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Under Construction / Re: Albatros D.V, R. Flaschar (1/72, Eduard)

« Last post by PrzemoL on Today at 06:01:56 AM »

Thanks once more, Nigel.
And actually, you can now assess on your own - this little Albie is now complete.

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Scratch builds / Re: 1/72 Short S39 Triple Twin

« Last post by DaveB on Today at 03:06:17 AM »

Excellent as always, Steve -

You seem to be in a real flow with this now and making wonderful progress!

Regards

Dave

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Under Construction / Re: 1/32 scale Wingnut Wings Halberstadt Cl.II (early)

« Last post by gedmundson on Today at 03:04:09 AM »

I sprayed a few light coats of Future floor acrylic onto the fuselage to protect the finish and allow a smooth surface for the decals. These went on with no problems using warm/hot water. I did airbrush the black & white band using off-white and NATO black Tamiya acrylic. Some preliminary weathering with oil paints and a few paint chips were added to the metal cowling. I had initially airbrushed the cowlings in aluminum, then added some chipping fluid before adding the camo paint over top. But using the chipping-fluid method can be disastrous if the finish comes off in sheets...so I thought better of trying to risk that and just painted on my paint chips with toned down silver printers ink.
Cheers,
Gary


At this point the forward cabane struts have been removed and a guiding wire added to the engine's water pipe...since that is now the forward support for the mid upper wing.


After dipping the windscreen in Future acrylic, it was added to the fuselage along with the two bracing wires on either side. These were very tricky to complete once the upper wing had been installed.


After adding Gaspatch turnbuckles to the lower wings, the wings were installed into the fuselage. The turnbuckles were attached using small copper loops, allowing them to swing into alignment when the EZ-Line rigging is pulled taught.

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Under Construction / Re: 1:32nd scale Caudron G.3 (Anzani engine)

« Last post by Mike Norris (UK) on Today at 01:05:11 AM »

Hi all,
The flight surfaces are finished, except for weathering, detail painting.
The undersides have a darker outline of the internal structure, representing structure shadows.
Grey primed then MRP Dark Wood (MRP-262) applied.
Structure masked off and Tamiya' Deck Tan (XF55) applied.
Masking removed and lighter coat of Deck Tan applied to fade back the darker structure.

The top surfaces have lighter rib tape markings.
Grey primed then MRP Clear Doped Linen (MRP-256) applied.
Structure masked off then MRP Dark Wood (MRP-262) applied along the structure masks.
Masking removed and a lighter coat of MRP Clear Doped Linen (MRP-256) applied to fade back the lighter structure.

Covered with Aviattic Weave Linen Effect decal (ATT32044).
All other decals are kit supplied,

Mike

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Scratch builds / Re: 1/72 Short S39 Triple Twin

« Last post by NigelR on June 30, 2025, 08:17:31 PM »

More excellent work. I know rolled copper wire is a very "traditional" rigging method in the 1/72 world. Do you not find it challenging keeping the wires undamaged on such a complex build? I know my banana fingers would keep bending the wires that were already on there.....

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Under Construction / Re: 1/32 scale Wingnut Wings Halberstadt Cl.II (early)

« Last post by NigelR on June 30, 2025, 08:14:37 PM »

More good work. The replacement turnbuckles look a lot better.

Thanks Nigel - and safe travels & best of luck with that show in France!

Really looking forward to it, although the heat may be a challenge..... I hope the models don't melt! I will be interested to see what the WWI representation is like, there's definitely been fewer WWI models at shows in the UK in the last year or so. I will take lots of photos I promise.

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Under Construction / Re: Albatros D.V, R. Flaschar (1/72, Eduard)

« Last post by NigelR on June 30, 2025, 08:06:02 PM »

That is looking absolutely stunning. Those last few touches will be the icing on the cake....

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Buy - Sell - Swap - Trade / F/A 1/32 WnW 32804 Halberstadt CL.II/RE 8 Pkg, Aeronaut Albatros Fighters

« Last post by Rob_Owens on June 30, 2025, 01:35:13 PM »

https://www.ebay.com/usr/robbiee7
. . .among other things.
 Thanks for looking!

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Under Construction / Re: Albatros D.V, R. Flaschar (1/72, Eduard)

« Last post by PrzemoL on June 30, 2025, 06:39:16 AM »

Thanks, Warren.

The wheels attached. Moreover, the scratched water pipes and the exhaust which I feared much are attached, too. The few final touches are left for tomorrow.

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Under Construction / Re: 1/32 scale Wingnut Wings Halberstadt Cl.II (early)

« Last post by gedmundson on June 30, 2025, 03:48:25 AM »

Thanks for the tips, these are very helpful.

Thanks Nigel - and safe travels & best of luck with that show in France!

I did replace the clunky-looking turnbuckles on the kit's outer wing struts with 1/48 scale Gaspatch metal ones. And speaking of struts, I snapped one of the front cabane struts in my attempts to solve the problem with their misplacement and ended up having to make a replacement with styrene rod. The repair just wasn't going to work...