FL 282 Kolibri

Roland Sachsenhofer
These 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! 🙂

Acki
Wow!

Villiers de Vos
I will be following your build with pleasure.

Neuling
So will I .......

Roland Sachsenhofer
This is a great pleasure for me, thank you all!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great start, Roland

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Following this build, looking great already.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!

Rui S
Looking great as always.👍 I'm in 😎

Lex Jassies
Indeed a very interesting subject, following 👀

Roland Sachsenhofer
I'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.

Roland Sachsenhofer
The 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.

Roland Sachsenhofer
The 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!

Richard Cheals
Really nice build of this rare piece of history, Roland. 👏👏

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Richard!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Came out great, Roland! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Such a (complex) beauty finished in less than two weeks??? You're a wizard, Roland! Fabulous work (as always)!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank 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 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Top notch Roland

Simon Nagorsnik
Well done job!
The "inner values" look great!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! Yes, Simon, I'm glad I documented everything somewhat photographically before most of it disappeared behind the panelling 🙂

Lex Jassies
Indeed 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 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank 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

Neuling
Another eyecatcher ......... in very appealing presentation! 👍

Rui S
Very well done 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much mates! Very appreciated!

Richard Cheals
Gotta love YouTube! I was looking at some footage of the B-58 this afternoon, really brings those historical aircraft to life.

Roland Sachsenhofer
I agree in every way!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Perfect build 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
I say thank you very much!