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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: eclarson on January 22, 2018, 12:37:15 PM
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Is it just me or are there not a lot of these being built? Regardless, this is now on my bench.
Just so you know, updates may be sporadic as not only am I'm taking my time with this beauty but I'm having hip replacement surgery on Feb. 6 so will be out of commission for a while.
(https://i.imgur.com/4RRtP8Kh.jpg)
Cheers,
Eric
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Great to see you making a start on this kit Eric, you are the first one on the forum to be building one. Good luck with your hip replacement, hope all goes well for you.
Des.
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Great to see you making a start on this kit Eric, you are the first one on the forum to be building one. Good luck with your hip replacement, hope all goes well for you.
Des.
Thank you Des!
Eric
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Eric,
First, hip replacements. A coworker’s husband has had two. He’s playing regular golf now. I’m sure you will be happy. Later.
Second, I will be following along with this build. I too have one but presently a Tamiya 1:48 F-14A is occupying my time. Too cold and windy to spray paint or airbrush so I am building the subassemblies and hand brushing the color.
I will probably be ready to start my Taube about the time you finish yours which will be a bar to aim for as usual.
Best regards,
Michael
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Great plane! I also wonder why there are no more builds on our forum. Looking forward on your build.
I also cross my fingers for your surgery.
Bye,
Manni
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Great plane! I also wonder why there are no more builds on our forum. Looking forward on your build.
I also cross my fingers for your surgery.
Bye,
Manni
Your words are mine, Manni!
Eric, I am happy to see a Taube being built - finally!
All the best!
Richard
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My best for a speedy recovery from your surgery. I am looking forward to your build of the Taube!
RAGIII
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Cool choice. Nearly got one of these but the riging put me off - thought I'd better get a little more experience first!!!! Will be following for sure.
Gary
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Cool choice. Nearly got one of these but the riging put me off - thought I'd better get a little more experience first!!!! Will be following for sure.
Gary
Monoplanes are pretty easy to rig, you don't have to mess about between a pair of wings
Richard
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Eric,
I too have a friend like Michael with two brand new hips and he golfs and skis like a youngster, hope it works as well for you! I'll be following this (first here) Taube Build with interest.
Cheers,
Lance
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Best of luck with your surgery, looking forward to seeing you build this puppy.
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Cool choice. Nearly got one of these but the riging put me off - thought I'd better get a little more experience first!!!! Will be following for sure.
Gary
Monoplanes are pretty easy to rig, you don't have to mess about between a pair of wings
Richard
You've seen the rigging on this plane????? :P :o
Gary
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Cool choice. Nearly got one of these but the riging put me off - thought I'd better get a little more experience first!!!! Will be following for sure.
Gary
Monoplanes are pretty easy to rig, you don't have to mess about between a pair of wings
Richard
You've seen the rigging on this plane????? :P :o
Gary
Just a bunch of wires.
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You've seen the rigging on this plane????? :P :o
Gary
Even so, monoplanes are far, far easier than biplanes to rig. You can see both ends of each wire as you fit them, and no messing about tying to get tools into the gap between the wings
You don't usually have to avoid getting one set of diagonals mixed up with another set going the other way too
Don't let the rigging put you off a Taube, there are far worse ones to do
Richard
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It hasn't put me off. Just think I need a few more easier aircraft under my belt first ;D No point trying to run before I can walk....
Gary
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First, thank you for all the encouraging words regarding my upcoming surgery. Greatly appreciated!
Now back to the topic at hand. I haven't done anything worth taking pictures of but have made opening moves including prepping the interior parts and fuselage for painting, and getting a good idea what to expect with the rigging which will be challenging due to the shear number of lines and the extremely delicate posts and struts sticking out every which way from the wings and tail. It will be the rare modeler who can build this kit without breaking off at least one of those. :)
A number of cross braces install directly to the inner fuselage walls for which locator holes are provided but require careful drilling to deepen them - the challenge being to not drill all the way through the fuselage side. Fortunately the wall thickness is sufficient to allow deep enough holes for securing the lines. Speaking of which, for anyone contemplating building one of these I highly recommend using elastic rigging line such as Uschi's or EZ-Line. My usual rigging material - fishing line - would be quite difficult to install and maintain tension not to mention those fuselage interior braces.
