Revell Arado 196 floatplane
1December 7, 2016
2December 7, 2016removed all the "sunken in" details and rebuild new sides for more definition
3December 7, 2016also made new rails for the observer seat
4December 7, 2016
5December 7, 2016Made a hinge for the pilots headrest, replaced the two wires beside the head-rest (these are for hoisting the plane onboard the ship) with some thin steel cables, and chanced the box into a radio according to photo's
6December 7, 2016
7December 7, 2016Chanced the reserve ammunition holder according to the photo's I found.
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10December 7, 2016shall I make the engine working?
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11December 7, 2016scratchbuild the backside of the engine according to the photo's I found, this with a little creative engineering
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18December 7, 2016made some weld beads on the exhaust and opened the ends.
19December 7, 2016made new and sturdier front end struts from brass for strength.
20December 7, 2016
21December 7, 2016Well, well,...it fits!
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26December 7, 2016With so much details I decided to not blank off the sides
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29December 7, 2016Used some tiny springs here.
30December 7, 2016I know this is a device for laying a smoke screen, but on the pictures it is difficult to see details, so some creative engineering.
31December 14, 2016Made new hoist cables
32December 14, 2016
33December 14, 2016Added extra details
34December 14, 2016Added extra details
35March 2, 2017Rudders got extra details from Eduard and some selfmade thingies.
36December 14, 2016Found out that the blue device on the side is a compass. Will make one
37December 14, 2016
38December 14, 2016made hinges
39December 14, 2016weathered and greased up the inside of the cowls
40December 14, 2016Fixed the broken pitot tube
41December 14, 2016schratchbuild the ETC50 bomb-racks so good as possible. Right is the kit suplied bomb-rack.
42December 14, 2016Looks good enough in my opinion 🙂
43December 29, 2016completely buttoned up the fuselage and put it on his feets.
44December 29, 2016
45December 29, 2016I think it's ready for the first coat of paint. I did order the canopy from HPH. Really don't like the Revell canopy.
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I started building this kit about 3 years ago. Like so many builds, I quit when the project was finished for 75%, and started something new. Decided that it was time to finish at least 1 project, so here we go. This beautiful kit begs for extra detailing, so that is what I did.
