Heres a bit o progress on my F2A Early Felix. After drooling over pictures of Davide Splendores beautiful Albatross I decided to join the fun and post some shots. Ive added some notes along each photo of things you may want to watch for as you work on yours. Initial impressions of the kit so far are very favorable. I am having a blast building it, in fact I cant recall the last time Ive had so much fun putting a kit together. Some other observations are to spend lots of time prefitting the engines. The tolerances are very close and the parts fit together with little room to spare. Be very careful removing the carburetors from the sprue. The are four carbs per engine, two in front and two in back, and each carb is made of two pieces and are very fragile, as are the radiator shutters. I broke one carb taking it off the sprue just from the side pressure of the sprue cutter, and almost broke one of the shutters the same way. I mentioned the oil line in an earlier post, so make sure you study the instructions carefully. When painted and assembled the engines are spectacular. Even though they are painted battleship grey for protection from the elements, they are handsome engines. Ill post more shots as the bird progresses. Ive decided to do Scheme C1, N4291, but earlier as she appeared while still in British service. The scheme is color illustrated on the back of the Windsock Datafile and is very striking with the NDL, varnished plywood, black undersides and green wings/tail. Cant wait to see this one done. I have the Late version also, and am ordering the Duelist kit later this month to convert that one to an H-16 in US Navy service. Already got the Libertys and figured out how to modify the rudder with the mass balance addition. My only question is where will I put these things when they are done? I have an answer for that, but youll have to wait to see it. Dont want to tip my hand lol.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:48:24 +0000
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