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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Dave in Dubai on August 10, 2013, 04:39:15 PM
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An intermediate build progress shot from my WNW Hannover.
Where are all those other Hannovers hiding?
Salut!
Dave
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Beautiful, Dave, thanks for sharing!
Yes, where are all those Hannovers hiding? That's what I ask myself too. First of all, Hannovers are NO Fokker D.VII, nor Sopwith Camel. That will answer our question to a degree of, let's say, 98%... And then we have the fuselage's difficult paint-sceme - that's why I didn't start my Hannover yet.
Richard
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This is lovely Dave well done. When I had the chance to buy another WNW model recently I went for the DH2 as part of an essentially British collection, but seeing your Hannover .......
Given the intense heat in your part of the world do you have any problems with the airbrush? Or does air conditioning take care of that? The work you've done on the fuselage looks really effective.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Your Hannover is beautiful... Looking forward to more. I have yet to purchase any of the 2 seaters but builds like yours here make it very tempting!
RAGIII
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Gorgeous model, Dave! Good question about the Hannovers...we
haven't seen many. Thanks for showing yours. I'm looking forward
to seeing the rest of your build.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Thanks for your kind comments everyone. :)
Airbrushing in the air conditioned and low humidity of this region makes it the easiest place to airbrush.
The paint goes on very smoothly and dries very quickly...no need for a moisture trap in the airline to your airbrush here!
This build has been ongoing for some eight months now.
It is now essentially complete apart from the rigging.
Unfortunately I have broken the last of my 0.3 mm drill bits which has stalled rigging work until another home-run to pick up a replacement.
Also waiting back home, is a fabulous Reschke wooden propeller by Doug Cramer which should add the finishing touch to a very enjoyable model to build.
The kit has been very well engineered and is surprisingly robust once all of the struts are in place.
Only "non standard" mod I have made is to add a "no shoot propeller off" bar, just in front of the pilot, above the center wing, as per the contemporary photograph shown in the WNW instruction book.
Now if WNW can come up with a Roland CL.II and a Halberstadt CL.II, then my WW1 projects will be taken care of for another year.
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Dave,
Outstanding progress to date my friend. I can see she'll be absolutely gorgeous when complete. Until then keep up the outstanding work.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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I support Dave's last sentence emphatically - and would surely buy both!
Now if WNW can come up with a Roland CL.II and a Halberstadt CL.II, then my WW1 projects will be taken care of for another year.
Richard
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Nice work Dave. I uh... don't have one of these, but yours is lookin pretty good. Ittakes just a bit to really make these kits pop. I like the "no shoot" bar you've added. 4-5000 feet, and with someone shooting at you, might make for an exiting time where one might forget certain things. "Don't track the enemy through the prop" seems like a good one.
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Very nice. Certainly a colorful peacock.
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Very sharp so far!! I have to pick one of these up.
Steve
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So here she is with the wings attached....an up to date shot of the build so far.
Gaspatch turnbuckles are all attached, and using monofilament for the rigging material.
This picture is more representative of the more subdued colours....the previous shot on the blue background looks brighter probably due to the settings on my camera.
I shot a very dilute coat of Tamiya smoke over the lozenge to tone down the colours a bit.
As you can see, I went with the notion of the ceramic coated off white coloured exhaust pipes.
The prop is the kit prop, but will be replaced by the one that Doug made.
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The toned down Lozenge looks excellent! The overall Model is Beautiful!!
RAGIII
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She looks even better in the last picture, Dave. Dang it, now
I will have to put one on my want list. Great job modelling, Dave.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Dave,
Like me you are a long way from the local Hobby Shop. I tend to stock up when the opportunity is there, for your drill bit problem check out www.drillbitsunlimited .com, they are cheap, for under $50 you can get a near lifetime stock, and the service is second to none.
Cheers,
Lance
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Thanks Lance,
Link much appreciated.
My last stock I picked up in Tokyo, but it is a set of 20 different sizes.
Once the .3 and .25 mm bits broke, both in the same day I was stuck.
Cannot seem to source anything that small over here.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Dave, that is superb. Please, post photos of the rigging when it's finish. Great job sir!
Mike
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Thanks Lance,
Link much appreciated.
My last stock I picked up in Tokyo, but it is a set of 20 different sizes.
Once the .3 and .25 mm bits broke, both in the same day I was stuck.
Cannot seem to source anything that small over here.
Best wishes,
Dave
My last order I bought a box of fifty #80 Bits (0.35mm) on sale for approx. $25 US. For that price I don't get upset when they snap, normally go through 5 or more per build! You can probably get mail service on them, mine arrive USPS which seems to by-pass the Customs and Excise folks at Canadian Border Services as well.
Cheers,
Lance
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Truly gorgeous, Dave! I love your color selection.
Cheers,
Bud
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Hello Dave:
This is looking mighty fine. Like the Rumpler and Pfalz DXII you just don't see these in the build logs. Yours is coming along nicely and the don't shoot bar is a nice touch.
Best
Mark
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Ernie,
Just bought one of these, and I hope it turns out as good as your one :)
Lovely
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Dave
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;D Thanks Dave the Kong, but my Hannover is still tucked away
in the stash...maybe you were talking to Dave? :D
Cheers,
Ernie :)