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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Bughunter on July 22, 2019, 04:48:37 AM
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Nice work Frank! Will they be used to depict a Fokker D.VII on skis as used by Finland?
Kevin
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A russian Nieuport?
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Not sure which Aircraft they will support but the skis are brilliant!
RAGIII
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Very nice Frank, SPAD VII???
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Fun, I bet Morane-Saulnier N in the Russian service ;)
Regard
Paul
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Quote from: O_Pablo on Today at 12:46:41 AM
Fun, I bet Morane-Saulnier N in the Russian service ;)
Your bet is good Paul, a 98% hit!
The Morane-Saulnier in russian service had a 110hp Le Rhone 9J and was called I instead of N.
It was the first shot, I was generally concerned about this Morane model. I will follow your actions with interest because I intend to build this version. I have in my stash two old models offered by Eduard / Flashback.
Regards,
Paul
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So now that we know I am really looking forward to the Morane that will rest on top of those Skis!
RAGIII
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Not sure which Aircraft they will support but the skis are brilliant!
RAGIII
ABSOLUTELY..!!
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As always your engine is Gorgeous Frank!
RAGIII
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That soldering work is amazing, Frank. Engine looks tops, too. Very unusual and interesting subject.
Cheers,
Gary
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Another of your extraordinary builds Frank. Those skiis look very goo - such fine soldering. The engine is equally goo - Small Stuff engines are really good value.
Stephen.
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Thank you Rick, Gary and Stephen! Your feedback is highly appreciated :-*
Cheers,
Frank
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Amazing work on the engine, Frank.
Do you have any special method to keep from losing the small parts while handling them and removing them from the sprues?
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Thank you Ken!
I followed the detailed description by Eugeny as stated above.
https://www.smallstuffmodels.com/p/buildinganengine.html
The trick with the tabs on the small parts is very valuable ;)
The small parts are already painted, but the small cutting area can be painted again afterwards.
Cheers,
Frank
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Great work on the engine - what do you use to paint the copper tubing?
Cheers,
BC
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Awesome job on the engine 8)
Terri
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Thank you Brad and Terri!
what do you use to paint the copper tubing?
I used many different Alclad paints, this includes copper.
2 of my colors, copper and pale gold, are years old and now somehow spoilt, gone bad. But a friend lend me a fresh bottle, so I was able to continue.
Cheers,
Frank
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Nice job on the prop Frank , you can still make out the grain which gives it great effect in this scale . Awesome !
Terri
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Your Prop is Brilliant as always Frank!
RAGIII
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Superb Frank, what else can I say. :D
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Carving airscrews is not as easy as it looks but yours looks superb as always. The tonal differences look right to me - RFC airscrews were also varnished with a dark varnish which concealed the laminations.
Stephen.
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Frank,
Your last photo says it all; the way the pitch increases as it approaches the center of the prop was probably more of a challenge to replicate then usual. As one who carves his own as well I can really appreciate the work you've done here, beautiful job!
Cheers,
Lance
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Wonderful work Frank. I have the Morane-Saulnier kit at 1/32 and looking forward to getting at it one day. Your version is very special and a great subject on skids for this wee plane.
I look forward to your progress.
Cheers
A
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After looking at woodenpropellor.com I would say you have the prop color correct. Nice work on that.
Looks like French props are mostly dark brown, but in varying shades.
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Thank you Terri, Rick, Juan, Stephen, Lance, Alistair and Ken!
Your great feedback means a lot for me.
the way the pitch increases as it approaches the center of the prop was probably more of a challenge to replicate then usual.
We grow with the tasks we face ;)
After looking at woodenpropellor.com I would say you have the prop color correct. Nice work on that.
Thanks for the investigation! Xan posted pics in my Flyboys Nieuport build report, and also Borsos showed some interesting pictures. Used both postings as guidance.
Hm, I should prepare the next update ...
Cheers,
Frank
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WOW! Wings, ribs and shading, and roundels look awesome Frank!
RAGIII
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Frank, nice wing, but the trailing edge shouldn't look like this?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48417185492_2d08e71f31.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gLsJqd)
Regards
Paul
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Damn, I'm getting old! I need to start to write down some lists to not forget things ...
