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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Alexis on January 07, 2020, 11:59:56 AM
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I will have my strutz this week and it won't take long to finish off the Rumpler so instead of starting another shelf queen I rather get annoyed with a fresh start on something else and a bit different . So my next WW1 build will Eduards kit of this neat looking fighter and only two rigging lines !!!!! ;D
Terri
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Terri,
This is one build I will really enjoy watching. Let the games begin!
Kevin
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Really looking forward to following along, T! I'm planning on starting this one soon, myself, so I'll be using yours as a guide. No pressure. ;)
Cheers,
Bud
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Terri, I'll follow closely this build, I have the same kit in my stash!
Antonio
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Terri, this one will be interesting too. I hope, that the struts are not a nightmare again for you! ???
I was able to catch it somewhere in the internet, hard to find such old kits in a nice, unbuilt state.
Cheers,
Frank
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Have fun with the struts on this one Terri - but the model will be impressive when finished.
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Danke Herren ! ( thanks gentlemen ) .
Been going over the PE parts and I'm not sure I will use the cockpit framing . A few of the last early Eduard kit's ( SSW D.III . Sopwith baby , Hannover ) the fuselage sides needed thinning for the pit to fit so at this stage might as well replace them with plastic parts . There is no engine included in the kit . Fully closed cowl , but I might have a white metal one kicking around from a old vac kit .
Bud , no pressure at all ;)
Guten Tag Frank , some of the older Eduard kits and others can be hard to find . I'm still trying to find a Vision 3 in 48 scale . There is one but can't recall the maker . I like the older kits , perfect test bed for scratch building .
Terri
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Hi-Tech did the Voisin Terri,I must get back to mine, it's been on the shelf of doom for too long.
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I will follow along as always Terri.
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I'm still trying to find a Vision 3 in 48 scale .
I think you mean this one? Oh yes, that is hard to find!
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hi-tech-ht-022-voisin-10-lar-night-bomber--958178
Scalemates is a perfect database regarding kits and related things.
Cheers,
Frank
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Terri, besides the HiTech Voisin kit, there was the 1/48th scale Master Club Voisin LAS resin kit. Unfortunately this kit is impossible to find. Avia Press lists it as a special order but that is a case where they have not changed their website information in many years. I want to purchase the Master Club kit myself.
So many interesting WWI pushers not available in 1/48th scale.
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Not really being a Great War fanatic (yet) I'm amazed at the many different types of aircraft that I see here that I never knew existed - this one is yet another! Odd looking, but I'm sure you will make a nice representation of it!
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My type book about the german aircrafts of WWI contains about 500 types! Only german ones, and all the other nations has also a lot of types.
So I'm sure I will not be a expert who knows them all for a very long time ???
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi Berman , yes I gave up trying to find the Master Club kit , but the Hi-Tech kit is just as hard . Might have no choice to to scratch build one . I do agree that more pushers would be nice .
Fredrik, I have been building WW 1 aircraft for about 20 years now and I'm still learning new types and there is some pretty wild looking types .
You know Dave , I can finish it for you ;)
Rick , wouldn't be the same without you . Glad to have you tagging along for the ride ;)
Frank , that's the one ...can never seem to fully remember
Terri
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Hals und Beinbruch, Terri!
All this talk of old, difficult to find kits, it just seems like yesterday to me that I was buying these 1/48 kits as brand new releases! This Eduard Starstrutter is what got me back into modelling in the early nineties after years in the wilderness! (Hope your sprue of struts is less of a solid lump of flash than mine was.)
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You want me to break a leg ! :o :o :o :o ;)
The parts in the kit aren't bad at all , no just lumps of plastic . There is one broken strut but that is and easy fix .
Terri
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Made a start on getting the parts cleaned up , there was a fare bit of flesh to sand away taking most of the day to get rid of it . Fingers started cramping up so the struts will be for another day . I did add hinge detail with bits of .10 X .30mm . Not sure if this is even right , but it draws more interest to a rather plain area .
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Terri,
It's great to see the kits of yesteryear given a chance to shine.
Kevin
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Looking great, Terri! I too can't wait to see this one done...Dan
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Great job on cleaning up those parts Terri. I look forward to the next steps!
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Ahh, a new irritation!
Wait! You can't build this! You have to wait for the WNW and CSM kits! ;D
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Terri, you want to build this with closed engine cowling?
There are some build reports about this kit saying Eduard was wrong here and the cowling was always open.
