Red Eagle have included a comprehensive construction list with this model. However I decided to add my own method of building this behemoth as the addition of cammo decals requires a slightly different approach to the build.
Clean up the casting
Open up the holes for parts with a number 62 drill.
Attach lower wing to fuselage.
Attach lower tail plane to tail.
Spray body of plane with undercoat.
Lightly wash body of plane in light blue watered down paint.
Then finish paint body of plane and details.
Cut out the Cammo decals.
Apply cammo decals to upper side of lower wing
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Using paper clips, rather than the soft lead struts provided, bend into shape the under cart support struts and the cabine struts.
Drill out all the holes for the struts and try them for fit.
Fit and glue the cabine struts, using the top wing as a template to ensure they are vertical.
Although I am now getting used to the fine lines of the SRAM range, I’m afraid that I still have an engineer’s mentality at heart. Consequently, I beefed this one up just like my Pom with new wings and steel paperclip struts.
Mark out the wings with the official ones for templates, and cut out with a craft knife.
Shape and finish the wings with a needle file and fine wet and dry paper.
Position the engine and glue in place.
Glue in the pilot’s seat.
Drill out the prop boss and glue in a pin for the prop shaft.
Assemble the floats by drilling holes for the cross struts and glue into place.
Drill the holes in floats and fuselage for the support struts. ( A card template may help to get the compound angles correct.)
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Fettle up the castings, and then make paper templates for the cammo decals. Use these to cut the decals from the printed sheets.
Drill any holes that are not opened up.
Fix the lower wing.
Unlike most of my builds I now undercoated the components before assembly to facilitate the addition of the cammo decals.
Give a thin wash of white acrylic to the parts which are to receive cammo. This helps
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This one needed very little cleaning up but did have a fault with the shape of the bottom wing which I remedied by producing a new one in plasticard from a scale drawing.
Clean up cast lines on metal parts.
Clear out all holes with a No 62 drill or similar.
Shape new bottom wing.
Glue on bottom wing.
Position struts and glue in using top wing as a jig.
Clean up the casting.
Open up all holes until the struts will slip in easily.
Fit the struts in pairs, and glue to lower wing. Use the upper wing placed on top to align them.
Glue the cabine struts to the top wing.
Marry up the top and bottom wings and glue struts and cabines to the opposing parts.
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In deference to several requests about building an easy aircraft for beginners, I give you the BE2c.
It will also fill a niche in the upcoming series 5 release. This is yet another offering from Skytrex.
1. Fettle the casting and if required make an extension to the rudder.
Here is the sequence in which I built My Skytrex Handley Page Bomber.
1. Clean up parts. Use a fine Swiss or needle file for the plastic.
2. Wash plastic parts in detergent.
3. Allow to air dry.
4. Drill the location holes in body and wings. I used a No 62 drill.
5. Trial assemble wings.
6, Glue bottom wing ensuring distance on both sides are =.
7. Use the center struts and wing struts to ensure the above, by popping
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This is an easy one for a beginner to have a go at.
Clean up the castings.
Glue the four outer wing struts to the lower wing. Use the upper wing as a template to align them.
When dry assemble the cabine struts in the same manner.
Once these are dry, place the top wing on and glue.
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I decided that as it stood this aircraft was just too fragile to use in games. I therefore replaced the wings and tail section in Plasticard, the undercart with a spare Reviresco one, and the prop was kindly supplied by Angela at Skytrex. Pilot is also Reviresco and gunner Peter Pig. Thus we have a fully Allied combination of parts.
Clean off the resin flash.
Draw up the new wings using the old ones as a template.
File the wings to shape.
Drill the wings as a pair for the strut holes.
Cut the struts to length using the elevation drawing supplied
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This is a tricky little build due to having to bend the engine and cabine struts to size before assembly of the wings.
Clean up the flash on the casting.
Bend the cabine struts to fit the engine as per supplied diagram.(NB. They are handed so beware.)
Glue to engine with crank handle forward, and the sloped cabine struts also pointing forward.
Test fit the engine mounts to both wings and glue to engine but not the wings yet.
This is the next of the Giants that I have tackled thus far.
Because of some differences in detail I adopted a slightly different build plan from the Handley Page.