There are numerous superb WIP photos on Wingnut's site of the sample model which are valuable references particularly for the interior detail and airframe rigging. Don't attempt this kit without studying those photo very carefully!
Cheers,
Eric
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It hasn't put me off. Just think I need a few more easier aircraft under my belt first ;D No point trying to run before I can walk....
Gary
Then I recommend an Eindecker. And, forget the turnbuckles.
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A number of cross braces install directly to the inner fuselage walls for which locator holes are provided but require careful drilling to deepen them - the challenge being to not drill all the way through the fuselage side. Fortunately the wall thickness is sufficient to allow deep enough holes for securing the lines. Speaking of which, for anyone contemplating building one of these I highly recommend using elastic rigging line such as Uschi's or EZ-Line. My usual rigging material - fishing line - would be quite difficult to install and maintain tension not to mention those fuselage interior braces.
There are numerous superb WIP photos on Wingnut's site of the sample model which are valuable references particularly for the interior detail and airframe rigging. Don't attempt this kit without studying those photo very carefully!
Cheers,
Eric
I agree, use EZ Line or equivalent where possible. This brings up the question of structural integrity enhanced by rigging with monofilament. I suspect there may be need for a more rigid rigging material like mono when dealing with the wings. In other words the Wings may require additional support beyond that offered by an elastic material. Don’t know, but certainly possible. Thoughts?
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I agree, use EZ Line or equivalent where possible. This brings up the question of structural integrity enhanced by rigging with monofilament. I suspect there may be need for a more rigid rigging material like mono when dealing with the wings. In other words the Wings may require additional support beyond that offered by an elastic material. Don’t know, but certainly possible. Thoughts?
That was my concern at first too but looking at the big wing mounting lugs on the fuselage combined with the thin one-piece wings I think the complete structure will be quite sturdy regardless of the rigging material. At least the sample model on the WNW site has EZ Line throughout. All speculation on my part though. We'll see what happens when I get to that point!
Eric
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That’s good to know. I need to spend more time looking at the Wingnut Wings build example. My E-III has developed a bit of wing sag. It’s rigged with mono so once I correct the sag, I will have a few sagging mono rigging lines to deal with. Probably why I keep putting it off.
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It hasn't put me off. Just think I need a few more easier aircraft under my belt first ;D No point trying to run before I can walk....
Gary
Then I recommend an Eindecker. And, forget the turnbuckles.
Been there, done that. 1st buuld - and with turnbuckles.
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You could use structural rigging for just one line per wing and Ezi Line for others?
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You could use structural rigging for just one line per wing and Ezi Line for others?
You'd probably get one rigging wire that looked very different to the rest
Richard
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To give my two cents: Structural rigging with e. g. fishing line is in my opinion much easier than using any flexible material. I only use this flexible stuff where I have to rigg delicate parts like interiors containing thin plastic bars. Non-flexible stuff goes much easier into eyelets and brass rod-turnbuckles than the flexible stuff.
Best regards
Borsos
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To give my two cents: Structural rigging with e. g. fishing line is in my opinion much easier than using any flexible material. I only use this flexible stuff where I have to rigg delicate parts like interiors containing thin plastic bars. Non-flexible stuff goes much easier into eyelets and brass rod-turnbuckles than the flexible stuff.
Best regards
Borsos
I found elastic thread a little more challenging than fishing line but still quite doable once I got the hang of working with it. Used Uschi elastic line with polyimide tubing turnbuckles and Bob's Buckle's 1/48 eyelets throughout on this Eduard SE.5a. Two sets of fine pointed tweezers are a must!
(https://i.imgur.com/LZ62rjjh.jpg)
Eric
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Hi Eric,
great news that you are starting your Taube build right now. I will also begin with my Taube this weekend and it will be great to share some ideas and experiences throughout the stages of our projects.
Greetings from Bonn, Germany
Dirk
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Hi Eric,
great news that you are starting your Taube build right now. I will also begin with my Taube this weekend and it will be great to share some ideas and experiences throughout the stages of our projects.
Greetings from Bonn, Germany
Dirk
Hi Dirk,
Looks like we have the makings of a small Taube group build! I have to say that with this kit WNW has raised the bar on what is possible with injection molding. I'm amazed at the delicate and fine details in many of the smaller parts. But that also means a steady hand and light touch are needed to remove and clean up parts, particularly those for the cockpit. I spent a couple hours yesterday doing just that. Check out parts 46 in the photo below. They are tiny pulleys that attach to one of the cockpit bulkheads and are actually molded with a hole for the control lines to pass through. I merely slightly enlarged the hole with a small drill bit.
