Vought's forgotten hero: OS2U-1 Kingfisher, Admirals plane (Bu. Nr. 1681)

Hanno Kleinecke
Wohoho, did you really manage to squeeze that thing into the closed fuselage ? Respect !

Bernhard Schrock
Jou; war ein bisschen Arbeit. Hab sowohl die Wände im Rumpf wie auch die der Wanne dünnergefräst / geschliffen. Auf der Unterseite der Resinwanne einen tiefen Einschnitt mit der Säge gemacht, damit sich das Teil auseinanderbiegen lässt. 🙂

Thomas Bischoff
I can't miss this! I started this kit years ago and know what you are to face

Spanjaard
Great, still in time for first row 🙂

Jens
Hello Bernhard, another model that belongs in the top 10 as Yellow Wing 🙂 I've tried one before...., now the 32 Kitty Hawk and also the 48 Monogram Kit are in stock, but there aren't any accessories 🙁 I will definitely remain an observer, because the Monogram Kit has a few pitfalls

Robert Podkoński
Back from the trip to Leeds - taking a seat, of course!

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Mates, welcome on board! 🙂
Jens: I know you Kingfisher. Just for building this classic kit you should get a medal! I'm thankful for all information you can share.

Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday I produced clouds of dust and refurbished the cowling.

Michael Kohl
Oh, there shouldn't be any clouds of dust. Consider wet sandind. Extends the life time of the sanding material too.
With or without clouds anothers build of yours I will follow with keen interest.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress. Fantastic skills.

Jens
Hello Bernhad, how should I be able to help? I built the kit OOB and then tried to make the whole thing worth seeing with paint. My skills in model building are far behind yours and the knowledge about the individual versions, I completely miss constructive features, what the kit offers and the construction plan shows is glued and hidden under paint 🙂 Maybe you have enough time in March for that Exhibition in Siebenlehn, it's 100% worth it 😉

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautifully and perfectly rescribed ! This will be my next task…….

David Taylor
I might hve to do another one Bernhard,maybe with wheels.

Alec K
Yesss, taking a seat for sure. Great subject, have a built Revell 1/72 specimen somewhere.

Dennis Wallentin
You're a great source of inspiration 👍 Looking forward to follow this project now that you have rebooted it.
Btw, what brand is this?
All the best,
Dennis

Alec K
Excellent progress 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates. Dennis: do you mean the brand of the kit? It's the old Monogram.
It was the right decision to adjust the landing gear before installing the wing. It took so long, too. And I suspect it would hardly possible to manage it the other way around.

Hanno Kleinecke
So beautiful, these legs ! 👍
Of course the kitpart only very rudimentary depicts the real thing. How much did you add to the fastener bulges, 1mm ?
Did you lengthen the main gearstrut as well, or did you just improve the oleo-parts ?

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Hanno, thx for you praise🙂 the bulged are CA glued to 0,8 mm plastic. Legs: I cut only the „oleo & axis area" and replaced them with 2,3 mm tube & 1,6 mm rod.

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic details, congrats!

Michael Kohl
Great progress

Hanno Kleinecke
Ha ! Anyz ! Ich dachte schon, Du bist jetzt endgültig zum Arbeiten umterm Mikroskop übergegangen……😄
Sieht großartig aus ! Die brauch ich auch !

Jens
Hello Bernhard. simply fascinating how meticulously you turn even the smallest parts of the model into the most important thing 👍
I happened to come across my OS2U Kingfisher in the middle of moving, according to your pictures it is packed in a box and stored in the new basement 😉 maybe I'll be able to build the Kitty Hawk OS2 in 1:32 by Siebenlehn, but I'm sure it will be that can only be a shadow of your perfection 🙂 just WOW what you conjure up again 👍

Guy Rump
Following 👍

Carlos Cisneros
I was wondering how the resin detail parts would work out. Doing the improvements with scratch work does sound more appealing.

Thomas Bischoff
Awesome work on this old kit. Thanks for sharing all the details 🙂

Palo M
Beautiful work

Rolf Rolf
Incredible

bughunter
Awesome work with a huge amount of polystyrene detail! 👍

John
Excellent work so far!

Rui S
I agree👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates. It was like playing with fire again: gluing clear parts with CA. 🙂

Carlo
My head is spinning with your detail work, amazing work.

Vincent
This looks amazing already. Good luck with the build!!

Carlos Cisneros
This keeps getting better and better. I know that you're adding quite a bit, but man its hard to believe that this is the old Monogram kit.

Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday I airbrushed the admiral blue… just removed all paper covers and Tamiya tape masks from clear parts. Only on two edges I have to fix minor imperfections with small brush🙂

Robert Podkoński
Perfect job, Bernhard!

Spanjaard
Fantastic result on that paint!!

Alec K
This is coming along beautifully 👍

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂 thx.
Just finished the decals including fixing a small mistake concerning the plane type (IS2U-1 and not -3).

Hanno Kleinecke
So beautiful ! Superclean work on the clearpart- paintwork and tailwheel-construction. 👍

Carlos Cisneros
I just realized that you're doing this one with the floats removed and fixed wheels installed.

Víctor Rosas
Wow, fantastic project! Following!

Lochsa River
Stunning modeling artistry

John
Wow - never knew that the aircraft's forward firing gun was poking out between cylinder heads.

Björn Svedberg
Looking great! 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates for the great comments. Today I managed to finish my "forgotten hero" and shot a few quick pics with my smartphone. Better picture iI will post tomorrow. 🙂

bughunter
Again a WOW model!
Do you secure the prop axle from the back, or is it just glued in and cannot rotate?

Bernhard Schrock
Thx Bughunter! As usual the prop is not glued but It can rotate

bughunter
Thx! I found it also practical for packing the models for transport, that the prop can be rotate. But (mostly due to the rotary engines) I cannot remove them. The bearing is secured on the back side.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic!

Spanjaard
superb job Bernhard!

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Hanno Kleinecke
Tadaa , Completed ! What a little gem you squeezed out of this old chewing gum !
This particular kit can call itself lucky, having fallen into such skilled Hands that turned it into such a beauty 👍
More pictures please!

Jens
I am overwhelmed by the sight, what tops it off are the cockpit parts, they give a wonderfully clear view of the cockpit, plus the many small conversions and additional parts, a real gem and I hope that I can still see you from Siebenlehn can convince in March 2024, such a gem should be shown in public 😉

Bernhard Schrock
As promised I shot today more "better" pictures.🙂 I noticed that my old Nikon 995 has problems with dark blue and because of that I "reactivated" the Canon for several additional pictures.

Carlos Cisneros
Excellent finish! All of the added details and corrections turned this into a real top notch build!

Alec K
Impressive work again, pleasure to follow as always.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Einfach toll! 👍

Neuling
Yes. Another beauty from your bench. Einfach schön!

Martin Oostrom
Will she be in Veldhoven to be admired in person?

bughunter
The new pics are even better - worth the effort!

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Martin, thank you for the "invitation". I looked on the map: it is unfortunately too far for me. With the traffic on our highways I would need with break 6-7 hours🙁🙁. As it looks, I will exhibit the kingfisher first in Lingen.

Spanjaard
you will be missing a great show in Veldhoven Bernhard 😉