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• Date range of entries on this page: 2008-01-28 to 2008-02-11
• Entry numbers included here: No.654 to No.663

The frame and tires of the float trolley were painted and assembled.

At the right is the temporary tailwheel to be fitted at the rear of the float.

The wooden pads that directly support the floats are only placed provisionally on the frame at this stage.

After the floats have been fixed to the main body, they will be set down on the temporarily placed wooden pads on the trolley. Only then will the pads be glued to the frame.

This is done in order to match the spacing between the left and right pads precisely to the spacing between the two floats.

While the underside color was drying, the main equipment around the cockpit and the rear radio operator / gunner’s position was assembled together.

The floats were supported by inserting their struts into holes made in scrap wooden blocks, and the underside color RLM 65 was sprayed on.

The underside color RLM 65 was sprayed on.

The main body is held by inserting an awl into the engine nacelle section with the left hand. For the horizontal tailplane, a divider was inserted for support.

The unit emblem of the 2nd Staffel, Küstenfliegergruppe 506 was painted on the nose.

It is a stylized swan flying over the fjords of northern Europe.

The triangular marking indicating the use of 87-octane fuel was also painted.

These designs were painted with a fine brush, which required considerable concentration.

As with the national markings and unit codes, these markings were then masked with cellophane tape.

After this, painting will finally begin.

After the sprayed white paint had dried, the masking was removed.

The Balkenkreuz and Hakenkreuz appeared clearly.

On the nose, the blue base color for the unit emblem had already been sprayed.

This shows the state in which masking tape has been applied in order to paint the white border of the national markings.

Once the black paint had dried, preparation began for painting the white border of the national markings.

First, strips of cellophane tape with reduced adhesive strength were applied at the designated positions on the main wings, vertical tail, and fuselage.

Then, using templates, the cutout shapes for the white paint were scribed onto the tape. These were then carefully cut out with a design knife.

The fuselage unit code letters and numbers S, 4, and K were prepared and applied in the same way as the previously made F.

Next, black paint was sprayed broadly over the positions where the national markings and unit codes would be placed on the wings, fuselage, and vertical tail.

Before painting the main body, the national markings and unit codes were prepared.

The model is being finished as an aircraft of Küstenfliegergruppe 506, so the fuselage code is S4+FK.

Because the letter F is red, red paint was first sprayed at the designated position.

After the red paint had dried, cellophane tape with reduced adhesive strength was applied to a suitable plastic sheet. Using a template, the letter F was scribed and then carefully cut out with a design knife.

The cut-out F was then applied to the designated position on the fuselage.

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