1/72 Breuget Br M 4

[RLWP]

Beautiful!

Richard

[Borsos]

Wow Stephen, it is almost finished. You are doing a great job, you captured the outlines of that rare plane perfectly and gave it a smooth finish that looks flawless!
Borsos

[lone modeller]

Evening All,

Thank you Richard and Andreas for you comments which are much appreciated. Yes Andreas the end is in sight - except that I have to complete the rigging first!

I have now added the undercarriage which was easier than I had feared. The main legs were of the oleo type which means sticking the ends of two sizes of shaped strip together: these joints can be weak if they are not handled respectfully. The remainder of the legs were also shaped from strip which had been shaped to aerofoil section. The axles are wire because I want the undercarriage to have some strength: the model is heavy because I have added some weight to the nose but I have a feeling that it is going to be a tail sitter. This is not too important as it would appear that these machines sat on their tails until the crew got in - at which point they tipped on to the nose wheel. My model will be without crew so if it is a tail sitter that will be authentic. The nose wheel has been put into place because it sits between the forward legs: the other wheels will not be fitted until I have rigged the model, which is the next step.







Thanks for looking.

Stephen.

[RAGIII]

Awesome work on the gear Stephen! I am really looking forward to seeing the rigging!!
RAGIII

[IanB]

Lovely work on the undercarriage Stephen, although I'm a little worried about the strength of that rear oleo strut. It will, after all, be the weight carrying part of all his! Could you use a piece of brass rod and clad the top part with plastic strip to widen it? This would give a much stronger one piece strut. Just a thought.

Ian

[Juan]

Outstanding work Stephen, looking forward to you progress.

[PrzemoL]

I have not watched this thread for some time and now I see I missed a lot. Great progress, Stephen! Good luck with the rigging.

[Des]

Exceptional work Stephen.

Des.

[lone modeller]

Evening All,

Thanks Rick, Ian, Juan, Prez, and Des for dropping by and leaving your kind remarks.

I have spent as much time as I have been able in the last few days finishing this - I had to make an emergency visit to a sick relative in between times so was seriously distracted - but have now finished it.

Finishing included adding all of the rigging (rolled 40 SWG copper wire and superglue: thread on a pusher is not practical for me in this scale), the propellor (carved from wood and varnished),the wheels, windscreen from acetate, gun ring etc. As suspected it is a tail sitter in spite of the weight that I added to the nose! Never mind these machines did sit on their tails until the crews got in so as mine is crewless it still looks right.

I will put more pics in the gallery shortly.



Thanks for looking.

Stephen.

[Juan]

What a beauty, truly inspiring build.  Congratulations on finishing her.

[Dirigible-Al]

Hi LM
You have produced yet another masterpiece. Always a joy to follow you.
Alan.

[RAGIII]

Simply gorgeous! You have succeeded in making a truly magnificent and unuasual replica!
RAGIII

[Borsos]

Great. You caught her lines perfectly. I love your scratchbuilding!
Borsos

[boggie]

Fantastic model Stephen!

Creating such a sensational replica from a handful of plastic and other bits is talent indeed.
 
Congrats on another superb build.

cheers 

[lone modeller]

Thank you Juan, Al, Rick, Andreas and Boggie for dropping by and leaving such kind reamarks.

Stephen.