1/48 Hobbygawa Fw293A-2 / U1

Placing the cockpit farther aft allows for , conservatively , a 125 gallon / 473 L fuel tank
According to this --> https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft-schleissheim/ausstellung/flugantriebe-und-raketen/jumo-004#:~:text=Fuel consumption: 1273 kg/h
that JUMO 004 burns 1273 Kg/hr
Using 830 grams/ L for the fuel mass gives 378.4 Kg of fuel
( fuel density range is 815 to 845 g/L , from --> https://ww2-history.fandom.com/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_004_Engine )
About 19 minutes of the engine doing engine stuff .

So a generous compliment of JATO bottles on takeoff it is then ..

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Haha , hopefully .

I had the air intake portion just about done , what can be done prior to installing the cowling , but I kept accidently sanding a radius into the vertical nose ,
so I embedded a 1.15 mm SS rod there . -- makes it 55 mm thick @ 1:1
Should have that primed and top coated with airframe aluminum tomorrow .

Then finish it off thru that 16 mm opening .
Should be interesting .

I hot glued bits of sanding sponge to sticks to smooth out the transition into the pipe ,

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urumomo said:
Haha , hopefully .

I had the air intake portion just about done , what can be done prior to installing the cowling , but I kept accidently sanding a radius into the vertical nose ,
so I embedded a 1.15 mm SS rod there . -- makes it 55 mm thick @ 1:1
Should have that primed and top coated with airframe aluminum tomorrow .

Then finish it off thru that 16 mm opening .
Should be interesting .

I hot glued bits of sanding sponge to sticks to smooth out the transition into the pipe ,

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I just started doing something like this recently. I was having trouble sanding in tight spaces so I started gluing sandpaper to the end of plastic sprues.
 
I'll probably need to make something up for working the inside thru that tiny opening .


If Santa would return my calls , you'd have an ultrasonic knife in his sleigh
but
alas , you will need to buy it your own self .
Get one before they stop making them , at least . ;)
 
I glue sanding sheet to wood and then slice it to the needed width .
beveled or curved or compound ends

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It helps to have a table saw .
I run super thin kerf 7-1/4" blades on the 10 inch for all this kinda stuff
 
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:D I've actually been working on scale stuff here and there ,
Haven't felt like editing and uploading pix for whatever reason .

I started into this thing months ago but realized I needed to finish out the cockpit before I could start playing with components ,
so , it stalled out since I wasn't in the mood for the micro-work .
Same reason that BV 155 isn't complete -- never been in the mood to fabricate the antenna wire with the tiny spring and attachment hardware , plus the tail and fuselage anchor points .
That one is 1/72 , too . , so even more fun .

That Hobby Beast 262 kit has all kinds of internal details that you would never see when it's all together .
They put a lot of effort into that thing .


BTW ,

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!



The cowling is ready to be permanently installed and then the remainder of the intake finished out .
It really needs some panel lines in there but I don't think I'm going that far with it .
I might still do it .
maybe .
possibly ?

Stynylrez primer and Alclad airframe aluminum ( it will get dulled down in the end , ;) )

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