But that is simply not true, in the Windsock Datafile there are pictures of both: open or closed cowling :)
I have to many started projects already, otherwise I would take the kit out of my stash and open up a little group build with you! 8)
Cheers,
Frank
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Hey guys , thanks for checking out the build so far :)
Ken , so far no new irritations , but I'm sure they are forthcoming in the future . ;) There always is !
Some time this year we should see one of them !
Frank , Guten Tag :) I was planning on putting in an engine , but I don't have any useable ones in the parts bin and I really don't want to have too mod and detail an engine or wait for one to come in the mail . I have been looking at different profiles for marking options other then what is in the kit and notice some with fully cowled and some not . Reading about in the summer months when it was hot the upper cowls where removed to aid in cooling . Maybe next time we can do a mini GB of some short ;)
Okay , today I spent my time assembling the PE framework for the pit and got the seat ready for paint as well . The control column and rudder bar I will replace with scratched items . The pin that Eduard included in the kit is over sized and will not fit the holes in the column or the support . Simple fix :) . So far the pit fits inside the fuselage when closed up so that is a plus .
Up next is starting the wood .
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Nice start on the Pit Terri! Those PE frames in the early Eduard kits always scared Me!
RAGIII
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Hi Rick , I have built quit the few of the early Eduard WW 1 kit's and the PE still scares me when having to assemble it .
Terri
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Nice work on that PE. Quite a bit of it for a kit, I would say.
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Terri, the interior looks good!
Those PE frames in the early Eduard kits always scared Me!
I like those PE frames ;D
But I have not build much of them yet.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi Ken and Frank :) And there is still more PE parts , haven't even made a dent really . The Hannover has even more ! ;)
I don't mind PE for some things , other items for get it and the really tiny parts . For framing they are perfect for this task .
Terri
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Started painting the wood effect on the fuselage sides and framework / instrument panel . Tamiya wooden deck followed by a dry brushing with Tamiya lacquer brown . Then a lighter brushing effect with Tamiya red brown . Clear coating is Tamiya clear orange mix with smoke and applied in many layers , darker in some . Seat is painted Tamiya black and back of the film for the instruments is white . I'm working out the details on the flight controls and getting a few parts made so far so good . :)
Terri
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Challenging kit, you are making a great interior work.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Great work so far! Looking forward to the continuation!
/Fredrik
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Great looking wood work as always T!
RAGIII
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Thanks guys ,
I'm almost finished the column with just a few details left . Wasn't happy with the rudder bar so I will be re-doing it . once that is taken care of will have some pic's for you folks .
Terri
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I see you are progressing well with this.
Too bad Eduard doesn't make 1/32 WW1 planes. It could expand the range of available kits.
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Thanks Ken :) Getting there and looking forward to the start of the weekend to continue . Once the fuselage is closed up it should go a bit quicker . This will be my first build doing a wooden fuselage , should be interesting trying this with acrylics .
Terri
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Excellent progress, Young Terri!
I'm holding out for MORE!
Cheers,
Bob von FanBoy! :o 8)
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Looking great, Terri. Excellent results!
Cheers,
Gary
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Thanks Fanboy and Gary , more pic's coming to a thread near you :) Such as this one ! ;)
Terri
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Great work so far, Terri, keep it up!
Cheers
Ondra
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Good to see your progress Terri!
This seems to be a good kit - oldie but goldie ;)
Cheers,
Frank
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Sorry I have not dropped in recently Terri - mjo problems I am afraid.
What you are doing is marvellous. Wood finishes are never easy to get right in my experience but you are doing very well indeed.
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Very nice progress, Terri. I like it a lot.
Andreas
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Thanks guys for following and leaving positive comments ! :) :) :)
I spent part of the day working the details in the cockpit pit . Control lines are now in place and the buckles are stretched Q-tips.Ended up making a few details , pump and some other do-hicky-thingy-me-bob . It shows in the drawings I was able to have aid with . Rudder bar is almost finished up , few more coats of clear yellow/orange to go . Seat-belts are set to go for weathering now . Still have the instrument panel to get done been avoiding it up until now . I don't have anymore compass decals left in this scale so I will use the kit PE part which is still a work in-progress .
Terri
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While waiting for paint to dry on the pit parts I drilled out the hole for the PE gun Barrel which was replace with plastic rod instead . I didn't want to deal with rolling and having a seam to deal with as well . Still have to add all the PE parts , but at least it is starting to take shape .
Terri
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I didn't stop there , no sir ...I moved on with the extuast . The instructions call for a flesh mount so it's either pinning into place or drill out the holes so the whole part slides in forming a better join then pins . I drilled the holes and glad I did .
