Hanriot HD.2 from USS Texas
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2 31 July 2018, 06:17

Many thanks for your comments! I built this kit years ago and now I am building it again to see whether I made any progress 😉
6 September 2018, 19:35

Thanks Alec - I will add homemade exhausts (see photo 7) and next is the access panel.
25 September 2018, 19:48

Eduard made a tiny mistake as the HD.2 was not equipped with the Gnome Rhone but with a 130 hp Clerget 9 engine. The kit has only a rather simple reproduction of a 9 cylinder Gnome Rhone engine so I went looking for a replacement as the difference is very visible when viewed from front.
The Small Stuff Clerget engine has more parts than the Eduard kit 🙂 Hope the carpet monster does not suck them all in !
2 October 2018, 15:06

I hope it not to late .. please read: smallstuffmodels.com/p/buildinganengine.html
It is much easier to align and glue all cylinders in place, paint it and mount the (differently) painted small parts after that. I have some detailed description on modellboard.net
Good luck,
Bughunter
2 October 2018, 15:52

Thanks bughunter! I did ask myself how to paint best ... it's not too late, I still have 5 cylinders to glue 🙂
Bart: I ordered directly from SmallStuff and paid 16$ which is reasonable for the quality you get (and compensating for the HD1 kit for which I paid 5 CHF)
2 October 2018, 19:09

new pictures - after quite some break the build continues ...
25 August 2019, 08:34

Thanks Björn .. and yes bughunter: I have a new baby, helped me to bring the engine cowling into the correct shape 🙂
29 August 2019, 19:06