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Title: Gotha G.I, WnW 1/32
Post by: mess on December 21, 2021, 06:35:47 PM: Hi all,
as my Pfalz D.XII is done, I started another WnW build. This one will be my first Grossfluzeug. I plan to test new turnbuckles, which will be released by my friend during next year spring. I like the size (approx 20% larger, than Gaspatch 48) and it's not as brittle as G. resin ones.
Marking D or E will be used. I started with cockpit. Wood was painted using oil paints over Gunze base (C44).
M.
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Post by: mess on December 21, 2021, 06:36:16 PM: ...
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Post by: RAGIII on December 22, 2021, 01:56:19 AM: Outstanding start! The weathered wood graining looks awesome!!
RAGIII
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Post by: mess on December 30, 2021, 07:23:31 PM: Thanks!

As I'm lazy to document my progress, some photos after some time...
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Post by: mess on December 30, 2021, 07:24:25 PM: With cockpit ready, I started to prepare fuselage.
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Post by: mess on December 30, 2021, 07:24:52 PM: ...
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Post by: rhwinter on December 30, 2021, 08:02:39 PM: Great plane, great kit, great build! Looking forward to following your build!
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Post by: kensar on December 30, 2021, 10:31:46 PM: Your cockpit work looks really good. I like how the wood grain came out.
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Post by: Stuart Malone on December 30, 2021, 11:54:00 PM: That wood is fantastic. Especially the contrast between the wear areas. Very nice.

Stuart
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Post by: RAGIII on December 31, 2021, 01:23:09 AM: Outstanding progress and results!
RAGIII
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Post by: KiwiZac on December 31, 2021, 05:24:18 AM: Exquisite work on the cockpit, Martin!
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Post by: Alexis on December 31, 2021, 01:37:21 PM: Wonderful out come with the weathered wood effect .

Alexis
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Post by: gbrivio on December 31, 2021, 03:38:17 PM: Great start, you made a very convincing woodgraining and a neat cockpit.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Post by: FAf on December 31, 2021, 10:58:42 PM: Large one! Good looking start!
/Fredrik
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Post by: mess on January 24, 2022, 05:08:37 AM: Thanks for all comments!

As there was a lot of sanding and surface tunning, I didn't post any update for some while.
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Post by: RAGIII on January 24, 2022, 07:57:40 AM: Your Gotha is coming along nicely for sure. It looks like your sanding paid off!
RAGIII
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Post by: PrzemoL on January 24, 2022, 06:18:30 PM: Lovely! I see you went the same way as I did - first lower wing to the fuselage, unlike the WNW instructuions which sugget assembling the wings cellule first. Good luck with the rest of the build.
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Post by: mess on January 24, 2022, 09:47:47 PM: Thanks RAG and Przemo!

I didn't glue it yet. I have to weather whole fuselage and tail surfaces and prepare all stuff on wings, then I will think about assembly order. Is it better to assemble it your way?
I sanded decals to hide carrier film.
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Post by: RAGIII on January 25, 2022, 01:13:15 AM: Nice work on the decal film!
RAGIII
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Post by: mess on January 26, 2022, 04:47:21 PM: I hated that toy-like outfit! :)
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Post by: PrzemoL on January 26, 2022, 10:45:41 PM: Quote from: mess on January 24, 2022, 09:47:47 PM
I didn't glue it yet. I have to weather whole fuselage and tail surfaces and prepare all stuff on wings, then I will think about assembly order. Is it better to assemble it your way?

I doubted my skills to follow the sequence from the instructions. So I thought out that "my" way and it worked perfectly for me. You can see the progress steps in my build thread starting from here:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10438.msg192657#msg192657

And BTW, very fine weathering effects on your G.I !!!
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Post by: Borsos on January 26, 2022, 11:21:39 PM: Well, at least this wonderful build is no mess at all ;)
Andreas
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Post by: mess on January 31, 2022, 08:00:59 PM: Thanks, Przemo, I checked it out, I'm still not decided yet.

I was afraid of bright front fuselage, unsure how to weather it. I started with some dirt and small scratches.
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Post by: KiwiZac on February 01, 2022, 03:20:28 AM: 1) that amount of weathering looks perfect to my eye...even though my knowledge of the type is totally limited to the builds I've seen on this forum!

b) at first I misread the noseart and thought the aircraft was named for a certain style of hat!!! ;D
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Post by: RAGIII on February 01, 2022, 04:55:12 AM: Your Gotha looks excellent. I Like the subdued weathering!
RAGIII
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Post by: Alexis on February 01, 2022, 09:33:36 AM: Fab stuff !

Alexis
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Post by: mess on March 25, 2022, 07:56:18 PM: As I was lazy to update again, I post some longer-time update. Wings were weathered using oil paints (wash, dots etc), I started to work on engines. I modified valve mechanisms heavily to be more realistic using Taurus springs and some profiles. Rods will be added later to not to bend them during bulding process. Cylinders were weathered using AK stuff and oil paints. One engine has spark plugs installed and connected. Ignition cabling was scratched too.