Terri
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Exhaust end is hollowed out as well ;) My thumb took battle damage while doing this :o
Terri
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Nice touch Terri, those little extra touches always pay great dividends. Coming together very nicely!
Cheers,
Lance
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Looks like great work, Terri!🙌
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Drilling all those holes will lead to a more realistic result.
That's the issue I have with injection molded parts. An assembly of separate parts, molded as one unit, doesn't have separation lines.
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Very well done T! The exhaust look awesome!
RAGIII
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Good attention to details Terri, I hope your battle damage heals quickly!
Too bad Eduard doesn't make 1/32 WW1 planes. It could expand the range of available kits.
Other way around Ken - too bad, that WNW do not 1/48 kits ::)
On the other hand is Eduard creating a new Camel?!? The old one is not bad and there are sooo many other interesting biplanes without moulds!
Cheers,
Frank
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Thank-you all so very much , you guys are the best :)
Ken , Frank . Would be nice to see Eduard to something different other then a retool of the Camel . Their Hannover comes to mind . Other then the Koster kit and Eduards 20+year release . WNW doing 48 scale would be the cats meow !
Terri
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Nice progress, hollowing exhaust pipes is one of the best ways to get authentic look.
And agree, I'm hoping as well someone will produce really new 1/48 WWI kits.
Ciao
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Not sure what is going on here , but my post from yesterday on new progress are no longer here ??????
So here we go again .
Cockpit is finished and ready to be glued in place . Instrument panel is still a work in progress . The PE part is very flimsy so I back it with .15thou card and more gluing surface in the end .
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Your interior looks excellent Terri! I Love the IP!
RAGIII
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I agree with Rick, an excellent interior, Terri.
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Thanks Rick and Ken for the kind comments :)
Rick , instrument panel os finally done and installed . Glad I back it with sheet stock , greater glueing surface . And there turned out to be gaps after all . The lower surface was filled with .30mm rod and on top of the cowl was filled with .20mm rod . When this is good and dry out comes the sanding stick . The rod works better then what putty will do . It fills that gap with plastic foruming one unit . With putty there is the risk of cracks later and I sure don't want that . Still a fair bit of work is need to the halves and more PE parts to add . Just glad that the halves lined up :)
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Seems have been cleaned up and I ready to move forward with the rest of the fuselage . Setting this side I made a start on pinning the rudder and tail planes test fitting them . Up -next pinning the lower wings .
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Terri
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Excellent progress Terri! Your D1 is really taking shape now!
RAGIII
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Looks fabulous, Terri!
/Fredrik
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Great progress! The interior is nice, but the IP with the very fine instruments looks fantastic.
Fuselage already closed, big step forward.
Cheers,
Frank
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Thanks guys for the kind comments , you are the best !
Terri
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Great progress so far, Terri, I am following with great interest!
Cheers
Ondra
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You seem to have got around the cockpit problems very ell indeed - no gaps that anyone would be aware of. The fuselage does look an odd shape - but that is why I like these lesser known types - they have character! So do some of the kits reading build logs, but I am not sure that modellers always appreciate those!
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Hi Stephen , thanks for following along on this journey . Large gaps are just easier to fill with rod or card . Finishing off with putty to fill . I still need to primer this and see how it is , but I need to start fitting the undercarriage . If things go well over the weekend I should have this part ready .
Terri
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To my surprise I was able to get the landing gear fitted and the tail skid . Trying too clean up the kits alex bar would have been a waste of time so I used 0.09mm rod for this and a spreader bar using 0.06mm rod . Bungee cord is orange sew thread . The tail skid housing was removed making it easier to deal with the seem on the under side of the fuselage so it need to get replaced . I used a scrap piece of half round rod to make the part . Tail skid is just resting in place , hasn't been glued yet .
Up next is even more struts !
Terri
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Excellent work on the gear struts and bars T! Looking terrific!
RAGIII
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Thanks Rick for the kind comments , it's great to have tagging along :)
Terri
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Hi Terri, sorry about my earlier confusion and thanks for pointing me towards your build thread. The interior is really beautiful and I love how you've reworked the tail skid and undercarriage. That looks like it required a lot of precision, especially in 1/48 scale. Looking superb!
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Hallo Richie , no need to be sorry . These things happen from time to time even so with me . More so as I move up in age :-X
For the most part it is simple , location holes are mould in place already so it's just a matter of drilling them out while trying not drill a finger tip , which happens from time to time as well . Hey I'm on roll with personal injuries !
