ShinMaywa US-2 - completed
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September 16, 20220,3 mm wire for clean attachment and easy alignment.2
September 16, 2022Wiki says that the wings are made of composite materials. Because of that I riveted only the flaps (rivets are visible on original pictures).3
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September 16, 2022Rivets made by DIY riveter with a 0,33 mm pitch wheel (from a watch).5
September 22, 2022Gull grey (H129) for the lower side and dark blue (50% H189 and 50% HR155, Humbrols railway authentic) for the upper side6
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September 25, 2022Propeller minus black edges completed.9
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September 25, 2022It’s very interesting: all 4 engines have an offset to the right side.11
September 28, 2022Gizmology!12
September 28, 2022How much you can see in the cockpit after closing the fuselage? That’s is the question!13
September 28, 2022Propeller completed.14
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October 8, 2022Decals (excellent quality) in place.17
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October 9, 2022Yellow security rope. The kit offers only a relief + a yellow decal. I replaced both with 0,4 mm wire, flattened on the end (plus a 0,28 mm hole) and yellow thread.21
October 9, 2022The same situation on the bow: anchor & mooring rope are represented in the kit as relief (ok in this scale).22
October 11, 2022Round windows in place. “Glued” with Future.23
October 11, 2022As promised here is the description about my “new” technique for small round windows. I used the 0,04 mm thick foil applied on the smartphone “bulletproof” glass as protection. Punched small disc with flat needle and brass tube. The edges of both tubes sharpened with cone shaped milling head.24
October 11, 2022Seam between wings and fuselage after attaching and cleaning.25
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October 12, 2022Masking for restoring black walkways.27
October 12, 2022Immediately after airbrushing. At next I had to “brush” the area with a wide brush after drying to “break” the uniformity of the black.28
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