(http://i.imgur.com/vh4RaRAh.jpg) (https://imgur.com/vh4RaRA)
(http://i.imgur.com/RQg9ZAGh.jpg) (https://imgur.com/RQg9ZAG)
(http://i.imgur.com/nVlTfnLh.jpg) (https://imgur.com/nVlTfnL)
I look forward to seeing and hearing about your experiences once you start your Taube.
Cheers,
Eric
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Hi Eric,
I have started my Stahltaube topic. So let's keep in touch. ;)
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9250.0
Cheers, Dirk
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Hi Eric,
I have started my Stahltaube topic. So let's keep in touch. ;)
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9250.0
Cheers, Dirk
Thanks for the link!
Eric
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Working on the Taube's cockpit. Just finished the wood grain areas which are limited to part of the cockpit floor and a couple bulkheads.
Raw Umber oils over Tamiya Wood Deck Tan with Burnt Umber "knot dots". The latter being a little trick I learned from the new Stringbag book and really adds to the wood grain's character.
(https://i.imgur.com/turLOpuh.jpg)
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Cheers,
Eric
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Nice start Eric.
Gary
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Your start on the interior colors is looking great!
RAGIII
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Continuing work on my Taube's interior. Adding bracing wires is a breeze with EZ Line! Leather effect on seats done with acrylics and oils.
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(https://i.imgur.com/80rpkFMh.jpg)
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Eric
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I love the leather and wood graining! Indeed (compared to the newer Dolphin) you don't see a lot of these being built.
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Man, those knot dots really do bring it to life! Where can I find out how to do that?
On another forum I saw a thread titled "My First WNW" and it was this. I was amazed anyone could tackle it, fully rigged, as their first Wingnut kit - he had it finished inside a week!
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Man, those knot dots really do bring it to life! Where can I find out how to do that?
On another forum I saw a thread titled "My First WNW" and it was this. I was amazed anyone could tackle it, fully rigged, as their first Wingnut kit - he had it finished inside a week!
There's not much to find out! I got the idea from the excellent book "Stringbag" by Jeroen Veen and Flip Hendrickx where mention was made of adding dots of oil paint to the regular grain patterns (also done with oils). I've been doing wood grain with oil paints for years but never thought to add the "knot dots". For mine, I dipped the end of a round wood toothpick in thinned burnt umber artist oil paint and tapped it in random places making the tiny paint dots. For variety I then gently streaked a few with a soft brush dampened with thinner (I use AK and Mig odorless thinner). It's one of those things you just have to try and don't over think it.
I should note that I added the dots after the main grain patterns had dried.
My second WWI model and first WNW kit was the LVG, which is also where I first gained experience doing wood grain over large areas, but it took me a lot longer than a week! Closer to 9 months. :)
Cheers,
Eric
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Really nice so far. I'm glad you discovered EZ Line. It really is a great product.
The taube is such a cool flying contraption (I'm hard pressed to call it an airplane), and I'm watching your build with interest. If I had a spare $110 lying around, I'd get one too.
Maybe I'll ask for one for my birthday.
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Very, very nice indeed 8) Bring on the updates!!!!
Gary
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The interior wood work and rigging is looking fantastic. I look forward to your next update!
RAGIII
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i like very much also the leather of the seat! how did you do that? leatheris to me very difficult to kake....
thank you
ciao
edo
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Loos gorgeous so far :) I am going to take notes as I will be building one in the near future :)
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Hi Eric, great progress inside the cockpit. Beautiful woodgrain finish and the knot dots method brings the wood to life! Let me tell you that in 2012 your woodgrain tutorial was a great inspiriation and important breakthrough for my skills during my first WNW build!
Cheers, Dirk
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i like very much also the leather of the seat! how did you do that? leatheris to me very difficult to kake....
thank you
ciao
edo
Thank you all for your kind comments! The leather was done with diluted Vallejo acrylics and oil washes using a technique described in the new Stringbag book mentioned in one of my earlier posts. It's a layering technique starting with leather brown then moving to dark earth and ochre brown for the hilights. A dark brown oil wash helped tone down the contrasts between shades.