Pin the struts is more involved making sure the holes to drill are center or very very close to it . Off center pin can mess with the anglement throwing things off . I use brass rob for this so if adjustments need to made they can be bent . Copper rod works as well .
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my build so far .
Terri
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Really nice, Terri. I love it!
Andreas
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Thanks Andreas :) Back at the bench tomorrow night , so more progress pic's are coming :)
Terri
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Progress continues with sanding off some of the fuselage detail and replacing it with strips of .10 X .30 and the latches is from scrap stock . It look about the right size so I went with it . I also scribe some panel lines on the underside of the fuselage to match the ones on the side . Center strut is ready to go and all other struts are cleaned up and drilled . Still have to add the pins which is the next stage of test fitting them . After that and painting can start !
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Wow Terri, you are a building Machine! The additions and scribing all look great as do the struts. I am really looking forward to the painting stage!
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So Am I Rick which I'm hoping this weekend can start with the wood effect on the fuselage and make a start on masking the wings . I'm not sure about a building Machine . The struts took better part of a day to clean up and drill .
Thanks for following a long Rick :)
Terri
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Making great progress on this Terri.
I'm curious as to why your posts only contain one thumbnail each? Is there some restriction by your internet service provider or something?
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Making great progress on this Terri.
I'm curious as to why your posts only contain one thumbnail each? Is there some restriction by your internet service provider or something?
Well Ken , thats a good question . I have tried before with more then one photo and I get a message the file is to big . Now taking into account that I know nothing about computers und talk that is related to such things . This just saves me a lot of frustration doing it this way . I don't think it is related to my internet provider my plan has unlimited data for down loading and up loading so I'm sure that it is on my end .
The weekends I came make some good progress on my builds . I'm not a winter person . Spring will be here soon and the warmer weather which means less bench time . I really miss mountain biking !!!! I'm going through withdraws :)
Terri
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Just caught up with your progress Terri,great work on the improvements,will really payoff when painting starts.Really impressive cockpit and IP.
Cheers,
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I, too, am a mountain biker and long for better weather. However, the weather here doesn't usually stop me if I really want to ride, so progress on my builds is somewhat slower.
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I was away last weekend Terri and missed your updates. You really are bringing this one under control at last - truly wonderful progress. With paint this is going to be another of your winners.
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Thanks guys for the positive feedback :) The weekend plan is to get the struts finished off so I can move on to the painting and I'm crossing my fingers now that it all goes nice and smoothly .
Ken , I used to ride in the winter time but the drivers here and the city not having so good plowing skills , it's just safer catching thee bus . What's your ride ? My ride is a custom Cannondale RZ 120 .
Terri
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With it being a snowy kind of day it was perfekt for sitting in front of the bench and getting this next stage over . Star Struts are assembled . On the single long struts I drilled a hole in the middle and bevelled this to allow some wiggle room . It's all held together with a brass pin and super glue . I have also started with the paint of the wooden parts and the wings and rudder are black based ready for masking off the structure . Once dry so I can handle the parts ... more pic's coming .
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I see you been struttin' around. ::)
I ride a Motobecane - not many drivers around here.
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The rather complicated strut arrangement looks great Terri!
RAGIII
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I remember making the star struts for my HB CC and they were a real pain. Looks to me as though you have got around the easy part - fitting them is the difficult bit!
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Thanks Rick and Stephen :) Stephen , I'm figuring that it will be a pain to install them so I have been practicing with my big giant green hands for smashing ...I even have my puniy plane voice down packed ! ;)
Ken , here is my ride ..
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Basic wood base is done can I can start the graining effect now . I used two different shades between the different sized panels. Tamiya Lacquer paints Wooden deck tan and light sand . Flying surfaces are ready for lots of masking !
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Actually had some bench time this evening so I started with the graining effect on the fuselage and struts . For the fuselage I used Vallejo wood grain effect dragged and dry brushed across the surface in one direction . This dries very fast so up next was the pencil crayons starting with med to light to dark . The struts just got a wipe with a moisten brush using Vallejo New Wood .
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Terri
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Looking terrific Terri! Your usual excellence.
RAGIII
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Thanks Rick , I must admit the I was nervous doing this . Doing struts and cockpit decals is one thing . First time for me doing the whole fuselage . Hoping that the clear coating goes well and it all blends together , but I have some shading to do first with Tamiya smoke .
