Shinmeiwa SS-2 (prototype) - completed starting with picture 127
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July 8, 2014In my opinion the mix of raised (original in the kit, wing) and self made rivets on the flaps (with a riveting tool) looks interesting.6
July 12, 2014It's really stunning that such large airplane is powered by such small propellers...7
July 12, 2014The kit offers no exhaust pipes so I created them from thin sheet wrapped around a 6mm drill.8
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July 12, 2014Last year I overlooked the black "no step stripes".10
July 12, 2014Walkway-stripes after demasking.11
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July 13, 2014Unfortunately the prominent inline-gaps for enhancing the water performance are missing in the kit...14
July 13, 2014Created gaps via engravings, because the plastic is too thick for a complete "cut". The shape of the gap end-area was corrected.15
July 13, 2014The original has a complicated superstructure for better strength. I made only a part of it using 0,42mm drill and 0,40mm plastic-rod.16
July 13, 2014Lost raised rivets restored with a needle and....17
July 13, 2014... the holes in the "craters" filled with polishing paste (rose).18
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July 20, 20141st step: prepaint the fuselage with white (outer side) & dark grey (inner side). 2nd step: mask the openings on the outer side with a small piece of transparent tape. 3rd step: fill the windows with Bondix, coat as thin as possible & let it harden.21
July 20, 20144th step: fill the windows 2nd time with Bondix, put a piece of thin transparent plastic into the wet Bondix and let it harden. 5th: step; remove the Tesa film from the outside and carefully remove the Tesa-glue from hard Bondix with cotton swab & Humbrol22
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July 20, 2014This rectangular window has an two pieces of thin plastic glued with Bondix together.24
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July 21, 2014Upholstery is made from ureol (the most soft variant).26
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January 19, 2015Sketch for engraving, rivets and producing files🙂39
January 19, 2015Nothing much to see of the engravings.... Need paint. Little details (inlets, outlets and mesh for the round exhaust) comming soon.40
January 19, 2015White card was the tool for engraving the oval hole. The inlay helped to cut the mesh in correct shape.41
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February 1, 2015Yellow pieces of tape: locations of aux-holes (0,4 mm) for applying of CA-Glue from outside.60
February 1, 2015Engraved contour of door on the lower side of hull.61
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February 2, 2015Lost raised rivets (top of the double row on the right side sanded off for demonstration).63
February 2, 20151. Step: engraved rivets made with self made rivet roller (the same pitch as original raised rivets).64
February 2, 20152. Step: producing a deep crater with raised edges via pressing with needle (working speed: aprox. 40-50 rivets per minute)65
February 2, 20153. Step: filling of the craters, in this case with polishing paste.66
February 2, 20154. Step: whip of of the paste. The paste remains only IN the craters. Lost rivets are restored.67
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February 6, 2015Oversized hole for pitot will be filled.75
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February 8, 2015Good visible are the 6 connection points for the rescue rope.78
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February 8, 2015Good visible are the the 3 connection points on the bow for the anchor rope.80
February 8, 2015Different inlets and outlets from plastic here and there.81
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February 12, 2015Masking for orange not removed jet except the circle.83
February 12, 2015Good visible are the FORMERLY heavy raised rivets.84
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February 27, 201520 minutes later than picture 108...110
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March 4, 2015Pitottube, whiper, mast with the aoa-indicators and wireantennas.125
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March 4, 2015Mr Surfacer 500 ist auch für Einstellung der Spannung der beiden Antennenkabel gut🙂127
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- About 5 years ago I separated the first parts from the spruces...
- In early 2013 after a true never ending story I completed and airbrushed the wings and floats...
- Now I have reactivated the retired Shinmeiwa.
- 6 months later (january 2015): game over again, 4th match.