Further updates may be a while as I just returned home from the hospital after having hip replacement surgery. All went well but it might be a couple weeks before I can get back to my work bench.
Cheers,
Eric
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Eric,
Glad to hear the surgery went well, you'll be back at that bench in no time! Looking great so far, the wood work is particularly well done and the interior panels really catch the eye. looking forward to more when you are back to the bench!
Cheers,
Lance
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Hi Eric, great progress inside the cockpit. Beautiful woodgrain finish and the knot dots method brings the wood to life! Let me tell you that in 2012 your woodgrain tutorial was a great inspiriation and important breakthrough for my skills during my first WNW build!
Cheers, Dirk
Thank you Dirk! I'm happy to hear the woodgrain tutorial helped. If nothing else it's a good starting point as every time I do wood grain I find myself making changes and refinements as I gain experience. It's one of those really fun things to experiment with.
Cheers,
Eric
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Recovery from my hip replacement surgery is going very well. I've been able to put in some bench time on my Taube and have nearly completed the cockpit interior. Next on the agenda is to assemble and install the HGW seat belts.
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Cheers,
Eric
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Coming along nicely Eric 8)
Gary
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Coming along nicely Eric 8)
Gary
Yes, indeed!
And: Get well soon, Eric!
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Hi Eric,
good to hear that your healing is proceeding well! Great work on the cockpit. Especially the instrument board is awsome. The wiring and the control cables look impressive and as I now right now, take a lot of time and patience...
Cheers, Dirk
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Glad to hear about the Hip coming along well. Your interior looks awesome!
RAGIII
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Brief update. The lovely HGW seat belts have been installed. They are fiddly and time consuming to assemble but IMHO are a significant improvement over the kit's PE parts so are worth the effort.
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Eric
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Coming along just beautifully Eric, nice wood, exceptional detail and rigging, and just the epitome of a crisp clean Build. My compliments on a great start to an exceptional Build.
Cheers,
Lance
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Excellent progress! Like Lance said the wood is beautiful and the rigging looks great!
RAGIII
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Catching up - really nice work!!
Steve
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Lovely work on the interior, Eric!
Cheers,
Bud
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Brilliant work as always! Gives me a higher bar to aim for. Good news on your recovery. My modeling mojo has fled since my cancer diagnosis. Sold the Felixstowe and bought a Spyderco knife. Still have the Taube though. Plan to get started some day. I am enjoying watching your progress.
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Beautifully done Eric, looking forward to your progress.
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Thank you for all the kind words!
Just completed and installed the Argus engine which is a great little model unto itself. Unfortunately, even with the cowl covers left off, much of the detail visible here will be hidden in the finished model. But that's why we take plenty of WIP pics! :)
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Eric
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I hope you put gas in the tank so the engine runs. It’s pretty impressive
Ray
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Lovely engine! All is looking terrific!
RAGIII
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Last look at all the innards before closing the fuselage. The next big challenge will be masking all the openings and exposed engine prior to painting the exterior.
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Eric
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Everything looks gorgeous! You are making great progress.
RAGIII
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Completed my Taube's main fuselage painting today. The next big challenge is the funky "fish scale" effect on the bare metal cowling area. I'll be using the technique with Tamiya enamel paints as described on the WNW site but not until I put in plenty of practice on some old test parts!
Per the instructions, I used Tamiya XF-22 Field Gray with the initial coats being straight from the bottle then I made an extra-thin 50/50 mix of XF-22 and XF-2 flat white and misted on several random coats in an attempt to break up the solid color but it's not very noticeable. I think I applied the latter too evenly. I'll leave it as is though as the gloss coats yet to come will darken it back again and I'll then try some weathering washes and filters to add visual interest.
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Eric
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That looks great!
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+1 I find shading a monotone colour always difficult.... whenever I seem to have nailed it, the glosscoat almost always seems to ruin the effect for me. :-S
Look forward to the next installment :)
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Simply Gorgeous!
RAGIII
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Very nice progress!!
Steve
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Very nice progress!!
Steve
Big Ditto !!
Ed
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Took a short break from the Taube's fuselage work and finished the prop. Wood grain effect done with oil paints over a light tan acrylic base.
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Eric
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Very nice looking prop! Well Done.
