The aircraft dashboard
Let's start equipping the cockpit with the dashboard structure. I am inspired by the 2 rare photos of it. I used layer to trace the shape of the table before…
Let's start equipping the cockpit with the dashboard structure. I am inspired by the 2 rare photos of it. I used layer to trace the shape of the table before…
Weekend with Lucas who came with Grandpa to make planes. On the program, the assembly of a "Chinese" airplane with a rubber engine … Not a good model. For the…
Any scale airplane model must have its cockpit reproduced. The problem with the Potez 58 is that the full-size aircraft no longer exists and that documentation is scarce. However, thanks…
Yes, finally, I see it. After almost 10 years of imagining it, I can finally see it. A provisional cross, but which allows me to imagine the final version. I…
And yes, the paint is not yet dry, but I can't resist the pleasure of presenting you the fuselage with these beautiful colors. I am very proud of it. It…
I covered the fuselage with the first coat of paint. It is metallic gray. I am delighted, because my rivets come out really well and in addition, the plane start…
The windshield of the Potez 58 is a bit tortuous to put in place with a very curved frame and many rivets to reproduce To make it, I cut the…
I have summarized on video the 500 hours I spent building the Potez 58. Below, the first part of the video. The second part… when the plane is finished. https://youtu.be/kL9Tw2e9ldc
There were a lot of details to reproduce on the engine hood. Apart from the structural lines that I had already made, I reproduced the rivets last night. Long work…
I continued working on my engine hood with the closing system. To do this, I took the piano hinge to which, I removed the axle and I blew up a…