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====== He-115B Reform Record — Original 02 ======
===== Note =====
This page preserves the original forum-based record as closely as possible to its original posting structure.
The original forum entries were arranged in reverse chronological order.
That order is retained here for archival preservation.
The text in the highlighted boxes is based on the original forum posts by Kazu Fukuda.
It is shown separately in order to distinguish the original source text from the explanatory and editorial text added by the archive.
For a reconstructed chronological reading, see:
* [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|He-115B Reform Record]]
===== Source Information =====
* Original format: forum post archive
* Preserved order: reverse chronological order
* Date range of entries on this page: 2007-11-01 to 2007-11-29
* Entry numbers included here: No.643 to No.630
* Original post text: Kazu Fukuda
* English translation and page organization: Japanese Solid Model Archive
===== Original Record Navigation =====
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===== [2007-11-29 11:42:31] No.643 =====
==== Nose bombardier’s canopy ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:nosecanopy.jpg?nolink&700|Nose bombardier’s canopy}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The upper half of the nose bombardier’s canopy has been joined.\\
The remaining part is the forward rotating gun position canopy.
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===== [2007-11-27 18:03:38] No.642 =====
==== Installing the interior parts of the nose bombardier’s position ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:nose_interior_install.jpg?nolink&700|Installing the interior parts of the nose bombardier’s position}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The lower canopy of the nose bombardier’s position was attached, and the interior parts were installed.\\
Next, the upper canopy will be attached, and finally the forward rotating gun position canopy will be installed.
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===== [2007-11-24 14:23:28] No.641 =====
==== Interior parts for the nose bombardier’s position ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:nose_interiors.jpg?nolink&700|Interior parts for the nose bombardier’s position}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The parts to be installed in the nose bombardier’s position have been finished.\\
The part visible at the far right is part of the wooden former used to heat-press the canopy. After this, the parts will be installed and the canopy will be attached.
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===== [2007-11-16 13:56:32] No.639 =====
==== Forward rotating gun position canopy and ring ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:rotating_gun.jpg?nolink&700|Forward rotating gun position canopy and ring}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
This is the rotating gun position canopy fitted at the tip of the nose bombardier’s position, together with the rotating ring fitted inside it.\\
A 7.9 mm MG 15 machine gun will be mounted at the center of the rotating gun position.
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===== [2007-11-15 10:35:52] No.638 =====
==== Trial fitting of the upper fuselage canopy ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:fitting_canopy.jpg?nolink&700|Trial fitting of the upper fuselage canopy}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
When the new canopy for the upper fuselage was trial-fitted, small gaps appeared in some areas, so they were corrected with polyester putty.\\
After this, the canopy will be removed. Once painting has been completed, the interior seat parts will be installed, and the canopy will then be attached permanently.
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===== [2007-11-08 09:50:42] No.636 =====
==== Nose bombardier’s canopy ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:bombardier_canopy.jpg?nolink&700|Nose bombardier’s canopy}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The nose bombardier’s canopy has a complex shape, and forming it in one pull would be difficult, so it was heat-pressed in upper and lower sections.\\
The upper and lower parts will eventually be bonded together and finished as a single canopy, so a bonding flange was attached to the upper part in advance.
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===== [2007-11-08 09:35:46] No.634 =====
==== Heat-pressed canopies ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:hp_canopies.jpg?nolink&700|Heat-pressed canopies}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
All of the canopies were made by heat-pressing. The transparent areas were masked with cellophane tape, leaving the window frame areas exposed.\\
From left to right: the forward nose rotating gun position canopy, the upper nose canopy, the upper half of the bombardier’s canopy, the lower half of the bombardier’s canopy, and the upper fuselage canopy.\\
The bombardier’s canopy is difficult to form in a single pull, so it was divided into upper and lower sections.
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===== [2007-11-04 10:38:19] No.633 =====
==== Wooden formers for the canopies ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:formers_canopies.jpg?nolink&700|Wooden formers for the canopies}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
After the wooden former for the nose bombardier’s canopy was completed, additional wooden formers were made for heat-pressing the hemispherical rotating gun position canopy at the nose tip, the upper nose canopy, and the upper fuselage canopy.\\
From left to right: the former for the nose tip gun position, the former for the nose bombardier’s canopy, the former for the upper nose canopy, and the former for the upper fuselage canopy.
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===== [2007-11-01 09:03:54] No.632 =====
==== Trial fitting of the nose section ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:fitting_nose_section.jpg?nolink&700|Trial fitting of the nose section}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The nose section was trial-fitted to the main body.\\
Taking into account the thickness of the PVC sheet to be heat-pressed, the width and height of the nose section were made smaller than those of the main body.
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===== [2007-11-01 08:56:02] No.630 =====
==== Shaping the new nose section ====
{{:en:records:he115b_reform:new_nose_section.jpg?nolink&600|Shaping the new nose section}}
**Original post text: Kazu Fukuda / English translation**
The new nose section was shaped.\\
This will also serve as the wooden former for heat-pressing the bombardier’s canopy.
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===== Archival Note =====
This page preserves the original forum sequence for documentary purposes.
It should be read as a preserved source layer rather than as a reconstructed analytical presentation.
For a guided reading in chronological and interpretive form, see:
* [[en:records:he115b_reform:start|He-115B Reform Record]]
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