For the pilot’s seat, the eduard photo etched part is a beauty and looks great. I scratch built the fuel fillers and lines and installed them behind the cockpit. The final step was detailing the vacuum formed canopy, adding rivets and the tubular interior frames. I reproduced the best I can the real aircraft’s windshield, without any frames, and attached to the inner tubular frames by bolts or rivets. Once installed in open position, the detailed vacuum formed canopy looks great and proved worth the effort.
Hope you like it! Comments and critics, more than welcomed!
Ricardo B.
Paul Ainsworth says
Hello,Ricardo – Full complements with all the detail work you’re doing with this fascinating build.It’s looking excellent.👏😉👍
Ricardo Barrientos says
Thank you Paul, hope you enjoy the remaining, perhaps, more interesting steps. Best regards,
Peter Legge says
Hi Ricardo, you have done a really good job on the panel scribing. Well Done ! Regards, Pete in RI
Ricardo Barrientos says
Thank you Peter, those panel lines really improved the look of the wings. Hope you enjoy the next steps. Best regards,
Ricardo.-
Andrew Rowe says
Hi Ricardo. Great looking build. What’s the name of the tool you are using that copies the shape and contours of parts? I’d like to get one.
Thanks.
Ricardo Barrientos says
Hi Andrew, you can find it as a Contour Gauge. Good luck and thank you for reading!
Albert Moore says
This is some incredible work and goes to show that with some elbow grease and TLC, this model can be built to the same standard of the Z-M Horten Ho 229 (or exceed it in this case).
Ricardo Barrientos says
Hi Albert, thank you very much for your kind comments! And yes, “elbow grease”, but above all, love, and passionate dedication to this hobby! Happy holidays and my very best regards from Guatemala!
Michael Michalzik says
Incredible. An absolute masterpiece!
Ricardo Barrientos says
Thank you very much Michael, extremely kind for your commentary.