1:72 Schulgleiter SG-38 is a photo-etched accessory set for a kit you have already bought, not a model: it refines the detail of a model of the simple SG-38 training glider in 1:72 scale.
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An accessory to a kit you already have, not a model of the glider in its own right. The Czech maker Brengun supplies the set as a photo-etched fret with parts that are cut out of it, bent and glued onto the plastic molding. The set is cut for the AZ Model or MPM kit, so the seating surfaces are designed directly for its shapes.
The Schulgleiter SG-38 was a simple single-seat glider from the late 1930s, intended for basic flying training. Structurally it is an open girder frame with no fuselage shell, a seat on the forward part of the beam and a straight wing on struts. It was launched by bungee cord from a slope. For a modeler it is an interesting piece precisely because almost the whole structure is exposed and the viewer sees it all at once.
A machine with no fuselage skin is, from a modeling point of view, a collection of thin sections. But injected plastic has to thicken them considerably for the sake of the mold and of strength, so the frame looks bulky. Etched sheet a few tenths of a millimeter thick can render the same features in a proportion close to reality, and on a glider, where the structure is the main visual motif, that difference shows at first glance.
Reckon on the parts being small and slender. Cut them out with a sharp scalpel on a hard surface and level the remains of the tabs with a fine file rather than nippers. Make the bends in a bending tool, and on long thin sections slowly and evenly so that the part does not twist. Degrease the metal with alcohol before painting and spray it with a primer for metals. Glue with super glue applied on the tip of a wire; on long joints a slightly thicker glue is better, as it gives you time to position the part. Do not pick the assembled frame up by its thin members but by a solid section.
This is an accessory set, not a kit. The model, glue, paints and tools are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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