M.
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Post by: mess on March 25, 2022, 07:56:48 PM: ...
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Post by: mess on March 25, 2022, 07:58:20 PM: ... and engine. Monofilament was used as wire as it behaves and looks quite similar to real-life wiring. Taurus spark plugs.
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Post by: KiwiZac on March 26, 2022, 05:35:45 AM: Fine work mess, it looks great!
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Post by: pietro on March 26, 2022, 05:45:05 PM: Martin, that is gorgeous work on all your subassemblies. I love it
Harry
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Post by: GazzaS on March 27, 2022, 03:26:49 PM: Very nice work! Love the weathering.
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Post by: mess on April 05, 2022, 09:33:10 PM: Many thanks!

Two Benz Bz.III engines are getting ready to be installed. Engine covers have to be weathered.
I scratched cooling piping to water pump.
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Post by: mess on April 05, 2022, 09:34:35 PM: The last foto shows everything dry-fits well. :)
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Post by: KiwiZac on April 06, 2022, 03:40:25 AM: Martin, those engines are exquisite! Please forgive me if you've covered it already: how did you paint your exhausts? I'd love to be able to replicate that finish!
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Post by: RAGIII on April 06, 2022, 05:14:30 AM: Looking great and I agree with Zac about the engines! I love your counterbalance weight while mounting the wing 8)

RAGIII
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Post by: mess on April 06, 2022, 05:31:01 AM: Thanks! Exhaust were painted with some GSI Super metallic (Stainless steel I think) and then I applied pigments (Dark rust and umbra). The last step was van Dyck brown oil paint thinned with white spirit to simulate some shadows in corners.

M.
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Post by: Rookie on April 06, 2022, 07:12:09 PM: Those engines look great Martin (as is the whole model so far)!

Thanks for sharing the paint procedure.

Willem
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Post by: KiwiZac on April 07, 2022, 03:46:55 AM: Hear hear. Thank you very much, Martin! I'm not familiar with all those products so I'll do some research.
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Post by: Mike Norris (UK) on April 07, 2022, 07:44:25 PM: Hi Mess,
This is great work.
I have the Goths in my stash - I must start it one day,

Mike
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Post by: Rookie on April 07, 2022, 08:12:37 PM: Quote from: Mike 'Sandbagger' Norris on April 07, 2022, 07:44:25 PM
Hi Mess,
This is great work.
I have the Goths in my stash - I must start it one day,

Mike

Please do Mike! :D

Willem
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Post by: gedmundson on April 08, 2022, 07:52:15 AM: Very nice work, Mess - love those engines :)
Cheers,
Gary
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Post by: PrzemoL on April 08, 2022, 08:00:20 AM: Fine progress. And I am glad for you, that you found the good fit of the wing cellule.
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Post by: Alexis on April 16, 2022, 09:14:45 PM: That is some very impressive work Mess .

Alexis
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Post by: KitRookie37 on May 30, 2022, 09:00:03 PM: Hi,
I agree, it's really gorgeous. An eyes' pleasure.
Best regards.
Alain.
Title: Re: Gotha G.I, WnW 1/32
Post by: mess on June 06, 2022, 11:46:10 PM: Thanks for kind words to everyone.

Contiuing with rigging. Pretty tough job as resin turnbuckles and eyelets tend to crack. One side finished, now the other one.
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Post by: mess on June 06, 2022, 11:47:19 PM: ..
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Post by: mess on June 08, 2022, 05:00:54 AM: Props...
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Post by: RAGIII on June 09, 2022, 11:44:13 PM: Your rigging is looking awesome!
RAGIII
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Post by: gedmundson on June 10, 2022, 07:15:47 AM: Great work, mess - love those propellers!
Cheers,
Gary
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Post by: mess on June 13, 2022, 10:09:42 PM: Gotha almost ready.
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Post by: mess on June 13, 2022, 10:10:04 PM: ...
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Post by: RAGIII on June 15, 2022, 02:54:54 AM: Simply Gorgeous work! You have turned this ungainly looking Aircraft into a Beauty!
RAGIII
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Post by: Alexis on June 21, 2022, 05:00:19 AM: Quote from: RAGIII on June 15, 2022, 02:54:54 AM
Simply Gorgeous work! You have turned this ungainly looking Aircraft into a Beauty!
RAGIII

Will second this

Alexis
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Post by: KitRookie37 on June 27, 2022, 08:54:46 PM: Hi mates,
I like it ! Just awesome. I hope to built mine as well.
Best regards.
Alain.
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Post by: malaula on June 28, 2022, 02:09:23 AM: Hi Martin! In the first rigging-picture I can make out some thin line spooled on a sprue frame..is that elastic wire or simply monofilament? do you do that to pre-stretch it somehow or simply to keep it tidy?
cheers
Mathias
By the way,your G I is one of the best I've seen by now!
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Post by: mess on June 28, 2022, 07:10:43 PM: Thanks for kind comments!

Quote from: malaula on June 28, 2022, 02:09:23 AM
Hi Martin! In the first rigging-picture I can make out some thin line spooled on a sprue frame..is that elastic wire or simply monofilament? do you do that to pre-stretch it somehow or simply to keep it tidy?
cheers
Mathias
By the way,your G I is one of the best I've seen by now!

Hi Mathias, it's .1 mono, I use this sprue solution to paint it with GSI Supermetallic iron. I used Uschi's elastic on some previous kits but I found it too thin and flat in shape.