Thank you my friends!
SuspensionThe landing gear was not yet finished, axle and suspension are missing. So let's continue on that one.
The base was a picture set of James Fahey of an Albatros D.V, thank you very much!
At first I need some washers for soldering. I don't want to ruin my punch and die set so I do it a different way.
I drilled 1mm holes in a brass PE stripe, cut 5 pieces and soldered on a 1mm brass as block. I trimmed it in my lathe to a round block.
After desoldering I have 4 identical brass washers, to be soldered onto the nickel silver axle. Luckily I had a spare in the block, because I lost one.
After clean up the axle is prepared:
I painted the metal parts with grey green (Drooling Bulldog paint).
After painting the lower sharp bend with leather color I connected the parts by using bright grey stretched sprue as rubber simulation. In the middle the brown leather paint is visible, I forgot a picture.
And that is the view from top. I hope, the sprue can hold the heavy model! I secured it with CA.
And the final view with wheels.
The tires are not painted. Should I left them as they are or paint them too?
I like the look of the fully scratched metal landing gear, even if the suspension is not working
Cheers,
Frank