Now it is to late to change this without destroying the painting and decals. The effect ist not that strong but visible on the orig pictures :(
Cheers,
Frank
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Beautiful job on the wings Frank , shading is well done . Not over bearing at all .
Terri
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Just get out the big round file and fix those wings. ;D
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Oh dear Frank... we have all done that at some time. Personally I would leave the wings as they are because most people will be so blown away by the quality of your finished model they will not notice. And in time you too could learn to live with it....!
Stephen.
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Personally, I would improve it. Also the tip in the leading edge, although looking at the pictures I have doubts whether it is as in the drawing above. I couldn't live with it. ;)
Regards
Paul
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Ok Frank, you obviously finish three kits in the same time I am finishing one. Don't play games, you are not old enough to be already retired, so what's your secret here?
Great start on that Morane, and "great start" means everything including the trailing edges of the wings.They don't always have to be so round as depicted on the drawing, have a look here http://wio.ru/ww1a/gal1.htm .
Best regards
Andreas
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Thank you all!
Don't play games, you are not old enough to be already retired, so what's your secret here?
8) PN sent.
"great start" means everything including the trailing edges of the wings.They don't always have to be so round as depicted on the drawing, have a look here http://wio.ru/ww1a/gal1.htm .
Nice and very helpful link, thanks!
The
big round file and fix those wings.
is not the issue, but then I end up with thick trailing edges, but sand them thind would cause a repaint, and I need new decals then.
So I think I follow Stephen's idea:
And in time you too could learn to live with it....!
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi!
Great work until now. This is one of my ideas/projects for next....years? But, as a 1/72nd fan, I will start with the Revell little kit.
Apart from scalloped edges of the wing (the straight ones are typical of the N), why you choose to use different colors for under and upper faces of the wings?
Looking at the original photos, it seems that under they are painted "dirty white" as above, no differences between the shade of grey of underwing and fuselage, and very little between underwing and white center of the Russian roundel. Did you find another photo?
Congrats for all the rest!
Roberto
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Thanks Roberto!
I simply followed the description in the Datafile :)
- upper surfaces overpainted with gloss white
- wing under surface and tail unit in original clear doped finish
- metal areas in standard glossy black
As often in WWI modeling there is room for interpretation, but I liked the described painting in different colors.
Apart from scalloped edges of the wing (the straight ones are typical of the N)
I checked again the drawings: yes, your are right in this point!
Cheers,
Frank
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Thank you for your answers!
Yes, the front cover page from Bryan Knight say the same, but everytime my first steps in every model building is checking original photos, as I think every modeller here. So I keep my doubts about Datafile interpretation too, maybe the author had infos that I can't have.
So, keep going in this beautiful work that you've done until now!
Cheers,
Roberto
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Outstanding work Frank. The instruments look superb!
RAGIII
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Great idea to use real wood for the back of the seat...
I build only subjects in 1/72nd scale, but I want to make a try...
The rest is first class modelling, I use too Kristal Kleer to reproduce glasses.
Cheers,
Roberto
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I know that this is large scale (1/48) but I could easily believe that it is actually 1/24th. Super detail indeed Frank. I also like the real wood for the seat - much easier than trying to paint it.
Stephen.
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Nice work so far Frank 8)
Terri
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Extremely well done so far, Frank!
Jörg
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Looking absolutely Awesome Frank!
RAGIII
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What Rick said ... 8)
Terri
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Frank, again it’s an amazing progress. Your MS I looks great!!
Andreas
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Thank you Rick, Terri and Andreas!
The last weeks I was hiking in the alps, a great summer holiday :)
That is the reason for my silence in all the nice reports here, so I have to catch up a lot ...
Cheers,
Frank
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Super improvements Frank. If you had not pointed them all out I would have missed some of them - the mark of a first class modeller. I am certain that you will arrive at a neat and siple solution to the cockpit cover - and am waiting patiently to see it....!
Stephen.
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Yes, very good solutions to the problems you have encountered. Nicely done!
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The famous 120 days warning :o
120 days? That shelf queen is untouched for a complete year! After finishing the Triplane (in one go) I should give this one another try ...
Thank you Stephen and Ken for your continued support!
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank,
I look forward to seeing you continue performing your magic on this one.
Kevin
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Good to see that this has been taken from the shelf - hopefully its next long term stop will be in the display cabinet!
Stephen.
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Wow Frank that really is progress! A massive stride towards finishing this one.
