SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

[No.1]

This was never problem to me. In this moment I decide to complete Caproni 310, no matter that MPM announce last year new kit of this plane. I built for me pleasure

[GregM]

There's definitely more satisfaction in pulling off your own scratch build or conversion, no doubt about it.

[Second Air Force]

Yes, I suspect the same thing will happen here, but at least there could be more SAABs built then!

[Second Air Force]

The fuselage priming/filling/priming is coming along pretty well, with no real surprises. I then installed the two wing stubs and horizontal stabilizers to check alignment one more time. The wings are great, but the horizontal stabiliizers needed quite a lot of rework.

SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

[draken35]

[Second Air Force]

Three years of lying dormant in the "unbuilt projects" pile and I recently inspected the outer wings for the SAAB. As you might recall I made these by modifying some old wings and pouring resin into them. Thankfully I never finished the model, because the resin in the outer wings never properly cured and has expanded, cracking the wing parts and making them useless:

SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

 
In this photo you can see the darker color in places where the oils in the resin have started to seep out onto the surface. I think I must have used resin material that was beyond it's shelf life and the hardener had lost the ability to mix with the base. In this case I'm really relieved--having this happen after the model was finished would have been a disaster!

SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

So, I've decided to use the first set of wings as a pattern. I pulled a set of wings for an old AMT/Ertl P-40E from storage and will modify these to replace the bad pair:

SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

[No.1]

This project is alive

[Second Air Force]

Yes, revived after all this time.......

Really, I've been watching those outer wings for some time and the problem got worse as time went by. Had I ever finished those parts there would have been harsh words (and all my fault, too!). 

[draken35]

You're a courageous man my friend