Terri
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The wood grain on the fuselage looks very good - the more so considering it is a first attempt at such a large area. This model is going to be another of your winners Terri.
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I like that approach to wood grain Terri, looks very realistic and a lot less messy than oil paints. Reckon I need to give that a try.
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Thank-you Stephen and Richie . Over the pass few days I have been doing some more painting and the clear coating is done , back to masking that for the metal parts . Unmasking this today so fingers are crossed that it all turned out okay . Will have pic's up later .
Richie , I have been playing around with pencil crayons for some time now and still learning what can be achived by them . I have never had luck using oils for anything modeling related and it's messy . I use a mixture of soft and hard for different blending effects using my finger or q-tip . Give it try on a junk build or scrap plastic and experiment and have fun !
Terri
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With the masking tape removed and a start on some of the detail painting this is where the project stands on .
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Terri, Your final results on the wood finish are outstanding! Beautiful!!
RAGIII
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That is some beautiful looking wood. It's going to look soooo good next to some clear doped linen. I built the kit years ago, so I'm kinda of tripping down memory lane as I watch your build. Most enjoyable. Keep up the great work.
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This is looking really good, Terri. The wood grain is very convincing.
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I agree that your wood grain effect is totally convincing. This is one really good model under construction.
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Thanks guys for the kind comments . Should look even better once it has the finally sealing coat tie-ing it all together . I do have more progress photo's , but I'm over the size limited by 1 so I need to figure that out .
Terri
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That wood effect looks really amazing with some varnish on. I definitely need to try that technique. What a great forum this is, I'm picking up so many hints and tips. 😀
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Hey Richie :) This is the best site on the net ! And the members prove that every day :) 8)
Give it a try Richie . I have junk kits that I will try things out on beforehand , then again sometimes I just wing it and see where it takes me , which leads me down another path for experimenting . I have found out when I did the fuselage it was done over a flat finish so the pencil would have more bit , but is hard to remove if the pattern didn't turn out right . If the surface has a clear coat and doesn't have to be heavy a light works well I found . And can be wipe off the surface if no pleased with the results . Still learning the inn's and outs of using these . But if they work out for you , give them ago .
I still have a few washes to apply and sealing coats which will change the overall look of it now ...my fingers are crossed .
Terri
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Enjoying following this. I have several Eduard 48s in the stash and, being indoors more lately :), I have something to keep me occupied!
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Terri, I was some time off board and had to catch up. In mean time you made a good progress on this star strutter!
Cheers,
Frank
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Thanks guys , I made on start on cutting strips of masking tape for the ribs and and spars . This will take a bit of time to finish before painting . More to follow soon ...
Terri
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Weekend is here , bench time ! With the Mustang out of the way now I continued with masking the wings ribs and under surface structure . This took a few hours . Blood fingers started to cramp up , but got her beat . Tamiya white was sprayed next . I only sprayed a few light coats on the undersides and one or two more on the top surfaces .Pre-shading along the ribs and such I used Tamiya light gary. I didn't want full coverage . After the tape is removed one more very light coat of white will be sprayed . This will blend in the per-shading and de-fuse the bold black a tad ....I hope ! While this dries for a while my attention will turn back to the fuselage pe details and finish off the detail painting .
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Your preshading looks Excellent Terri as does the struts!
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Thanks Rick . I starting de-masking and will be ready for spraying the CDL later today and also got the fuselage details wrapped up . Just a thin coat of clear to help seal in the PE parts better then decaling . She is slowing getting there :)
Terri
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Here is the end results of the tape removed and another mist of white . The Cross's are from the kit and they do like to fold over themselves .
The CDL has been sprayed with a misting coat of CDL mixed with white . The wooded rad housing has now gotten it's wooden coats and cleared . Wings have been cleared for the rest of the decals to be applied . Fuselage decals are on and clear coat . This will now set for a few days to get good and hard .
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Nicely done as always Terri!
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Looking great Terri, progressing at a cracking rate.
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Very nice shading on the wings, Terri!
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Really nice job, Terri. Taking notes on your see-through CDL!
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Nice progress, Terri. The wooden strut assembly came out great!
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Now that really does look like see through - one of the most difficult finishes to achieve on plastic IMHO. That is a really superb effort Terri.
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Hi guys , thank you very kindly for the kind comments .
Okay , this didn't go as I planned and I should have went with white , do the masking and sprayed the edges with smoke . i had excellent results in the past . Any way the overall effect is there and once it is dull coated I'm hoping for the best .