As usual the details you are adding are eye-wateringly good - I must remember to ask you to make some of the more fiddly bits on my models in future....!
Stephen.
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As always your engine is superb and looks awesome in place! The gear is also Incredible. Outstanding progress.
RAGIII
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Two thumbs up Frank :)
Terri
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Hello Frank,
I am a 1/32 scale model maker, so additional detailing on models, also and mainly on Wingnut Wings models, is "my daily bread".
So to say, there is no model out of the box with me.
But here at the quarter scale model, extraordinary work is done.
What you are doing here on this small but fine model is excellent work.
Really great.
Bravo. ;)
Servus
Bertl
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Hello Frank,
I am a 1/32 scale model maker, so additional detailing on models, also and mainly on Wingnut Wings models, is "my daily bread".
So to say, there is no model out of the box with me.
But here at the quarter scale model, extraordinary work is done.
What you are doing here on this small but fine model is excellent work.
Really great.
Bravo. ;)
Servus
Bertl
If this Master Modeler is impressed what else can a Mere Mortal Add 8)
RAGIII
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Frank, that is crazy good!
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Thank you Bertl, Rick and Gaz!
Bertl, of course I know your work! What a praise :-*
I'm not sure if this monoplane here will be as good as my recently completed triplane (which some say is my best model yet), but I'm very happy that this problem of why the plane has been on the shelf for a year is finally cracked!
Happy modeling,
Frank
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Nice modifications around the cockpit, Frank. One cannot tell it was altered. The details around the machine gun certainly look good as well as the tail skid assembly and the elevator connecting tube - your usual excellent detail work!
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Just excellent work all around Frank. I would have difficulty making those parts in the giant scale, you make them in the intermediate scale!
Stephen.
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That looks fantastic!!!
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Don't know how, but I've been missing this build. I join all the enthusiastic comments: simply gorgeous!
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Thank you Ken, Stephen, Carl and Giuseppe for
all the enthusiastic comments
Could not say it better :-*
Don't know how, but I've been missing this build.
Giuseppe, that could happen easily, because this thread is only some days active again, after it was deeply aged out. After I couldn't come up with a solution for a cockpit cover and wind protection a year ago, I put it aside.
I have to process the pictures and write some notes, but I can promise that the next update will come soon!
Cheers,
Frank
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This sis looking truly super Frank. You really are the master of the miniature metal pieces. First class rigging too.
Stephen.
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:o :o :o :o Very nice progress Frank :)
Terri
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Frank,
This is really building up to a spectacular presentation of your skills.
I must say, it’s a very attractive bird.
Kevin
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Goodness me Frank!
Beautiful.
Guy
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Excellent, Frank!
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Exceptional job on those rigging details, Frank. One can actually see how the mechanisms work on the real plane.
Do you have any specific process for cutting out and shaping the small metal parts? I assume you are using files for the final shaping?
(I like your method of soldering together multiple plates and shaping them together as one unit. This was in another thread.)
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Thank you Stephen, Terri, Kevin, Guy, Gaz and Ken! You are always great supporters in my builds :-*
Do you have any specific process for cutting out and shaping the small metal parts? I assume you are using files for the final shaping?
This was done somehow quick and dirty.
After drilling I cut the parts with nail scissors.
And right, the final shaping was done with some small files. I hold the parts with a surgical anti-"fling" tweezers (sold at a model exhibition under that name). Seems to be steril for one time usage, since I found it in internet now.
(https://hygiene-gmi.de/media/image/18/a4/93/TAFD-0766-160mm-01.jpg)
Image Source: hygiene-gmi.de
On the latest rerelease of the kit as Profipack in July 2020, Eduard has changed the PE set and now there are more parts on it, e.g. the small cranks.
Cheers,
Frank
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Those surgical tweezers look very useful Frank. I think that I might be investigating those further as small parts going ping and disappearing into the nether world can be frustrating at times, (well all of the time actually!)
Stephen.
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The rigging is as Superb as the rest of the build Frank!
RAGIII
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Thank you Rick!
This build is finished and the final pictures can be found here:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11463.0
Good to see that this has been taken from the shelf - hopefully its next long term stop will be in the display cabinet!
Yes Stephen, I am glad that it turned out this way.
See you in the next project!
Cheers,
Frank