Handley-Page HP.42 in "Kroonduif" livery, 1950s

[Rheged]

'A piece of cake' 

It looks INCREDIBLY intricate and difficult. I'm SERIOUSLY impressed. 

It's certainly outside my skill set, I'm SERIOUSLY impressed  too!!

[Paper Kosmonaut]

It's certainly outside my skill set, I'm SERIOUSLY impressed  too!!

Just try it once. Start with a relatively easy subject. I am now doing this for just short of ten years and I still feel like I am just messing about. There are loads of free models to be found on the internet, and not just kiddie stuff. Check out Leonid Cherkashyn's site for wonderfully detailed rockets, Alfonso Moreno's pages for all of the space shuttles, the crawlers and launch platforms and more rockets, and printer giant Canon's site for all things from animals, airplanes, cars to castles. It all has diverse levels of difficulty but there is a lot to try. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. And if at first you don't succeed, print and try again. (-;

[Paper Kosmonaut]

We've arrived at the end of the build. Today, I assembled the propellers and made the landing gear. The props consist of a sewing pin, two tiny beads and some CA to keep the beads in place.



While all propellers will turn, the lower starboard engine isn't really getting the hang of it when I blow against it. Oh well. It's not a toy.



The wheels, well, designer Gary Pilsworth has designed a main gear, of course. But I wanted to see if I could get the wheels to roll. I used a piece of brass for the strut and the wheel is cardboard, doubled and backed with black paper. I made the hubs from thinner grey paper. The wheels are held in place by small beads I glued in with CA.



The assembly of the propellers was a little tricky because of the propeller blades which were a little in the way when glueing them to the nacelles.
Landing gear was quite uneventful. I jusl almost forgot the mud guards, so I put those on after the beauty shots.
And there she was.



















That's it! Hope you like the end result.

The Kroonduif HP.42, named 'Kalong', from Dutch New Guinea, around 1950.

[PR19_Kit]

I DO like it, I'm wholly impressed! 

That looks about the same size as the Airfix 1/144 version, is that its scale?

[Rheged]

It's magnificent!!  Well outside my skill levels but I will find a simple paper model and have a go!

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Thanks for the kind words!

I DO like it, I'm wholly impressed! 

That looks about the same size as the Airfix 1/144 version, is that its scale?

As far as I know, this one is 1/100 or thereabout.

It's magnificent!!  Well outside my skill levels but I will find a simple paper model and have a go!

Thanks, Rheged. On my blog I have some useful tips for paper model making. If you are into planes, I could recommend Stahlhart's planes. They are relatively simple but fun to make and to look at.
The site has amongst others a Grumman F-11's in several liveries and shapes, a Douglas F5D, a Saab Draken and a couple of Lavotchkins.
Just download a couple and try some, if you like.

[zenrat]

Excellent.

[NARSES2]

Great work 

[Steel Penguin]

top job    wel done and looks good, and shows us that there are more things to  whiffing that just plastic bashing