HP Heyford
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69 25 October 2021, 17:44
Roland SachsenhoferA start has been made: these pictures open the built on this remarkable leviathan; I am curious to see what awaits me during construction!
The cockpit, relatively empty and without any details, was refreshed by me "closer to the original" - my thanks go to the well-filled spare box. The lead wire bracket, which can also be seen from the outside at the front end of the cockpit, will carry the two control horns. They will be mounted at the very end.
25 October 2021, 17:52
Robert PodkońskiOhh, one of my the most coveted kits!!! Of course I will follow with pleasure and interest!
25 October 2021, 17:55
Łukasz GlińskiThat's one of the coolest classic Matchbox topics. Following (and hunting for it too) 👍
26 October 2021, 08:18
Oliver ZwienerWieder MATCHBOX - klasse so viel Mut für diese Art von frühzeitlichen Bausätzen 🙂
26 October 2021, 15:50
Roland SachsenhoferYeah! Matchbox has brought some really wonderful models onto the market. Matchbox hat einfach wirklich wunderbare Modelle auf den Markt gebracht!
27 October 2021, 16:12
Bruce HuxtableReally enjoying how you have brought the cockpit interior to life, creating different materails just with the paints 🙂 The stitching of the leather (?) panels is a nice extra detail 🙂
29 October 2021, 14:55
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much, Tony and Bruce!
One difficulty I have with this build was that the sides of the fuselage have no useful trace of a covered fuselage structure. Instead you have to sand the glue seam of the fuselage segments, which additionally erases any structures.
I aimed for a solution in the form of cutting flat polysterol to size and then engraving on the inside with a biro tip the emerging understructure of a canvas stretched over a structure. That was my aim at least, let's see what comes out in the end.
A certain amount of work was involved in sanding the fuselage sides slim by the amount of the material thickness of the polysterol sheet. You can see the final result in black primer; I may say that it looks a bit more convincing in reality! 🙂
1 November 2021, 17:08
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Maciej, Ben and Luke!
The new pictures show you a few construction steps: on the one hand, I sharpened the edges of the fuselage flanks a bit and reduced the fuselage thickness. As a result, you can see the black and white banding here, which is reminiscent of the broadsides of a sailing frigate.
The green colour -Gunze H58 "Interior Green"- is used to homogenise the different coloured backgrounds and to prepare the final green tone of the finished surface.
The Heyford project remains exciting for me - "Matchbox rules! 🙂
3 November 2021, 08:35
Łukasz GlińskiAre you sure Roland it's Luke, not Rey? 😉
Finally this ugly, ekhm lovely overall shape is visible.
3 November 2021, 08:50
Bas TonnJust how much time do you have? If i build one model in three months, that's fast....
3 November 2021, 10:12
Roland SachsenhoferThank you mates!
Łukasz, going by the distribution of male and female model-building Jedis here, I'm pretty sure Luke answered 🙂
Bas, I honestly have no idea, but it can't be due to "Red Bull" consumption...
4 November 2021, 19:32
Dave FlittonNice! It goes to show that this model can be built into a nice replica. Where did you get the PE cockpit details? Or is it your excellent painting skills?
4 November 2021, 20:30
Roland SachsenhoferThanks Dave! The PE parts are from my leftover box; the selection, the choice of parts is based on what I was able to find out from photos of the Heyford's inner workings. It should at least be a good approximation - yes, a little colour has also come into play.
5 November 2021, 05:47
Roland SachsenhoferA few final corrections before applying the surface colour Gunze H 73 "Dark Green"!
7 November 2021, 09:40
Roland SachsenhoferMark, without a doubt - and an excellent kit as far as accuracy of fit and quality of the casting are concerned.
7 November 2021, 13:24
Roland SachsenhoferAlmost everything "ready" already! The transition between undercarriage and lower wings still has to be sanded and painted, furthermore, the final gloss level is applied to all surfaces facing inwards, towards the bracing- and then assembly begins!
13 November 2021, 08:43
Roland SachsenhoferThe rigging of the Heyford is almost complete - four rigging wires are still missing - and the next step will be to close the gaps where the wires were fixed under tension with CA glue.
24 November 2021, 09:33
Roland SachsenhoferNow the Heyford is also finished! I am quite happy about that, because this was a really demanding project. Matchbox kits simply have an irresistible charm - the model selection alone - but of course they require a lot of reworking.Accordingly, all the finer details on the Heyford are scratched; for example, the roll bars, the entire assembly of the pitot tube on the chin, the rudder balance weights or the Vickers MG. However, these are from Gaspatch. I hope you like the result - by the way, I'm also trying out my new photo backgrounds from Coastal Kits here. Not quite in keeping with the era, but curiosity got the better of me! 🙂
3 December 2021, 18:10
Hanno KleineckeWhat a bizarre looking bird……. One can hardly squeeze more out of this ancient toy-kit than you did Roland, very well done ! 👍
3 December 2021, 18:19
Roland SachsenhoferThank you mates! How your comments are motivating for me-and yes, they also make me a little bit mighty proud! 🙂 Thank you!
3 December 2021, 19:03
Łukasz GlińskiBeautiful. What size of the background have you bought? Must be quite big.
3 December 2021, 21:01
Roland SachsenhoferThank you all very much indeed! Your feedback is of course extremely motivating!
Łukasz, the Coastal Kit-background measures 25cm X 55cm
4 December 2021, 13:01
Juergen KlinglhuberI missed to follow this one....lucky I recogized it now - Great work Roland! 👍
4 December 2021, 15:57
Roland SachsenhoferHello Jürgen, I am very pleased! Thank you for your comment!
5 December 2021, 17:13
Daniel KlinkHm, another unique mid 30's design very well implemented by you Roland...👍👍
Great stuff mate 👍
Still got this in my stash and many thanks to Matchbox to this choice with one of their last releases👍
5 December 2021, 17:28
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your interest and your motivating words, mates!
6 December 2021, 07:31
NeulingA very interesting aircraft you show us here, Roland! As usual it´s a top build in top presentation!
6 December 2021, 09:02
Tony TonovCongrats, Roland, very impressive! I was watching the build, a lot of work but the result worths it.
10 December 2021, 10:27
Roland SachsenhoferThis is a great pleasure for me! Thank you for your appreciated comments, mates
10 December 2021, 16:29
Rick EllisAnother strange but interestingly shaped inter-war aircraft. Something I'd like to build also.
Ok. How in the....did the pilot climb in the seat? A step ladder?
3 March 2022, 16:44
TimmieGreat result on a interesting plane, love the pic of it in front of the hangar
3 March 2022, 17:06
MICHAEL WOODHOUSETop notch and a period of aircraft I particularly like. Was waiting for Wing Nut Wings to get around to planes like this but....
3 March 2022, 19:14
Roland SachsenhoferHow happy I am to receive your comments on this concise model! Rick, indeed the kit comes with a representation of a tall ladder! 🙂
I words are very pleased, thank you mates!
3 March 2022, 20:06
