Author Topic: Hanriot HD2 floatplane Eduard 1/48 (Read 10958 times)

huberlu · « **on:** January 20, 2020, 06:17:02 AM »

Happy New Year!!!

New year ... new plane.

It will be him:

Or something like that.

I gathered some documents:

Windsock data file # 12 and # 92
"Le Fana de l'aviation" N ° 579

Full images of a restored Belgian Hanriot:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61062&page=2]http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61062&page=2]http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61062&page=2

Photos (there are also other planes):

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/hanriot-hd-2-code-d47-french-navy.27522/]https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/hanriot-hd-2-code-d47-french-navy.27522/]https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/hanriot-hd-2-code-d47-french-navy.27522/

The kit shows some oversights:

The rear part of the fuselage should be redone to look like this:

The hatches at the front of the fuselage will probably have to be moved. I can open one of the two.

The slot under the engine hood must be drilled.

The two parts that must be assembled to form the engine hood. To avoid scratching the entire interior in order to refine the entire hood, I copied the small part. Covered with pencil lead, a piece of scotch tape to take the imprint and the scotch tape is glued to a piece of plastic (0.2 mm). Then we drill the holes at the ends and end up cutting all around the imprint. The rounded shape is given by fixing it on a cylindrical support with scotch tape and immersing it all in boiling water. By cooling (with cold water) the part keeps its rounded shape.

The cockpit will be redone despite the good work done by Eduard and the inconspicuous once the plane closed.
I have already scraped a lot with the mini drill and the file.

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Regards

RAGIII · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2020, 06:42:58 AM »

Great Start! Looking forward to following along!
RAGIII

Alexis · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2020, 08:14:31 AM »

Excellent subject , following with interest

Terri

kensar · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2020, 08:41:29 AM »

I have this kit to do, so I will be following with interest.
Regarding the tail, check your references well. I found the floatplane versions had the covered tail and the land plane versions were open.

huberlu · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2020, 12:09:04 AM »

Hello Ken,

Damn, you're right.

I found one where we see the structure at the rear of the fuselage (windsock N°92 picture 38) but all the others seem to be closed.
In addition I opened the hood to the left of the fuselage while I have no photo of what is inside ... I have just two on the right side.

It doesn't start well.

huberlu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2020, 12:14:22 AM »

Okay ... I opened the hood on the left side.

So you have to scrape and sand the inside, for a long time, and reduce the thickness to the maximum, trying not to destroy everything inside because it may be seen.

The door is cut out.

A very thin plate is cut and drilled to put inside and reduce the opening of the hatch.

The goal is to do something like that.

It took me a long time to decide where to put it. There are lots of versions and the vintage photos of the seaplane used by our navy (The french one) are not numerous and often of poor quality. I hope I have looked at my photos ...

The interior of the cockpit is under construction.
The vertical uprights have a "profiled" shape. I cut them in a 1mm wide plastic strip with the scalpel blade and the file.

Above the horizontal upright is a rod with a square section of 0.8 mm side. It is also re-cut to fit it into the corner of the fuselage.
More or less like this:

Regards.

Edo · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2020, 04:08:20 PM »

this is going to be a show i’m. ot going to miss!
very good start!
i’ll follow closely!
ciao
edo

William Adair · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2020, 04:59:45 PM »

Looking great. Such a pretty aircraft too!

RAGIII · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2020, 11:56:59 PM »

Excellent start with the framework and cowling. Looking forward to your progress!
RAGIII

bobs_buckles · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2020, 01:15:39 AM »

Excellent start. Looks like a winner!

von B

huberlu · « **Reply #10 on:** February 29, 2020, 06:54:59 PM »

Thank you!

Thank you!!!

Hello,

I closed on the left. I have refined the walls too much and they have been drilled.

I finished the opening with the frame cut from a plastic sheet, the thinnest from "evergreen" (0.1mm?).
Difficult to set up in the fuselage.

The adjustment will be made with the file

Inside, the wall around the opening will remain as it is, ie ugly, it should not be seen.

The silhouette of the wooden upright visible through the opening is complicated to grasp.