1/48 Hobbygawa Fw293A-2 / U1

[urumomo]

It's good stuff .
I think it's been around for a really long time but I started using it about 15 years ago .
Their old webpage had a very short retailer list and only one in Houston , a taxidermist .
So I was buying it from him for a while .
It's more than doubled in price since then .
I would get the 4 lb ( 2 lbs each part ) for 21.89 -- now that's 50 bucks .
I'm way better at mixing only exactly what I need now .

well , this explains the taxidermy part : https://avesstudio.com/about-us/
I need to try their cheese .

 

[BarleyBop]

Hmmm, $70 CDN for 2x8 oz, on Amazon.
Already have a good complement of sculpting tools and Nitrile gloves...

 

[urumomo]

One pound for 50 bucks US ??
Yikes

 

[BarleyBop]

yup, Canadian dollar taking a beating lately,

 

[urumomo]

Oh , you initially said 70 Canadian for 1 lb.
35 a pound is still pretty Yikes! , lol

Can you get it directly from Aves ? - or is there still a bunch of tax ?

 

[BarleyBop]

Haha, my bad, it is as you said, 70 canadian for one pound, I edited that message, should know better than do math before breakfast!

 

[urumomo]

 

[BarleyBop]

Amazing story.

Unfortunately, political and business leadership ineptitude with lack of vision, are all too common in aviation history and technological innovation.

As a Canadian kid, I remember being so perplexed and angry when I learned about the Avro Arrow.
Talk about the shelf of Doom!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
Maybe that's what put me off plane models back then...

Any more progress on your build?
Your fans are waiting!

 

[urumomo]

" Your fans are waiting! "
haha
well all I've done is hot glue some various grits of sandpaper to an old sanding stick and chucked it up in the vise so I can use both sets of thumbs and index fingers to control that tiny part , to sand off that remaining plastic around the horizontal stabilizer mounts .
They slope into a wider base against the fuselage .,
so I can position the sanding stick at the best angle to sight that slope while sanding .





I removed the bulk of it with a bur . Initially cut out of the tail with the ultrasonic knife .
I highly recommend this bit below .
2.3 mm shank .
It's the Cadillac of burs ,
ultra smooth cutting in resins / plastics

That rotary tool I'm using is badass also .
Ultra fine speed control with plenty of power at all speeds .
super quiet . : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CQR8YM5R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DBX8BC8G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

[urumomo]

That first photo I didn't resize and it was 5341 wide .
so the forum handles that .
It wouldn't auto resize when I first attempted to upload here back when I had to abandon Imgur .

 

[BarleyBop]

... tool envy!

 

[urumomo]

After using the rotary bur for the bulk of the material removal ,
I ended up using the ceramic scraper for most of the rest , and finished off with the sandpaper .

Now I need to decide on the exact rake and if there will be any dihedral .
The 6 mm rivet nuts and bolts with magnets makes it easy to hold them in the proper orientation during the weld-up .





as far as the wing rake ,
Probably will be going in like below ,
with the mounts parallel and the gap filled in ,
but it works fairly well with them running along the existing skin like above

 

[BarleyBop]

Bookmarked that jig for future reference!

 

[urumomo]

I think I'm going to drill a hole beneath the tail gear opening , from below on the press , to allow easy access for anchoring the stabilizers .
I'm pretty sure I can do it all from the front , that's the reason for the extra-clearance-notch ,
but ,
yeah , I'm going to do that just in case .
The ole better to have and not need pizza topper

 

[urumomo]

 

[BarleyBop]

Initially cut out of the tail with the ultrasonic knife .

Okay, you got me with the jig and the rotary tool, what's this with an ultrasonic knife?
I suppose you also have a tricorder and a replicator on that bench of yours!

 

[urumomo]

Haha ,
it's like having a plasma cutter for plastic .

I got one from Hobby Link Japan over a decade ago ,
by US-Gadget like this one -- > https://www.ebay.com/itm/294868521522

Something similar off Amazon ,
https://www.amazon.com/Phrozen-Soni...-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

They of course make more powerful examples for a range of materials ,
https://www.amazon.com/BAOSHISHAN-U...-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

 

[urumomo]

It's a zero kerf cutter .
Great for opening doors & hatches etc

 

[BarleyBop]

... to dream, the impossible dream!

For the Phrozen, $500 buckaroos canadian on Amazoony!



... but interesting to know these things exist

 

[urumomo]

You should be able to get that US-gadget one for under 300 US
Keep an eye on Ebay .
I don't remember what I paid . 200 something , 230 ? maybe