Completed: scratchbuild 1/32 Hanriot HD.2 completed

[Alexis]

Awesome Ken !




Terri

[Bughunter]

I really like the turned parts - the access ports on the floats are cool

Cheers,
Frank

[Manni]

Perfect work, Ken. The floats are great, they will match perfect with the plane.
Bye,
Manni

[kensar]

Thank you all for the compliments.  I am really seeing this come together as I join the major sub-assemblies.
Alistair - the extreme rake of the struts led to some extreme difficulty putting them all together.  They are not only angled forward, but outward as well.
Rick - I do like how the struts came out.  Having touches of the real materials - wood, aluminum, etc. give a sense that this is a real plane.
Frank - I do like turning the metal parts.  I very much admire your detail work - and its in 1/48.
Manni - I think the floats will work well with the rest of the plane.  I tried to 'match' the amount of weathering on each part so it doesn't look like parts from different planes.  The cowling, however, will be fairly clean.  It is the shiny part that gets your attention!

Thanks for replying and following along.  Working on this almost everyday makes a long 5 months so far.
Till next time...

[Borsos]

Fantastic build so far!
Andreas

[kensar]

A quick update.  The On-rio only lacks a prop and the aileron control horns.  Then I plan to make a seaplane dolly to display it on.

This one will have another 'paper' prop.  Here are the layers of a report cover and the pattern.


After some CA glue and some sanding on the belt/disc sander, I have a decent prop blank to work on.


I understand French props were a deep red-brown color with the layers not very visible, so this one will probably get painted.

Thanks for looking.

[RAGIII]

Excellent start on your prop! I am sure it will look stunning!
RAGIII

[gbrivio]

Excellent work so far.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[Bughunter]

A interesting approach in using paper for the air screw.
Hmm, may be in some cases also useful for me, but in general I like to stick to my real wood.
Can this be sanded easily?

Cheers,
Frank

[kensar]

Prop in progress...



The CA glue/paper fiber material is very hard, probably harder than wood.  It can be sanded and I use a belt sander to rough out the shape and then hand sand to the final shape.  For best results, it should be sanded/filed in the direction of the paper grain (one can determine that with a little sanding - it looks fuzzy if you don't sand with the grain).  I periodically have to recoat with CA where the glue has not penetrated well.  I think wing struts could be made this way as well.

When coated, the reddish brown color comes out.  I have put 2 coats of Tamiya clear red mixed with clear orange on it and will sand/polish it for a better finish.  I like the way it looks, so I doubt I will paint it.  I have also made the prop boss, which needs dull coating and some photoetch bolts.  If you look closely, the laminations are visible because some layers are pure red.

[RAGIII]

Your prop looks Fabulous!
RAGIII

[Ryan]

That prop does look the part Ken and the hub is perfect.

Ryan

[Juan]

Looks as good if not better than wood.

[lone modeller]

Lovely prop Ken. I have seen the paper technique used by other modellers but have never had the b....s to try one myself. Looks as though that will have to change soon!

Stephen.

[pepperman42]

Great update. Maybe re-link the prop technique?

Steve