AZ Model 1/48 Zlin Z-50 - WIP

Talk about tiny- I built a 1:72 Acroduster.  Boy, is that tiny!

 

I bet that 1/72 acroduster tested your optivisor!

 

Bit of progress.  Alclad dull aluminum interior bit of cockpit work and got the wing and cowl together.  We are in the land of no locating pins so it may get interesting when I go to put everything together.  There will be filler here btw but I will say the fit of this kit impressive so far.  The canopy was a bit of a mess but I polished it and dipped in future and it looks pretty good now.  The AM cockpit panel looks really nice but doesn't line up just right with the kit hood.

 

Looking great!  Hey, I built this very same kit 3 years ago.  It turned out so well, that, to my surprise, it placed Gold in the Civil Aviation Category at JaxCon.

I enjoyed the build immensely.  The aftermarket stuff wasn't available back then.  I scratch built most everything that wasn't in the box.  If you want to see how mine turned out, search for my entry called "1/48 Zlin 50M Stunt-Aerobatic plane" from May of 2018 in this Forum Subject.  I'm excited to follow your build tutorial.  I hope you like it as much as I did. 

Steve

Hey Steve, nice job!  Ya, so far so good.  The fit is good.  Tiny little bird.

John, looking might nice! What sort of scheme are you going to use?

Thanks.  Im doing the aluminum and red.  I'll use a couple shades of alclad II and try to match the decal red.  My only concern here is you paint the underside of the wing red and there are decals for the silver.  I'll have to see how the silver decal looks.

I've got her all glued together.  A couple issues.  The underside fuselage to wing had a pretty big gap but I think had I done more fitting and sanding it could have been avoided.  Also mounting the cowl is interesting.  The horizontal stablizers were fun given no locating pins!  Anyhow, I'm not baging on the kit - it's actually pretty nice, just challenging lining things up.