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HPH Reichenberg Re 4a 'Piloted V-1'


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Hi all,

 

Not much spare time for modeling, but enough inspiration to start this project.

It's the recently released and reviewed manned V-1 by HPH models.

Full resin kit, packed with goodies which will be placed on the 1/35 Trumpeter flatbed railway gondola.

 

The gondola is built and ready for paint.

The jig that will hold the Re 4a in place will be scratched. 

 

I found a pdf of the v1 manual showing me what i need to do so.

 

Here goes..

 

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Thnx guys!

 

In the meanwhile I'm figuring out how the parts where secured on the flatbed. This V1 manual shows the jigs.

Since I won't place 3 Re-4's, but one, I won't take off the tail. Only the main wings. 

 

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Ok. First work on the pit coming along.

The instructions are a bit off in places. Numbers are called that don't match the Photo-etch parts.

For instance: Photo etch part 83 is told to go into the Reichenberg pit, when it actually belongs on the Ohka Fuselage.

Check your references here and it will be fine.

 

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And some progress on the engine.

First problem i ran into is that the intake suffered from shrinkage, so this will need to be addressed.

I sanded of the raised area of the main engine where the photo etch details attach to. One mesh, three rods and one photo etch brace.

This brace is too small when checking references. I made one from iron wire. Which is more accurate anyway.

 

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Hi Ralph,

 

It sure was a simple cockpit. Here are a couple of shots of a restored sample. The side walls were red brown primer colored.

Only the seat (and sometimes the mid console and rear bulkhead) were grey.

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You're motoring!  :thumbsup2:

 

That's the first time I've seen an image from inside a real Reichenberg. HPH did a pretty bang on job there. As always, superb work from you too. How will you tackle replacing the raised rivet detail when you join fuse?

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Not sure how I'll hide the fuse joint yet, but the fit is fine so should be ok.

Here's the engine details:

 

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And the first paint. I used AK red primer. Goes on nice with a matt finish. Good for the washes that will follow. Bot too much though.

 

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Thnx Cees,

Here's where I'm at. Getting rid of the seam. Almost there. Then I need to rescribe some lost detail.

 

Hi James,

I won't build the carriage since mine rather travels by train.

I discovered that the rear bulkhead was a bit too big. Sanded it a bit and filled the rest of the remaining gap so I wouldn't loose too much detail on the bulkhead.

I think this was the hardest part. Together with the engine and it's shrunken intake.

 

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