1:32nd scale - Ansaldo 'Baby'

[gedmundson]

Really brilliant work on all the components of your build, Mike!
Cheers,
Gary

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
The linen effect decals I was waiting for arrived so I've now finished applying them to the fuselage, wings, tail plane and control surfaces.
The Ansaldo built 'Baby's' were primarily used for training and probably flown multiple times daily.
It's probable they were not kept as clean as maybe the operational aircraft were.
Therefore I've intentionally applied heavier weathering than I normally would,
Ansaldo built aircraft tended not to have the white vertical rudder stripe painted, but instead left it as clear doped linen.
Also, it was common for the upper surfaces of the lower wings to be doped with a drab olive colour, as the glare from a clear doped linen surface could affect the pilot's vision.

Mike

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
The lower wing, the wing ailerons, tail plane assembly and rudder fitted.
Now it's onto pre-rigging, the struts and then start assembly.

Mike

[PrzemoL]

Gorgeous realistic surfaces. Fantastic wood on the floats. A masterpiece closer and closer to be completed.

[Alexis]

 Awesome Mike !


Terri

[RAGIII]

Beautifully done Mike!
RAGIII

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
I'm now working on the tail unit, starting with the rear float.
First is to pre-rig the eight bracing wires between the four support struts.
The mono-filament used is 0.08 mm diameter with 0.4 Nickel-Silver tube and 1:48th scale turnbuckles from 'GasPatch'.
Next step is to fit the float and struts then complete the rigging from the fuselage to the float,

Mike

[rhallinger]

Mike, I am sure this looks beautiful, but for some reason I can no longer see any photos on this thread (all of them, including earlier ones that I viewed previously).  Not sure why.  I can see photos on other threads.  Any ideas?  I'd love to see your progress on this little gem.

Best,

Bob

[gbrivio]

All of the components are beautifully finished, linen texture looks as real fabric.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[RAGIII]

Buckles look excellent Mike!
RAGIII

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Mike, I am sure this looks beautiful, but for some reason I can no longer see any photos on this thread (all of them, including earlier ones that I viewed previously).  Not sure why.  I can see photos on other threads.  Any ideas?  I'd love to see your progress on this little gem.

Best,

Bob

Hi Bob,
This happened to someone on another forum - he lost my shots in my thread but only on his Android mobile.
His other devices were OK.
Have you tried on other device?
I'm at a loss as to why just my shots have stopped showing for you.
Can you see my shots in other builds - try this one:

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11132.msg210572#msg210572

Mike

[rhallinger]

Mike:

The photos show up on my iPhone, but not on my desktop computer.  Weird, but at least I can see them, and they are indeed lovely!  Very well done.

BTW, I can no longer see the photos on your SSW thread either on my desktop computer, but I can still see photos on other threads.  Oh well.

Best,

Bob

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi Bob,
It's strange that it' seems to be only my shots you can't see and not others on the forum?
It's a bit of a long shot but try clearing your internet cache (history).
It might be it's overloaded with cookies etc and is choking the images.
I know from experience that clearing the cache can stop various problems, such as older web page content showing instead of the current content,

Mike

[Gene K]

The photos show up on my iPhone, but not on my desktop computer. 

I had a similar problem with photos that Bughunter hosted on Google Drive. It eventually cleared up ... after updates to Edge and Chrome, I believe.  Firefox worked, however  ... have you tried that?

Gene

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Thanks Gene.

Hi all,
The bracing for the tail float is now done, apart from painting the tubing.
I'm now working on the tail float rudder and aircraft rudder/brace bar (which is not included in the kit).
There are several problems with the tail float rudder, which required modification using micro-tube, drilling of location hole and reprofiling the rear face of the tail float.
Also the creation of the aircraft rudder/brace bar, which also required a hole drilling,

Mike