Arado 240 V12

[PR19_Kit]

Lots of sawing and filing and gluing on the Arado job today, and on it's Spitfire alter ego as well.



From the top it's the sawn down Spitfire II fuselage, with the cockpit interior in place, with the Arado's DB engine in position if front of it. Obviously I'll need a chunk of the Spitfire V's nose to fill the gap in the middle, but it'll match exactly as they're the same kit, part from the upper wing panels

Second row is the Arado's front fuselage side and its cockpit interior. The thingie right at the back of the interior is the gun sight for the remote gun turrets, not a gun itself.

Bottom row is the Merlin from the Spitfire II with added bits to ensure the prop rotates properly which it surely won't with the original kit's stuff.    The Arado engine nacelle is to the right of it, and it should fit after some fettling, padding and a lot of PSR as well.

[Wardukw]

Kit I believe it was a picture in a book I used to have which showed the tail split and it was on the ground with it open..I shall have a gander and see if I can find a pic or link to it 😀

[Wardukw]

Link found 
http://www.unicraft.biz/germ/ar240/ar240.htm

Shows the dive brakes quite well and you'll see bud..quite different than those one a Buccaneer 😆

[PR19_Kit]

But that's the V1 prototype, looks like it opens up and down rather than left and right.

[Wardukw]

But that's the V1 prototype, looks like it opens up and down rather than left and right.

I believe that you are right about the prototype part mate cause honestly I really didn't pay much attention 
The brake does open up and down ans it slides towards the fuselage when it opens ...it's a bloody complicated way to do that 😕
The drag would be rather good when it opened but man the forces on it when it opened would have been extreme I reckon.

[PR19_Kit]

That 'umbrella' mechanism must have been the very DEVIL to get to work aboard an aeroplane, but that was 1940s Germany for you, the exact opposite of Colin Chapman's 'simplicate and add lightness' mantra!

[Wardukw]

That 'umbrella' mechanism must have been the very DEVIL to get to work aboard an aeroplane, but that was 1940s Germany for you, the exact opposite of Colin Chapman's 'simplicate and add lightness' mantra!

You can see the mechanics of the system in one of the pictures and yep typical German..overly complicated and I don't know about you but I get the feeling it didn't work or. It was just too complicated and expensive to be practical.

[PR19_Kit]

Made good progress on the Arado, wings and engine nacelles are assembled, complete with Merlin engine on one side.



Got to add some thin packing pieces alongside the Merlin, and a bit of PSR too of course.

Not so good with the fuselage, the cockpit's all painted up, but one of the gun turrets has been eaten by the Carpet Monster and there are only two in the kit.

I may blank off the upper one and say its sight is used to observe the test engine.

Kit's 2nd Rule applies of course 

[Wardukw]

  
Ya just gotta love kit's second rule   

[PR19_Kit]

The Ar 240's main parts are all assembled now.



The 10 thou packing pieces are glued onto the sides of the Merlin cowling so it's the same width as the DB cowling, but it'll need a bit of filing and PSR too of course. The top turret hasn't been returned from the Carpet Monster so I've filed up a bit of 40 thou and glued it in place as a blanking plate.

It's my model and it's being built MY way, OK? 

[Old Wombat]

It's my model and it's being built MY way, OK? 

Your way is always pretty damned good, Kit, so no problems there!   

[Wardukw]

It's my model and it's being built MY way, OK? 

Your way is always pretty damned good, Kit, so no problems there!   

I will definitely second that and y'all have to admit..Kit's second rule has been used by all of us at some point 👉 👈
It's a fecking life saver dudes ..so to speck 

[kitbasher]

The Revell Arado 240 had passed me by, I had no interest in the kit, but know I see it has the nightfighter bits in the box it is strangely appealing!

Colin

Same here, Colin (not necessarily for the same reasons, though) - plenty of whif potential.

It's currently suggesting 'slinky Bristol Brigand'.

[PR19_Kit]

Very slinky, it's quite skinny thing when it's all assembled. 

The Brigand was a big bruiser of an aeroplane, I remember seeing a couple of them when I was at Benson and they sure looked beefy, and VERY loud too!

I ought to get one, and Valom kit it as I recall.

[jcf]

There was the Tempest wit' da beooteeful annular radiator and
ducted propeller.

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