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Smer Ansaldo S.V.A.5 Vulkanizer
vulkanizer
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Croatia Hrvatska
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Posted: Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 11:54 PM UTC
A month ago, Ivica Aranza, great man and kitmaker died with the airbrush in his hand .That dear man always short of money .his masterpieces worked from cheap and short run kits . For this reason, I will try to work this Smer .



It looks a little rough





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gajouette
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Posted: Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 04:46 AM UTC
Dani,
I'm looking forward to seeing you turn a sows ear to silk purse.I love it when a modeler takes an old kit like this Smer Ansaldo of yours and works it into a Masterpiece.

Regards,
Gregory Jouette
vulkanizer
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Posted: Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 05:17 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Dani,
I'm looking forward to seeing you turn a sows ear to silk purse.I love it when a modeler takes an old kit like this Smer Ansaldo of yours and works it into a Masterpiece.

Regards,
Gregory Jouette


Thanks Gregory, will it be a masterpiece out this Smer , I do not know. But in the memory of Ivica I will try to do my best.Any advice welcome
RAGIII
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Posted: Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 05:57 AM UTC
Sorry to hear about your friend. These kits have potential, at least the airfoil section is extremely thin on this one. No sanding away unwanted thickness.
Good luck,
RAGIII
gajouette
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Posted: Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 06:13 AM UTC
Dani,
Here's a link you will find of interest build your Smer Ansaldo. The project depicted in the link is by Davide Splendore who has quite talent the for reworking old kits into Masterpieces. Sorry I forgot to mention the loss of your friend before.No doubt you'll have a finished project you both will be proud of.I'd enjoy seeing his work is there a link to it?

Regards,
Gregory Jouette

http://www.stormomagazine.com/ModelArticles/Ansaldo/SVA5/DavideSplendore/SVA5_1a.html
JackFlash
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Posted: Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 10:37 PM UTC
A tribute to a friend "gone west". Excellent! Model on please!
Mgunns
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 09:22 AM UTC
Hi Dani:

This is going to be interesting to see you build this thing. I went to the website that Greg referenced and it really turned out neat. Sorry to read about your friends passing, but apparently he died doing something he loved.
Take care


Mark
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Posted: Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 09:01 PM UTC
Thanks friends for support and link.A some interesting solutions there.
I have worked on the cockpit and drilled holes for the exhaust


Interestingly solved connection between the wings and fuselage on kit , solid but wrong. fuselage is simply the wrong shape. It had to be cut



Different wing shape



When is saw already in hand way not to cuting


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vulkanizer
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Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 08:37 AM UTC
Hi friends .Can anyone help?
The best references of the instrument panel I found are those
http://www.ottocubano.com/images/MUSEO%20VIGNA%20DI%20VALLE/DSC05836.JPG
To me it noot look complete nooriginal. Does anyone know orginal look of instrument panel.
vulkanizer
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Posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 05:01 AM UTC
Some more progress



vulkanizer
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Posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 07:14 AM UTC
Quiz, guess what i have turned on the lathe ( it 's not finished)
Prize virtual beer



Mgunns
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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 03:12 AM UTC
Could that be an interplane strut?
gajouette
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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 02:14 PM UTC
Exhaust pipes maybe? Excellent work Dani.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette
Mario13
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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 03:30 PM UTC
Hard to tell without a scale reference however they look suspiciously like a set of floats for one of the floatplane versions. I have three photos that show two differant styles of floats.

Great job...looking forward to more!
mtnflyer
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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 03:34 PM UTC
I'm guessing landing gear main struts.
vulkanizer
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 09:43 AM UTC
Thank you for playing. It was not easy to guess, because this is a rare version, and I did not put anything of compar size.
I decided instead S.V.A. to do hydro version ( ISVA)
Mario is right, this will be the floaters.
I think this version has none done jet.



thanks once again everyone
vulkanizer
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2011 - 04:25 AM UTC
Some progress






I can not wait to see how it will look like a ''some sunny day ''





OEFFAG_153
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 08:04 PM UTC
Hi Dani, very interesting build you've got going here – the interior looks superb, and the home made pontoons really turned out well!

Looking forward to the continuation

Best Regards

Mikael
vulkanizer
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Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 11:09 AM UTC
Tnx Mikael

I have arranged wings joint




added some things (dont know english name for that) forgotn by smer . Now the fuselage looks more like concrete brick, but probably it should be like that



nosewrit
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 08:01 AM UTC
otvor za zrak = louver (American English) or louvre (British English)

I'm looking forward to seeing your completed build, it's looking very nice now!
vulkanizer
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Posted: Monday, May 02, 2011 - 10:28 AM UTC
Thanks Matthew, I know one more now. Even it seems some people know the Croatian better than me
Floats now look like this, a some more sanding ,and I hope it will be OK.



JackFlash
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Posted: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 07:49 AM UTC
Very nice work. Tell us how you did the large floats from brass?
vulkanizer
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Posted: Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 07:27 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Very nice work. Tell us how you did the large floats from brass?


Tnx. boss
Floats I turned on the lathe by dimensions from this link
http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizona-models/reference/Thumbs/Aircraft/Italy/Ansaldo/Ansaldo.html
vulkanizer
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 09:08 AM UTC
Wow, I noticed that I become Airman
Some progress,the effect of ribs I made with a thick layer of paint.

PS:Boss why I do not have cog by title of tpoic ?





gajouette
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Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:18 PM UTC
Dani,
Excellent work my friend.Looking forward to the next update.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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