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| Don C, Comment for image # 42684 | 15 Sep 20 10:18 |
| Looks good now.
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| hjlittman, Image # 42684 | 14 Sep 20 23:22 |
The saga continues... |
| hjlittman, Image # 42683 | 14 Sep 20 23:20 |
Put a coat of lightweight, white floral spray on it as primer to show up any damage or rough spots. Boy, did it! The dictum that "If a model sits on the bench without being worked on for any length of time it will acquire damage." was proven again. There were several small holes and tears in the covering that were not apparent in clear coat that need to be fixed. |
| hjlittman, Image # 42544 | 06 Aug 20 22:41 |
Dispite unanticipated delays progress has been made. |
| edtherenderman, Comment for image # 42102 | 29 Apr 20 09:41 |
| Looking forward to these 1/16 scale. I like that size of aircraft for static display, and really appreciate the less covered subjects! |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 42102 | 28 Apr 20 19:54 |
| My web site is http://hjlmodels.com/ . The projected availability of the first kits in the 1:16 scale series in June. Unless the price of balsa goes through the stratosphere in the next two months they will be priced at $68. Yes, at 1:16 scale the wing span is 25-1/4". The P-6E (23-3/4" wingspan) will be released at the same time. The next two in the series the Heinkel 51 and Macchi C.202 should be available in time for Christmas shopping,
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| edtherenderman, Comment for image # 42102 | 28 Apr 20 16:12 |
| Do you have a site you are selling these on? It's an unusual subject, which piques my interest. At 1/16 scale, thats about 25" wingspan, correct? |
| Don C, Comment for image # 42099 | 28 Apr 20 13:12 |
| Good idea.
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| hjlittman, Image # 42102 | 28 Apr 20 13:08 |
This iteration will be flown to check the aerodynamics. There will be a few changes for the production version, some stringers will be repositioned and I have to make a new mold plug for the nose block since the countours of the first one ( last version) were slightly off. There are a few small corrections needed to the wing structure.to make it easier to build and strengthen the landing gear attachment for the static builders and those who cant resist and RC conversion. The vertical tail will also have a few detail changes. That's why you build prototypes. If this were a one off, just for me, I would be satisfied with it as is. |
| hjlittman, Image # 42101 | 28 Apr 20 12:56 |
Fuselage needed a few corrections, changed some formers positions in the rear of the fuselage to remove a weak spot and move the rear peg forward |
| hjlittman, Image # 42100 | 28 Apr 20 12:51 |
Drafting on a computer doesn't make up for what you forget. In the first drawings I forgot to add the side keel lock tabs. They're in the current version. |
| hjlittman, Image # 42099 | 28 Apr 20 12:48 |
Since many modelers will cut a 24 X 36 plan into sections for convenience on thier building board I decided to print them that way. The plans in the 1:16 scale series will be printed on two 12 X 36 strips. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 42021 | 12 Apr 20 23:25 |
| Very nice. |
| bsadonkill, Comment for image # 42021 | 12 Apr 20 12:37 |
| Looks good, looks like it will be lite, and have a good amount of wing area. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 42021 | 11 Apr 20 19:44 |
| looking forward to following this build. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 42021 | 11 Apr 20 11:59 |
| Very impressive.
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| hjlittman, Image # 42021 | 11 Apr 20 01:08 |
This is what the first cut looks like. There have been some detail changes since this picture. The stringers aren't on it in the photo because parts of it were stuffed with styrofoam to make patterns for molds of the composite parts. If the compsite material I am working with doesn't work out for production the molded parts will be styrene. I'm going old school with styrofoam and plaster for the patterns because I don't have a 3-D printer. The kit will have a scale stabilizer and a 120% oversize "flying" stabilizer. This one looks as though it will fly fine with the scale one. The P-6E, like most biplanes, flies fine with a scale stabilizer. More to come! |
| hjlittman, Image # 42020 | 11 Apr 20 01:02 |
You've never build a wing like this but it reproduces the peculiar dihedral of the 520. In this photo there us no glue on anything but the three center section ribs and the wing tips glued to the trailing edges. It's easier than it looks. |
| hjlittman, Image # 42019 | 11 Apr 20 00:57 |
With the ingerlocking side keels it builds straight as long as you start on a level building board. a level building board. |
| hjlittman, Image # 42018 | 11 Apr 20 00:55 |
The right angle tools to install the formers in left side of the fuselage are part of the kit. |
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