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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: jessie_c on January 10, 2014, 12:19:31 PM

Title: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on January 10, 2014, 12:19:31 PM

Some time ago I reviewed this kit over on Aeroscale (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=7622). Now I'm getting a build going.
After a very slow start waiting for the oil paint on the wood grain parts to dry, here's the fuselage buttoned up
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_2.jpg)
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_3.jpg)
The very strange looking passenger compartment top
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_4.jpg)
And sitting posed on the wings. It's not a small model
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_5.jpg)

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Modelnut on January 10, 2014, 12:40:18 PM

This will be fun to watch come together.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: RAGIII on January 10, 2014, 12:42:49 PM

Pretty cool Jessie! This is the first one of these I have seen started. I am looking forward to your Magic!
RAGIII

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Des on January 10, 2014, 12:48:31 PM

This will be a build I will keep an eye on, it is an interesting aircraft and I am keen to see how you put it together, have you picked a colour scheme for it yet?

Des.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on January 10, 2014, 01:32:57 PM

It'll be this one
(http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/Putnam/DH/81-1.jpg)
French blue fuselage and aluminium doped flying surfaces.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: coyotemagic on January 10, 2014, 02:00:54 PM

Very cool, Jessie!  Looking forward to watching this one come together.
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Ernie on January 10, 2014, 08:16:10 PM

Interesting choice, Jessie.  You are off to a good start.  I look forward to
following along with your build.  Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: IFF1418 on January 10, 2014, 08:46:55 PM

Hi Jessie,

Very nice and neat build up to now! This is an interesting plane. I'll be following your build.

Kind regards
Patrick

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: GAJouette on January 11, 2014, 02:28:25 AM

Jessie,
Well hello my old friend,glad to have you here. Always the most interesting and unusual subjects come from your talented bench. Very much looking forward to seeing this project come together.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Bluesfan on January 11, 2014, 04:32:22 AM

Will be glued to this one, so to speak
Much appreciated, all the details you can show us; I have this in the stash and also the DH9 airliner and fancy pairing them up
Cheers
Mark

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Dal Gavan on January 11, 2014, 11:13:36 AM

G'day, Jessie.

That's looking good, mate.  The blue and allie will be a really eye-catching scheme.

Dal.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on January 11, 2014, 06:30:35 PM

Sorry Dal, I can't be much of a mate. I lack the necessary attributes.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: LindsayT on January 12, 2014, 11:19:12 AM

Love me some DH4s!

LT

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Dal Gavan on January 12, 2014, 12:01:38 PM

G'day, Jessie.

No attributes needed to be a mate, just shared interests (in this case making a pile of plastic bits look like an aeroplane).  However, if you'd prefer I'll use your name, rather than "mate".

Cheers.

Dal.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on January 12, 2014, 02:35:10 PM

Well, you see in most of the Commonwealth a "mate" is a bloke, and I just can't do that no matter how hard I try :) That's the attribute I lack.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on March 04, 2014, 09:50:46 AM

I am remiss in neglecting this thread. The model is finished now and I forgot to tell you all about it. So here goes a couple of months' worth of modelling condensed into one post.
The horizontal flying surfaces have all their rigging mounts installed and ready for a bit of paint
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_6.jpg)

Progress at last! I've got the preliminary paint on, and the major parts test fitted together
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_7.jpg)
A little close-up of my anchor loops
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_8.jpg)

Progress. If this were a monoplane I'd be nearly finished by now...
 (http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_9.jpg)

Now it's time to let the trained spider loose. First, the cross rigging between the interplane struts
 (http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_13.jpg)
This is anchored by looping the rigging line through the anchor point, wrapping it around once, pulling it tight, and then applying a drop of Superglue.

Next, the flying and landing wires. Thread on a short length of micro tube, run the line through the anchor point, then feed it back through the  micro tube
 (http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_14.jpg)
Draw it tight, and anchor it with a drop of superglue on the end of the micro tube away from the anchor point.


Now I have both inner bays done, and I need to take a stress break
 (http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_15.jpg)

Done!
 (http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/photos/feature/4206/dehavilland_16.jpg)

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: coyotemagic on March 04, 2014, 10:06:48 AM

Very nice, Jessie!  Well done!
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Dal Gavan on March 04, 2014, 10:29:07 AM

That's come together nicely, Jessie.  I do like the blue and silver scheme you used.  It's a nice change from PC10/12.

Cheers.

Dal.

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: IFF1418 on March 04, 2014, 06:43:29 PM

Beautiful Jessie, well done!

Kind regards
Patrick

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: Ernie on March 04, 2014, 09:24:10 PM

Good job, Jessie! You and the spiders have done really well on the rigging and the
paint looks great...nice combination of the blue and silver.  All in all, a really nice model'
Well done!

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: mgunns on March 06, 2014, 04:21:49 AM

Hello Jessie C:

Good job on this one.  It is nice to see this on the Forum.  I have seen the box art, but this is the first time seen the model completed.  Thanks for posting the completed airplane.  Do you have any more shots of it from different angles?

Best

Mark

Title: Re: DH-4 airliner, Roden's 1/48 kit
Post by: jessie_c on March 06, 2014, 12:48:23 PM

I put the rest of the finished build pictures in the finished builds forum ;)