 👍
8 August 2018, 00:02
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Bill!
8 August 2018, 07:50
Soeren R.
Fantastic Job Roland
8 August 2018, 07:57
Christian Bruer
Very nice work and finish 👍
8 August 2018, 11:50
Hoodlum90
I like your choice of models, not the usual kits you see all the time! Great job!
8 August 2018, 12:23
Alexander Grivonev
Simply wonderful!
8 August 2018, 16:19
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for your comments- the are wonderful!
8 August 2018, 17:53
Clement
Fantastic work, you make it look way easier than it is!
23 January, 11:00
Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work.
23 January, 11:51
Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh, you've dug up something really old! I remember the Heller kit as challenging but quite entertaining - well worth being build again. I'm glad you like the Noratlas - thanks for the feedback, Clement and Jennifer!
23 January, 13:13
Bernd Grün
Like always an outstanding build, Roland! 👌👌👌 How did you make the cover of the instrument panel on picture 7 ?
23 January, 13:26
Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much! I can't remember exactly, but there are really only two possibilities: either a piece of painted Tamiya masking tape - which I like to do - or a thin metal foil, like you find as a seal on champagne bottles and the like. (Not that I always have a champagne bottle at the ready in the modelling workshop... ! 🙂
23 January, 15:33

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1:72 Nord 2501 Noratlas (Heller 80374)

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