Dornier Schneider Glider 1939

Tophe · January 07, 2019, 09:32:26 AM

I know I still have 2 unfinished models, but the workbench room is cold (it is winter in my hemisphere), and I am staying in the warm part of the house, sorry.
Anyway, I went to the post office to get the present my brother offered me for Christmas and my birthday (thanks bro!): Dornier Schneider Racer 1929 (Unicraft 1/72 see http://www.unicraft.biz/germ/do-racer/do-racer.htm ).
I opened the box and I like it. My what-if project (as "never built scale 1" is not enough for my crazy mind) could be:
-   Having no engine/propeller but a nicely shaped pod
-   Having the wing just upon the floats-booms (as there is no propeller distance above the water to keep for a water glider)
-   Having short wings as I lack room
-   Having a P-51D canopy (the 2nd in my Heller Mustang kit used recently)
In 1939, the Schneider speed races were over, but the Schneider beauty contest was going on for water-gliders.
First, the available parts:

PR19_Kit · January 07, 2019, 10:06:36 AM

Cor, they're some big 'ole floats on that!

I didn't know anyone did a kit of the Dornier, but of course if anyone did it be Unicraft.

Tophe · January 07, 2019, 10:08:14 PM

This is the 30th model I build from Unicraft. This is always a challenge, but succeeding provides satisfaction (according to my point of view).

NARSES2 · January 08, 2019, 06:36:36 AM

Quote from: Tophe on January 07, 2019, 10:08:14 PM
This is the 30th model I build from Unicraft. This is always a challenge, but succeeding provides satisfaction (according to my point of view).

Tophe wins the understatement of the year award and it's only mid January

Seriously though the parts don't look to bad for Unicraft. I'll be interested to see how this goes.

Quote from: Tophe on January 07, 2019, 09:32:26 AM
I know I still have 2 unfinished models, but the workbench room is cold (it is winter in my hemisphere), and I am staying in the warm part of the house, sorry.

Don't blame you at all Tophe, eminently sensible sir

Tophe · January 08, 2019, 11:59:22 PM

Thanks for the jokes

Here are the parts of the kit that I am going to use:

Tophe · January 10, 2019, 07:28:44 AM

With a few sun rays warming the house, and tooled with very fast glue, I started to build:

Tophe · January 11, 2019, 12:46:46 AM

I have put the first putty, in a few seconds before going back to the warm place.

Sanding (together with the one for Mustangs) will be longer, colder, later... $:-\$

Tophe · January 12, 2019, 12:25:19 AM

Then putty on the (shortened) wing and on top of the pod (a big amount there to replace the spinners by clean nose and rear):

Tophe · January 26, 2019, 03:43:16 AM

After first sanding and gluing the fins:

Tophe · January 27, 2019, 07:52:32 AM

Going on...

Tophe · January 29, 2019, 04:03:30 AM

The floats' underside is painted, and putty has been added to the canopy/pod junction:

Tophe · February 02, 2019, 02:46:12 AM

The second sanding of the pod (the first with the canopy) has been performed, but still imperfect, so there will be another step of putty... $:-\$

Tophe · February 04, 2019, 04:00:10 AM

My superglue tube was finished, I bought a new one, and it seems it does not work, I have never seen that. I had to reinforce the contact wing-pod.

Tophe · February 04, 2019, 06:41:55 AM

Painted (drying):

Finishing tomorrow, unless the Earth explodes or something.

Tophe · February 05, 2019, 02:57:26 AM

finished: