Author Topic: Halberstadt CL.II, Mirage 1/48; 20.3.2021 Parabellum - THE END (Read 30193 times)

Alexis · « **Reply #135 on:** March 01, 2021, 06:40:49 AM »

Wunderbar Frank !

Alexis

RAGIII · « **Reply #136 on:** March 01, 2021, 06:42:59 AM »

Quote from: lone modeller on March 01, 2021, 05:17:28 AM

Long ago I ran out of superlatives for your modelling skills Frank. You continue to leave my flabber well and truly gasted!

I do not have any language to properly express my admiration for your skill, so just brilliant will have to do for now.

Stephen.

I will use MY Amigo Ed's style here and just say a Big Ditto

RAGIII

hrcoleman66 · « **Reply #137 on:** March 01, 2021, 10:00:19 AM »

Great way to rig the struts!

(Making notes)

Cheers,

Hugh

gbrivio · « **Reply #138 on:** March 01, 2021, 06:36:41 PM »

Quote from: lone modeller on March 01, 2021, 05:17:28 AM

Long ago I ran out of superlatives for your modelling skills Frank. You continue to leave my flabber well and truly gasted!

I do not have any language to properly express my admiration for your skill, so just brilliant will have to do for now.

Stephen.

Tailing Stephen and Rick: your models are a class of their own, over the top.
Ciao
Giuseppe

Bughunter · « **Reply #139 on:** March 02, 2021, 07:53:24 AM »

Thank you for visiting this thread and leaving such nice words, my friends!

Quote from: lone modeller on March 01, 2021, 05:17:28 AM

You continue to leave my flabber well and truly gasted!

Stephen, ss great as my craft skills may be, my knowledge of the English language is the exact opposite!
All the dictionaries and translation tools failed, until I realized that you split the word flabbergast

Thank you very much for such praise!

Quote from: hrcoleman66 on March 01, 2021, 10:00:19 AM

Great way to rig the struts!

If only I always had such good references like this sketch!
This mount do not match always, they invented a century ago so many interesting ways to rig a biplane. Luckily there are some different types of turnbuckles available by Gaspatch.

If you look at the sketch you will note, that a turnbuckle was inserted into a slot. I tried that, to bolt the eye of a turnbuckle Type C in the strut with 0.2mm. It worked, but the Type C have all a 90° rotated alignment. So a One End glued in has more options in positioning and looks similar.

Cheers,
Frank

hrcoleman66 · « **Reply #140 on:** March 02, 2021, 09:58:57 AM »

Quote from: Bughunter on March 02, 2021, 07:53:24 AM

Thank you for visiting this thread and leaving such nice words, my friends!

Quote from: lone modeller on March 01, 2021, 05:17:28 AM
You continue to leave my flabber well and truly gasted!
Stephen, ss great as my craft skills may be, my knowledge of the English language is the exact opposite!
All the dictionaries and translation tools failed, until I realized that you split the word flabbergast
Thank you very much for such praise!

Quote from: hrcoleman66 on March 01, 2021, 10:00:19 AM
Great way to rig the struts!
If only I always had such good references like this sketch!
This mount do not match always, they invented a century ago so many interesting ways to rig a biplane. Luckily there are some different types of turnbuckles available by Gaspatch.

If you look at the sketch you will note, that a turnbuckle was inserted into a slot. I tried that, to bolt the eye of a turnbuckle Type C in the strut with 0.2mm. It worked, but the Type C have all a 90° rotated alignment. So a One End glued in has more options in positioning and looks similar.

Cheers,
Frank

You method seems to well represent the original. Where did you source your strut material?

Cheers,

Hugh

Bughunter · « **Reply #141 on:** March 02, 2021, 10:03:50 PM »

The brass micro (and nickel silver) tubing by Albion Alloy is available on many shops. The size are from 0.3mm up to 2mm in 0.1mm steps.

Cheers,
Frank

lone modeller · « **Reply #142 on:** March 03, 2021, 08:58:55 AM »

Frank,

I understand that your English may not be quite as good as your modelling skills (but I wish my German was even fractionally as good as your English) but I simply did a simple German trick of splitting my word with half of the word at the end of the sentence! Glad you worked it out in the end.

Stephen.

Bughunter · « **Reply #143 on:** March 05, 2021, 06:29:28 AM »

Fuselage

The task of the fuselage was still waiting ...

Some details on the fuselage are not that nice, but the kit has PE replacement. So I removed the plastic.

The PE are glued in place after the primer.

Beside the other hatches there are damn small mounts for the tailplane too.

And now for the stipple camouflage the five colors recommended by WNW are applied to fuselage and middle wing.

The layout is not perfect, but I let it as it is.

After a day drying time I applied the splatter colour with airbrush.

A check of the look. It is very hard to take the real impression of the colors with the camera!

After my problem with the decals I tent to cut masks for the bigger parts, but I need to use the stencils.
Here I need some help: 6 are the propeller logos, also mentioned in manual.
But 5 and 8 are not mentioned, for none of the 3 markings. 8 seems to be another propeller manufacturer.
5 are clearly the nice logos of the "Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke", but where to apply? I can't find any hint, also not in WNW manual. On the tail, as usual on Albatros and Fokker? Any idea?

Next steps are gloss coat, then stencils. Protect with clear coat again.
Masking and white paint, mask again and red. Let's see ...

Cheers,
Frank

acewwi · « **Reply #144 on:** March 05, 2021, 07:19:35 AM »

Hi Frank
I think the logo is for Cl.IV not for Cl.II
Spyros

Gisbod · « **Reply #145 on:** March 05, 2021, 07:20:13 AM »

Beautifully done Frank

I did this method of camouflage on a WNW’s one and it’s really very effective.

You can see how rough the base kit is in those shots.. but you’re making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear!

Guy

RAGIII · « **Reply #146 on:** March 05, 2021, 08:40:35 AM »

The details look excellent as always in your builds Frank. The painting however, is Above Standard!! You have done a Beautiful job on the base colors and splattering

RAGIII

Bughunter · « **Reply #147 on:** March 05, 2021, 10:32:06 PM »

Quote from: acewwi on March 05, 2021, 07:19:35 AM

I think the logo is for Cl.IV not for Cl.II

Could be, but the sheets are definitely different. I have also a Cl.IV kit, and there are no such logos, the decal sheet is completely different. (on this one is also Cl.II in the stencils).
I have now a different theory: those are all propeller manufacturer logos.
6 is Niendorf
8 is clearly Propulsor
5 is Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
I checked my books "German Propeller Makers of WWI" and yes, they made their own props! Especially those auxiliary ones for wind driven generators etc, but also big ones.
From the style my prop is a Garuda, but here I don't have the right sized decals yet.

Quote from: Gisbod on March 05, 2021, 07:20:13 AM

You can see how rough the base kit is in those shots.. but you’re making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear!

Thank you Guy, again some interesting english term here

Quote from: RAGIII on March 05, 2021, 08:40:35 AM

The painting however, is Above Standard!! You have done a Beautiful job on the base colors and splattering

Thank you Rick! We don't have a red face smiley here, which I need now

Cheers,
Frank

PrzemoL · « **Reply #148 on:** March 05, 2021, 10:45:44 PM »

Following your build, Frank, with all the problems you seem to solve so masterfully, it is a pure modeler's joy. Great work at every aspect.

Alexis · « **Reply #149 on:** March 06, 2021, 01:54:16 AM »

It is eye catching !

Fantastisch Ergebnisse Frank !

Alexis