The RAF's sole Savoia Marchetti SM-77 - Egypt, 1942

[PR19_Kit]

Another 'bits in the box' pic showing all the stuff that has to come together to make up the S-77.

I'm getting there, but it's starting to become tedious, the PSR bits anyway.

[ericr]

 

courage !

[PR19_Kit]

Thanks, I'll need it!

[loupgarou]

I am curious about where the Mustang fuselage will go in your build. 

[PR19_Kit]

The Mustang under belly scoop will be the cooling intake for the rear engines of the two paired Merlins, mounted on the outer side of the pylons. The corresponding radiator exhaust from the front engines will go through the pylon and exit on the inside, keeping the two airflows separate.

At least that's the plan................. 

[PR19_Kit]

After laboriously sawing down the nose of the port hull to take the other nose turret I found that neither hull sits vertically, and cants inwards toward the bottom.

So looking from the front the turrets don't sit level, and as I've got the starboard one glued and PSR'd in place the port one will just have to match, so THAT'LL be sitting at a slant too. 

The kit comes with two rather basic beaching trollies, and I'm wondering if they'll fit with the hulls canted like that.

I might add that the cant has nothing to do with my lack of building skill, the main wing centre section is the cause of the problem, the two 'beds' that the hulls glue to are canted relative to the upper side of the wing.

[kitbasher]

All this PSR - body-building regime?

[PR19_Kit]

No, my right elbow is wearing out as a result.

[PR19_Kit]

As with the KMD-11, the PSR on the hulls and wing sections are done on the S77. 

Now to replace the seats in the cockpit, and glue the canopy in place before figuring out how tall the engine pylons need to be. That'll be AFTER I've added the booms and tail of course as the engine pods will be in-line with the booms, unlike the S55X, where they were on the centre line.

[PR19_Kit]

Now it's starting to look like the finished article, but a way to go yet.

Of course there'll be oodles of PSR to do around the boom roots etc. This IS a Delta kit of course, a 1970s version of Mach2............ 

[Tophe]

Good! (seen from a distance I mean)

[Dizzyfugu]

While I see Kit's affection with long wings taking hardware shape, seeing this thing in full splendor makes me doubt a little about its handling qualities on water with those long and low wing tips...? 

[PR19_Kit]

The SM multi-hulls had a very good reputation for their stability in the RW, and the S77 was no exception.

Helped no end by the travelator running from one hull to the other so that the crew in one hull could rush to the other hull to alleviate any sea swell derived roll..................... 

(Kit's 2nd Law applies  )

[PR19_Kit]

The booms needed a fair amount of PSR at both ends, predictably, as this IS a Delta kit after all. Equally predictably, the lower joint, where the booms meet the stern of the hulls, snapped while I was doing the 'S' bit of the PSR. 

THREE times! 

I superglued them the first two times, but I can't be bothered any more, they'll just have to stay snapped until the PSR on the tail is done.

I've built an inner floor for the cockpit as the seats just wouldn't stay glued to the kit floor. Now I've got all three well and truly stuck to the false floor, and it fits nicely without pushing the canopy up too far. 

[buzzbomb]

Very, nice and very worth the effort.
It has a good look and I reckon the engine will nail it