RAGIII
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Really great build. Gorgeous interior work and promising covering.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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That's a nice job on the prop.
Gaz
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Great job so far, well done!
Cheers
Ondra
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Got my Taube's fuselage and tail decals on and finished the leather trim around the cockpit openings. Now working on the wings and tail plane. The flexible areas of both have had their ribs masked and a lightened shade of the base color applied to simulate a translucent appearance. This might be a bit of artistic license but it adds visual interest to what would otherwise be a monotone paint scheme. I may redo the tail plane so it matches the wings as its contrast isn't quite as noticeable.
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Eric
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Very clean and meticulous work !
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Looking gorgeous! Terrific update!
RAGIII
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Very nice progress on an accurate and careful built!
Borsos
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Very nice work indeed. Looking forward to more updates...
Gary
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Nice!
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Wow. I think I had a look at this log a while back...But, as others have said the cleanness and the crispness of your work really impresses me. I make so many mistakes from over handling things - it seems not be a problem for you. Lessons to be learnt from your photos alone.
A wonderful build so far and without doubt to follow - which I will.
Cheers
Alistair
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Progress continues on my Taube, slow but sure. The main airframe parts are painted and decals applied. Now ready for some subtle weathering and fading using the oil dot filter technique.
I found the large wing decals tricky to apply as they are brittle. I suspect it's the thick white ink as I've not had a problem with the black lettering or other colors and the splitting I experienced was all on the white. A number of areas required touchup with white paint, mainly around the small holes for the rigging attachment points.
I seem to remember reports of similar brittleness problems regarding the roundels for the Wingnut Camels. I wonder if the white ink is the culprit with them as well.
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Cheers,
Eric
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One wheel down, one to go. The photo-etched spokes look great. Definitely not for the ham-fisted though! :)
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Eric
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Great couple of updates Eric. The wheel looks very delicate, but the PE sure does the trick. Looking forward to your progress on this beauty.
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Little things mean a lot. The Taube's radiators and exhaust pipes are finished and ready to attach when the time comes. Pipes were done using AMMO Mig Rust Effects and Black Smoke pigment.
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Eric
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Great updates, and great details.
Giuseppe
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Love the exhausts! The coloring is awesome!
RAGIII
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Excellent work!!
Steve
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Eric,
Some great techniques shown on those pipes and rads.
Inspiring!
Gaz
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It only took three attempts to achieve the "scale" effect on my Taube's cowl panel to the point where I'm satisfied. This is the port panel which will be left off so figured it would be a good first step after practicing on an old model part. Now for the scary part...doing it on the rest of the model. :)
The last photo is from the kit instructions and shows the interesting reflective effects on the actual aircraft. In the Hint & Tips section on Wingnut's site they recommend Tamiya Chrome and Flat Aluminum enamels (NOT the Tamiya acrylic versions we usually see) as the best paints to replicate the effect. I had to order them from overseas. I tried several other paints, both acrylics and enamels, but none worked as well as Tamiya's though for the flat aluminum lines Humbrol Metal Cote Flat Aluminum came close.
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Eric
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NIce! I've been toying with the idea of trying this effect on foiled parts.
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The panels look perfect. Excellent work!
RAGIII
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The madness is over! Just finished the "scales" on the Taube's metal cowling panels. Whew! So glad that hurdle has been passed. :)
Note how the lighting angle causes the squiggle to be light or dark. Very cool effect.
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Eric
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Cool indeed Eric, more so spectacular I'd say. That's very impressive! This is going to be a really outstanding model. 8) 8) 8)
Cheers,
Lance
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Great work and a very realistic finish!!
Steve
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Beautiful work, Eric.
The scales look really great.
Bye,
Manni
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Hi Eric,
That fits, I also have the Taube on the desk.
I really like what I see here, so I can get some inspirations ;) :D
Regards
Jörg
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Very, very well done Eric. 8) :)
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Cool indeed Eric, more so spectacular I'd say. That's very impressive! This is going to be a really outstanding model. 8) 8) 8)
Cheers,
Lance
I agree completely with Lance!
RAGIII
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What a masterful treatment of the metal cowling parts. Very nice!
Borsos
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The more Taubes built I see, the more I am tempted to change my resolution on not buying one. Your fine progress moves the odds even more to "get one" zone.
