forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com
WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: stefanbuss on August 15, 2012, 03:33:24 PM
-
Following the superior Roland build from our friend Simon of IMPS Silesia, i just want to show you my progress on my version of the lovely Klinkerrumpf.
It will be the Kissenberth aircraft as per the boxart, but i will follow a different approach than usual - you will just have to wait a while, as i am not very fast.
The interior received a small amount of detailing as the necessary cables, some additional wires and the bowden cables for the machine guns. Hard to see, but included.
(http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/85/927585/3735353465383839.jpg)
The engine part:
(http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/85/927585/3866613561626335.jpg)
Kissenberth's Roland used the old motor, the 160hp DIIIa-version. Even WNW's archive does not give away too much information on these engines, but i was able to find three reference pictures. These show a rather prominent oil line at the front of the engine, that will be fitted after the interior ist safely tucked away inside the fuselage. Spark plugs and valve springs were added, as were the attachment fittings that WNW missed on all Mercedes engines - those were fabricated using a 3D-printer.
The interior is already fixed inside the fuselage with everything left to dry. Progress during the next days will be rather slow, so please be patient with me.
Kind regards,
Stefan
edit: fixed the links to the photos, sorry.
-
Extremely nice work, Stefan.
-
Very nice work indeed! This is my favourite WnW kit that I've built thus far.
Cheers,
Chris
-
Very nice work, Stefan. I just bought this kit and I'll be following your build with interest.
Cheers.
Dal.
-
Superb work on the interior and the engine Stefan, this is a real masterpiece in the making, well done.
Des.
-
Very sharp Stefan
Steve
-
Stefan,
Lovely start, your work is a pleasure to follow. I too have this kit stashed away, and will be following your build very closely.
Cheers,
Lance :)
-
Some small progress to report: wooden colour applied onto the fuselage, and started to progress of getting lozenge onto the wings...
-
Stefan,
Outstanding progress to date my friend. Very impressive detailing in the interior spaces, and absolutely beautiful wood work. Looking forward to seeing more.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
-
Stefan,
Your latest picture with the woodgrain is very striking. I have this Kit in reserve and will be following your Build closely to get hints on the future. What colour are you using for the "Grey-green" on your metal parts? I mix my own version and yours looks identical.
Cheers,
Lance
-
Excellent work Stefan, can you show us some more pictures of your woodgrain work on the fuse please?
Andrew
-
Stefan, that's very nice. I'll add my voice to Andrew's and ask for some more photo's of the fuselage, please.
Dal.
-
Thank you for your kind replies.
I am still working on the Roland, albeit slowly, as the Lozenge decals still keep fighting me. I have a tough time fixing the rib tape decals, as the stubbornly refuse to sit where i want them to. This problem is very evident at every trailing edge.
Anyway, you can see some of my progress. As i said earlier, i try to represent Kissenberth's black Roland, but i am using a rather unconventional approach. Instead of "the easy way", painting the fuselage and everything else black and then starting to weather everything, i try to paint the aircraft as it was, i mean, wooden fuselage first, then a rather thin and worn black finish. You can see that i have started to apply the JaSta 23b markings and Lozenge decals on the tires. I do not have to me too cautious with the decals, as the black finish will hide a lot ;)
As there is no known foto of the aircraft's right side, as Greg van Wyngarden confirmed for me, i can use some artistic licence there. The right tire will have no leather cover for the valve (just to show off the interior details a bit). The Edelweiss decal is applied directly onto the wooden fuselage, as this was not painted on top of the black colour, which is evident from the foto in WNW's instructions.
The top picture shows one of my other problems (and the excellent quality of Cartograph's decal set): After drying, a cat's hair appeared under the top wing's Tarnstoff. Big problem, but i decided to live with that as a reminder instead of redoing the whole top wing.
As if i needed a reminder on my cat that usually looks like this:
???
So long,
Stefan
-
Very nice, even with the cat hair. Your cat is awesome too.
-
lcarroll, to answer your question on the greenish colur that i use: it is Vallejo Model Air 71044 Gris verde claro, Vallejo's version of RLM 02. It works rather well, even when used with a paintbrush and the colour is quite spot on in 1/72 scale. For this build it is not up to my taste, as it is a bit too dark, compared with all these Krakow photographs.
But i have this colour in stock, so it has to be used. Most of the greenish metal parts will be covered with black anyway.
Stefan
-
That's the most realistic looking model cat that I've ever seen! ;D
Cheers,
Chris
-
Stefan,
Thanks for the info on the "green-grey". I hope to find a display of Vellejo's products next time I have the opportunity to shop in the "big city", for now I am forced to mix my own. It's encouraging to see that you are using apparently the same colour as I am.
Cheers,
Lance
-
More progress to report: the fuselage was blackened, using a paintbrush and a thin mix of a very dark grey and some kind of beige colour to achieve a faded and worn look. This is not too visible on the upper foto, i know.
I was not in a mood to provide you with better fotos. The reason is shown here, in the second foto.
Despite the tips i received on decaling, the horizontal tail plane's underside has do me remade completely. The plastic had been painted before decaling, but to no avail.
Bad luck.
Stefan
-
She's a real beauty, great work!
-
That's a bummer about the tailplane Stefan :(
I'm sure you'll be able to rescue the situation.
The rest of the DVIa looks superb!!
Andrew
-
I am still progressing. Thanks to an inmature testflight the Roland performed from my desktop onto the floor, the progress is rather slow. Struts were broken, the MGs flattened and my nerves crushed.
Anyway, i have started attaching the rigging.
I have no problem in making turnbuckles, using the proven method of brass-rods cut to size, combined with fishing-line for the cables. But: What is a useable way of representing the splicing on the cables? Using the same brass-rod (that is already of tiny 0,5mm diameter) seems to be oversize...
The rest of my progress, the salvage operations after testflight are still ongoing.
Stefan
Once more i have problems in putting the fotos inside my text, which is rather weird. Maybe someone here can enlighten me how to use this piece of software...
-
The rest of my progress, the salvage operations after testflight are still ongoing.
Stefan
-
Stefan,
Awful new about the unauthorized test flight my friend. I have every confidence you'll soon have everything back in it's proper order.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
-
Indeed, sorry to hear about the accident. Looks like she is on the mend though!
-
Friends,
as i am too dumb to add more photos in the appropriate "Ready for Inspection" thread, please allow me to show one more here.
Sorry for my inability - i hope the link to photobucket works.
(http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv105/stbuss/rolandfinal03.jpg)
Stefan