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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Stephane on May 14, 2017, 05:57:40 PM

Title: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 14, 2017, 05:57:40 PM

Hi everyone,

here my attempt to built two Ansaldo SVA 5 from AZ Models and Pegasus.

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0119.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3025)
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0121.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3027)

A single large sprue, two half fuselage, a resin cockpit, a clear film to make the windscreen compose the Az kit.
It's very basic with thin details, the fuselage is very well shaped.

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0123.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3029)

Instructions is on a A4 page:

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0120.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3026)
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0122.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3028)

Now let's have a look to the Pegasus kit....no comment, there's some heavy works expected!

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0126.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3032)
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0127.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3033)

The goal is to made a little scratch built on the Pegasus kit to obtain an idro version.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ansaldo_I_S.V.A._(SVA_Idro).jpg#/media/File:Ansaldo_I_S.V.A._(SVA_Idro).jpg

I didn't find a lot of informations about it, I will use some pictures from the Windsock datafiles. I would like to make the prototype with sopwith baby floats.

I started slowly by making internal wooden structure on both kits, with evergreen profiles and oil painting,

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05720.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3068)

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05722.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3070)

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05723.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3071)

I'm lucky, I get two instrument panels with the AZ kit!

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05724.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3072)

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05731.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3079)

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/dsc05732.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3084)

As you can see on the following picture, I need to cut deeply and reshape, too thick...

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0151.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3080)

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0153.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3082)

...filling gaps and depression!

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0155.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3085)

And have some painting test!

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0172.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3114)

Cheers

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: andonio64 on May 14, 2017, 06:20:56 PM

Great start on both!
Nice instrument decals, which ones did you use?

Antonio

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Juan on May 14, 2017, 09:12:09 PM

Great beginning on your duo.  Looks like a challenge, but your work indicates that they will turn out beauties.  Looking forward to your progress.

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Alexis on May 14, 2017, 10:43:00 PM

Nice work so far  :)



Terri

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: RAGIII on May 15, 2017, 12:05:01 AM

Very impressive start on this duo! Your interior work, especially the instrument panels look awesome.
RAGIII

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: IanB on May 15, 2017, 12:56:45 AM

Very impressive start!
 It looks as though the plastic on the Pegasus is thick enough to allow reshaping the fuselage, which is a relief! Are the instrument decals part of the AZ kit?

Ian

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 15, 2017, 01:36:29 AM

Thank you all! The instrument decals come from an waste pieces of decals sheet from Eduard SSW 1/48, they are not the right instrument at the right place but they look as if!
Cheers

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: dr 1 ace on May 15, 2017, 10:08:11 AM

Wow all that in 1/72 !

Ed

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 28, 2017, 03:44:47 AM

Hi everyone!

I'm working on the wings, specially the upper one. For the standard SVA5, I needed to cut the Az piece and create the tubular junction. Copper tube is used for this step, drowned with cyano and baby talcum powder to fill the wing's thickness. Drilling wasn' t so easy, so I' ve choosen this way.

Gas tank is glued too on a piece of plastic card as it is showned on some pictures from the Windsock data book.
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0187.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3136)

General view. Some tenons are added on lower wings.
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0185.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3135)

Upper Pegasus wing' s view. No comment! I have to fill and sand all imperfections and create the waves of linen surface.
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/22/54/55/pict0186.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3133)

Have a nice weekend.

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Des on May 28, 2017, 06:57:46 AM

Very nicely done so far Stephane, it is great to see the comparison between the two kits.

Des.

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 11, 2018, 02:25:23 AM

Hello friends!
One full year since the last post, my god! ;)

I will not tell you the personnal reasons that took me far away from my kit, the most important is "I'm back on the bench, starving". My new workshop, with only artifical lights...but it works and I've enough space. The two ansaldo are in place.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2017.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3171)


I needed to start by something, so I made a new beginning with the wings of the hydro version. Cleaned, sanded and surfaced.


(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2015.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3169)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2014.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3168)

This ready, wings are drying. My choice now is to drink a beer in my garden or sratch the ISVA's floats. I made both, but not in the same time. ;D


So I draw the float's profile, using the only picture I got from my WD book about the Sopwith version. I cut it, glued it on a piece of 6/10 styrene, and put together 4 more pieces of styrene with some extra fluid Tam. The job is to sand off all out of the drawing marks, by controllind the squaring.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2016.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3170)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2013.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3167)

Ready to fix sides with the structure...

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2018.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3172)

Done.
Cheers :)
Stephane

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Juan on May 11, 2018, 02:43:50 AM

Hi Stephane, glad you are back on these two beauties.  Looking forward to your progress.

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: NigelR on May 11, 2018, 05:26:09 AM

Very impressive, I've been tempted by the AZ Model kit but definitely not the Pegasus one...!

Nice clean workbench as well. How long do you think it will stay that clean....?

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: RAGIII on May 11, 2018, 06:00:22 AM

It is good to see you back and working on these again! Really nice work on the wings and floats!
RAGIII

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: GazzaS on May 11, 2018, 05:17:57 PM

Interesting build.  You've really done some nice work so far.  Looking forward to more.

Gaz

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 12, 2018, 04:41:59 AM

thank you! No, my bench is dirty allready...

the floats are done. I will try this weekend to make the attachments.
take care.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2021.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3175)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2019.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3173)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2020.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3174)

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: RAGIII on May 12, 2018, 06:22:34 AM

The fuselage looks gorgeous as does the lower wing. Looking forward to seeing the new update.
RAGIII

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: gbrivio on May 12, 2018, 02:02:54 PM

Very nice start on a hard task indeed, proceeding very well.
Ciao
Giuseppe

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: andonio64 on May 12, 2018, 03:42:31 PM

I agree with my friends above

The scratch built floats are perfect!

Antonio

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: NigelR on May 13, 2018, 05:41:56 PM

That is looking pretty good already, and very nice work on the floats.

Title: Re: [AZ MODELS] Ansaldo SVA.5+extra
Post by: Stephane on May 22, 2018, 01:35:55 AM

Hi and many thanks for your support,

As I found only one profil picture of this ISVA with Sopwith type floats, even the same on the datafiles book, my work is not closed to reality.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2029.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3184)

So I used some knowledge in carpentry to find the real size of the 6 strong legs beetween fuselage and floats.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2033.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3188)

this done, I cut thin brass tube and insert for tenon inside. A little bit disappointed, the result is far away from the picture, I' m too high, but everything fit perfectly ;D

So I can' t resist to show you proudly result of monday' s progress:

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2030.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3185)
(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/22/54/55/img_2032.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/18225455/3187)


Next step soon, I have to make it at the right size first!