FL 282 Kolibri
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33 8 February 2022, 18:28
Roland SachsenhoferThese pictures open the construction of this remarkable early helicopter. They show a few of the many components that will make up the fuselage of the rotorcraft.
I have primed once and applied a bit of preshading to liven up the uniformly applied RLM 71.
This is something really varied and new! 🙂
8 February 2022, 18:31
Roland SachsenhoferI'm glad to hear that, thank you Rui and Lex!
A few new pictures show a condition that no longer exists: after the photos were taken, the front open fuselage section was covered with a total of seven "sheets". Unfortunately, these parts are of extremely poor fitting accuracy, which is exacerbated by the unstable geometry of the fragile substructure.
The next step will now be to use putty and sandpaper to return to an attractive appearance.
10 February 2022, 08:25
Roland SachsenhoferThe result after some heavy sanding: the fairings now fit quite well! The engravings of the various latches and locks were lost in the process and were retrofitted. I used masking tape cut to size as well as suitable pieces from the etched parts stock.
12 February 2022, 06:58
Roland SachsenhoferThe Flettner FL 282 is now completed! A truly spectacular and worth seeing original and a fragile and not so easy to build model! 🙂
In any case, I am glad to have this early Flettner helicopter now ready in front of me. Thanks for your interest and feedback!
18 February 2022, 14:19
Robert PodkońskiSuch a (complex) beauty finished in less than two weeks??? You're a wizard, Roland! Fabulous work (as always)!
18 February 2022, 18:49
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much for your words!
Robert, according to my logbook entries I already started with FL 282 on 15 January.... so everything is not so tough 🙂
18 February 2022, 19:29
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both! Yes, Simon, I'm glad I documented everything somewhat photographically before most of it disappeared behind the panelling 🙂
18 February 2022, 20:10
Lex JassiesIndeed it looks very fragile. And this should fly? Well on Youtube there's the proof that it really did.
And it looks like he could still get along pretty well.
And Roland, you've made a beautiful model that does the real thing justice 👍
19 February 2022, 08:25
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much for your words, Lex! I just watched the flight test of this machine on Youtube - wow, that's really spectacular! 🙂
Youtube Video
19 February 2022, 10:39
Richard ChealsGotta love YouTube! I was looking at some footage of the B-58 this afternoon, really brings those historical aircraft to life.
19 February 2022, 19:43
