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Offline Wolf

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LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« on: November 10, 2016, 01:20:56 AM »
After a longer period of only building WW 2 stuff, I decided to build a WW. 1 plane again.

I have choosen the LVG C.VI from Pegasus for this project. I
I know, this is not a state of the art model and needs some work. But it is still nice and twoseater are not that easy to get in 1/72.

The sprues are somewhat rough and have a lot of flash. Same for the whitemetal parts. So the first steps will be cleaning and refining.






I started with the whitemetal struts and you can see the before and after effort on the following pictures:



I also cut the wings from the sprues and cleaned the puller (hope this is the correct word)


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Re: LVG C.IV, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2016, 01:35:01 AM »
Bold choice, looking forward to seeing your work on this one.  Best wishes
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Offline IanB

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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2016, 01:59:21 AM »
I have this in my stash so I'll be following along to see how it builds up!

Ian
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2016, 05:00:44 AM »
Another of those Pegasus kits…… Still it is good to see the less well known subjects and judging by those struts you are going to make an excellent model from this. Will be following along.

Stephen.
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2016, 05:06:24 AM »
 Wolf,
Looking forward to seeing your progress my friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2016, 06:58:19 AM »
Like the others I am looking forward to seeing you build this one!
RAGIII
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2016, 08:00:33 AM »
Loved your vac Joystick DFW,so I'm watching.
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2016, 11:20:30 PM »
Gentlemen, thank you for all this premature praise. I hope I can fullfill your expectations

My next step was to built a Benz IV. The pegasus kit comes with a whitemetal replication, but it is realy basic and somewhat crude.
As I have no Benz IV in my sparebox, I decided to scratch one from a Mercedes/Daimler D.III which is a left over from a Roden kit.

The Mercedes/Daimler ist optical slightly similar but had another motor block and  another caburator bend. The block will not be visible, so I think it is enough, to rework the caburator bend. I also added the valve gears, push rods and ignition cables.
I think with this modificatrions it is a acceptable Benz IV representation.

Left Roden Daimler, right my reworked Benz IV, Bottom the Pegasus white metal replica.

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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2016, 12:39:24 AM »
Very nice start on the engine. I think what you are doing will be effective with what will be seen!
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2016, 08:29:52 AM »
Very nice modifications on the engine. That should be more than enough to pass inspection!

Ian
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2016, 02:00:12 PM »
Wow! Great work on the engine!

Steve
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2016, 03:14:38 PM »
good job changing the roden bmw iiia engine into the benz bz iv i agree the engine block is good enuff as it will be hidden.
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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2016, 05:50:02 PM »
Interesting build, Wolf, I like your reworked Benz IV.

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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2016, 08:36:34 PM »
Excellent work with the engine modifications, looking forward to seeing more updates.

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Re: LVG C.VI, Pegasus 1/72
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2016, 09:24:28 PM »
Great work on the engine. Looking forward to seeing this develop.
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