1. Clean up the casting.
2. Drill the strut holes. N.B. The cabine struts need smaller diameter holes. (Watch out for unneeded holes, and what I perceive to be wrong uns, over the engines.
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The Kit from Reverisco is part cardstock and part metal to economise on weight. I decided to construct the card fuselage and then use it as a pattern to make it in nylon with plasticard wings.
When it arrived it came with scale elevations in colour, so my construction was made much easier than I envisaged it would be.
So here is my construction method. Don’t try this at home folks.
Clean up the castings.
Cut out the card body and wings to use as templates.
Photocopy the templates.
Assemble the rear card fuselage.
Mark out the wings onto plasticard.
Mark out the rear fuselage onto the nylon I found in a tea chest 20 years ago.(This is not obligatory. Any suitable soft plastic is preferable.)
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This was an easy build. It could be attempted by almost anyone with simple modelling skills.
Clean off the flash and casting lines.
Degrease the plastic parts with washing up liquid.
Drill all holes out to enable easier fitting of parts.
Fit two 12mm struts to centre holes in lower wing.
Fit the engines in holes on either side high above the wing and with the spindles forward.
Check fit to upper wing.
Fit the 15.5 mm struts to the wing.
Clean off flash and wash resin parts in washing up liquid to remove any traces of release agent.
Glue lower wing in place and ensure that it is aligned correctly.
Drill out all holes for struts, tail plane, floats etc.
Glue in cabine struts and align the top wing. To help in this place two temporary struts in the extreme end wing holes.
I was not very happy with the quality of the wing on this plane, so decided to scratch build both the lower wing and the new upper one.
Clean off the flash.
Fill flaws with Green Stuff.
Sand it smooth with wet and dry paper.
Cut out new wing from plastic. Use old wing as rough guide but remember to reduce profile as Biplane has shorter and narrower wings.
File up edges.
Measure the position for holes in wing and drill. Remember that float strut holes need to be as far forward as is safe, to ensure the forward protrusion
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This is the most tricky build that I have undertaken, mainly because the old style lead components were not up to the strength needed for Wargaming. I, therefore, decided to reconstruct the wings and their method of attachment to the body out of Plasticard and steel wire.
Clean off the flash.
Join the fuselage halves together.
Green stuff the joints to hide them.
Clean up with wet and dry paper.
Because of the fragile nature of the undercart, I took the
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This is a straight forward build unless you choose to fully decal as I did.
Clean off the flash from all parts.
Draw around the outline of wings and fuselage to make decal templates.
I used a hole punch to make the wheel covers.
Cut out and dry fit decals. For this one I used Reviresco decals.
Drill out clearance holes for cabine struts, wings and undercart.
Produce flight peg on lathe.
This was a simple build excepting that no propeller is supplied with this kit so I made my own.
1.As usual clean off the flash. This particular kit was quite a clean one. 2.Clear out the fixing holes with an appropriate drill and test fit the struts etc. I also drilled out for the flight peg at this stage so that I could mount the plane on my painting stand.
Building the Skytrex Siemens –Martin Schuckert DIV.
This should have been a really easy build, but the cabine strut holes were miss aligned, so it was a bit of a fiddle to get them re drilled. Otherwise a dream build.
As usual remove the flash with a sharp blade/ needle file.
Print and cut decals for the wings.
Open up the holes for all parts with a small drill.
With no top wing to worry about this was one of the easiest assemblies I have had. Consequently I felt the need to make it harder for myself by attempting to rig the plane.
1.As usual I started by cleaning off what revealed itself to be minimal flash. 2.Next I cleared out all the holes in the fuselage and wings,
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1.Clean up the casting. 2.Open up all holes until the struts will slip in easily. 3.Fit the struts in pairs, and glue to lower wing. Use the upper wing placed on top to align them
Here are the details of how I assembled my Skytrex FE. 2B.
1. Cut out parts from sprue and fettle.
2. Drill holes for struts in undercart and prop shaft.
3. (Check alignment in top and bottom wing holes as all are not marked accurately.)
4. Glue front center struts to bottom
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I was not very happy with the quality of the wing on this plane, so decided to scratch build both the lower wing and the new upper one.
Originally Posted by The Cowman
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