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She's starting to come together. Got the undercarriage and radiators attached today.
Oil dot filtering applied to the fuselage to break up the monotonous single color is evident in the photos too. Wasn't sure how that would turn out but I'm pleased with the results.
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Eric
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Absolutely stunning!!! An incredible kit in a masters hands.
Cheers
Alistair
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Excellent work!
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Absolutely Gorgeous!
RAGIII
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Absolutely Gorgeous!
RAGIII
Indeed 😎
Gary
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Oh yes! what a beauty!
Xan
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Really beautiful. THe radiators and the scales look great.
Bye,
Manni
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Finally got to the fun part...rigging! Using Infini Model elastic rigging thread with 27 gauge polyimide tubing to replicate turnbuckles. The latter will be painted a steel color once the lines are tightened and trimmed. The third photo shows one of the four "rudder" arms into which I drilled holes with a #80 bit and inserted a Bob's Buckle to which the control lines will be attached.
Please excuse the couple blurry photos. It is the wee hours of the morning and I was trying to hand-hold the camera in super-macro mode using just my work lights for illumination. :-)
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Cheers,
Eric
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What a fine work!
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Terrific work on the turnbuckles and attachment points. Looks awesome!
RAGIII
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Great shots of the rigging! These kind of pics help when considering a model for purchase.
Gaz
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Just put the finishing touches on the Taube's tail rigging...whew! Half the fun was figuring out where all the lines went. The other half was getting them there!
Now, on to the wings! :)
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Eric
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That rigging looks great! Is that Infini line round or flat cross section?
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That rigging looks great! Is that Infini line round or flat cross section?
Thank you! The Infini line is flat, actually more rectangular. It's not as flat as EZ-Line. I noticed a few of my lines are twisted but is barely noticeable. Still, I'll pay closer attention to that when I do the wings.
Eric
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Beautiful rigging!
RAGIII
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Beautiful rigging, looks like a spider got into your modeling area. ;D ;D
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My "Dove" spreads her wings! Will allow the glue to cure overnight before starting the wing rigging.
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Eric
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Awesome!
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So gorgeous, Eric! I'm tempted to haul mine out and give it a try.
Cheers,
Bud
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A beautiful bird indeed! Looking forward to seeing more of the rigging ;D
RAGIII
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Wow, Eric. The plane looks really great. Perfect rigging.
Bye,
Manni
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That looks absolutely fantastic. The rigging looks perfect and that is surely one of the biggest challenges for this wonderful model of a beautiful plane.
Cheers,
Alistair
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Beautiful!
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First, a big thank you to all for the kind comments! They are greatly appreciated. :)
Fueled by coffee, I stayed up until 2:00am this morning and completed the underside rigging and attached the wheels.
Inspired by the build photos on the WNW site I attempted some dirt and dried mud effects on the wheels and surrounding area using various acrylics and pigments. First time I've tried that and I think it came out OK.
I noticed earlier that the axle had a little hole near each end but no mention was made of them in the instructions. I figured on the real aircraft that's where retaining pins were fitted to hold the wheels on. How they molded the axle part with those holes, which went clean though, is beyond me. Regardless, in looking at period photos I thought I could make out the pins so made my own from bits of steel music wire. If you look carefully at the 4th photo you can just see one of the pins sticking down from the axle end.
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Eric
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Outstanding rigging and your subtle weathering looks great!
RAGIII
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Spectacular model Eric! Your detail and paint work are superb, you've really done a wonderful job on this Kit; top drawer all the way! 8) 8) 8)
Cheers,
Lance
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Brilliant work Eric...an absolute gem of a model!
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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That just looks fantastic!
Gaz
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Oh yes, it looks really great.
Congratulation!
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She's done! More photos in the Completed Models section.
Thanks again for all of your kind comments.
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9626.0
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Cheers,
Eric
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Simply stunning - a beautiful bird - beautifully assembled. Congratulations!
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Great result!!
Steve
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I have certainly enjoyed watching the processes that got you to this Beautiful Finish!
RAGIII
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I have certainly enjoyed watching the processes that got you to this Beautiful Finish!
RAGIII
Again, I agree with my Amigo! Stunning work, Eric!
Cheers,
Bud
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Absolutely stunning as usual. Makes me not even want to lift the lid on mine.
Beautiful work, great job.
Russ