Blohm & Voss BV 155V-1

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For some reason , these wheel well bulkheads are cast resin . ( ? ) :


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I'm guessing they were missed and the resin route was the logical choice .... manufacturing injection-molding assemblies is VERY expensive .



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_BV_155
 
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This will be a cool project to follow.
I always wondered how the aircraft would handle with that radiator design, especially whether it would have an effect on the plane's ability to roll.
 
Seems like it's been way more than a month since I started this thread o_O

This is one of those builds you have to glue up a quarter to a half inch at a time to keep things lined up as best possible .
The bulk of this build is going to be putty'n and sanding seams and then restoring panel lines .

It reminds me of the U-2 with these monster-span wings !

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Today will be spent dealing with seams and panel lines ,

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There was major-gappage around this intake for the supercharger .
I added some lacquer putty behind it prior to assembly so I could fill it in from the outside using acrylic medium .
Big improvement but it'll probably need more work after the primer hits it :

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I had to remove maybe 3/4 of each positioning tab ( tenon ) from the horizontals to get them to snug up to the vertical , and they will still need putty :

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They marked these components for the radiators left and right , but I couldn't see a difference in them at first ,, ,, but the left side is 1/2 mm wider . Maybe .4 mm ,
You can see how the one side of the larger left section is thicker .
Weird .
LOL , who knows what happennated :D

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.. with that extra thickness reciprocated on the wing for that left side :

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Weird

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Just like I think they forgot the wheel well bulkheads when they designed the injection molds , I think they forgot a small bulkhead forward of the instrument panel .
The panel goes up into this cowling but it makes 2 points of contact .
Doable but weird :

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The kit's plastic is solid & knives , sands and glues well .
So there's that .


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Wow that cowling looks like it was found inside your vacuum after cleaning your work area....lol
The strange bird is taking shape
 
Strip styrene will take care of that. Strange aircraft, it's like a Condor and a Stuka got drunk one night and had an offspring!
 
Oh yeah , I can handle it .
Glad this is a super low part-count kit . It would take 13 months to glue this thing up .
 
The only Bronco product I've used is their T158 tracks for the M1 Abrams. They are very crisply molded. They take forever to assemble too.
 

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