The blood decals were a nightmare . The fuselage decal folded on me and started to fall apart and I have to touch up the black on the top part of the " three's " . For the wing decals there might be something in the spare decal box .
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Love the translucent effect you've achieved on the wings. This is looking great Terri!
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Wow Terri, your wings look perfect to my eyes! It is a shame about the decals...I feel your pain! I am sure you will sort it out as usual!
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Thanks for the vote of confidence guys on the outcome . I should made one less pass on the cross on the undersurface . They should be showing a tad more . Decals are already sorted and set to go coming this weekend . :)
Terri
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This looks very nice Terri - and the model is going to be very eye-catching when finished. I do like the A-H naval colour schemes and their flying boats because they were such innovative types.
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Hi Stephen , I really didn't like the marking options in the kit but not much out there for choices for profiles ..so ...kit decals it was . There are a lot of cool AH aircraft . I have a couple more in the stash . The Lloyd has been eyeballing of late . Thank-you for your kind comments , always a pleasure having you tag along in my modelling adventures :)
Terri
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Made a bit more progress leading me into the weathering which is waiting a final sealing coat . Also made two steps back on a few parts which will need to be re-done .
The wheels , forgot to seal the paint before applying Tamiya pastels ending in the paint being stained . These have been cleaned and re-sprayed Tamiya Buff . Tire part is next . The cab struts are another failure . I missed adding the ceter spacer part thing so .....I'm just starting repair work on this now .
For the weathering on the fuselage I pick out the panel lines using Flory's dark dirt wash and also around all metal fittings . Oil staining is Tamiya's oil stain pastel using water as the wetting agent . I just need to seal this all in now with a satin finish . Turned out rather well and I'm pleased with how the wood effect turned out .
The wings got the same treatment for the wash . I went a little heavier on the weathering then I normally do on wings . I like the effect it is at now and will stop there . I used Tamiya pastels for the oil staining along the lower wing root and leading edge . Rest for the leading edge and along the flight controls got Tamiya dark yellow followed by light sand and blended in together . Heavier blending in some areas . On the national markings light sand was brushed over adding fading while highlight the rib detail with out going over board . The rad stanning is just chalk . All of this also awaits a final seal coat . I ran out of Testors dull coat and Tamiya has to much of a shine . I have vallejo Model air flat coat but it has been awhile since I used it and I need to run a few test . To much will leave the surface with a white finish ! :-X
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Terri
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Ooooh this does look good Terri - in fact it looks better with every new post.
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Good update Terri, I really like the weathering effects you've done. Great fix on the markings.The disintegrating decal thing is traumatic but you've done a great repair job. I'm sure all the other little fixes will be perfect too.
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Nicely done touch up/repair on the numbers T. Really coming along and all looks Fantastic!
RAGIII
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Thank you so much for the positive comments guys :)! Three day weekend coming up and I just might be able to get this on button up before Monday . Will be nice and quite around the house even with Sieben . More play time for him !
Terri
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I really like the weathering, especially on the wings. It looks so real!
This Flory wash seems to be great stuff, need to look, where to order this here.
Cheers,
Frank
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Guten Tag Frank ,
Flory has their own web site . Not sure if you can get it in Germany . They are based in the UK . Here is their site
https://www.florymodels.org/ (https://www.florymodels.org/)
Been using these now for about five years now and they are super to work with and very easy !
Glad you like the wings on how they turned out , not sure about looking real though ;)
Terri
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Frank,
You can ordre them via Breveco Models in Holland https://brevecomodelling.nl/product-categorie/gereedschap/flory-models/washes/
Michi got his directly from Flory models in te UK, so this is also a possible way.
Terri, I am really keen on seeing your Hansa Brandenburg finished. It’s an extraordinary model!
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Thanks Andreas :)
Well progress has been slow but I did get the center struts repaired and glued in place along with the exhaust . Rudder is fixed in place awaiting for the control cables . Wheels are repaired and even this fought me all the way with paint lifting after removing the mask after spraying the tires grey . The upper rear part of the struts I had to move the mounting holes on the fuselage ... so filling and sanding was needed , that is now fixed as well . I still need to seal the rear tail plane struts , some how I missed doing this earlier .
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Real nice work on the metal fittings on the fuselage. The over-painted effect with the 3 over the factory painted serial number is great and your wood finish ices the cake.
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Thanks SP ,
Just finished off the control wires for the tail and the lower wings are now fixed in place . Waiting for the glue to harden up and I can start mounting the star struts . Landing gear is finished up as well and is drying from it's final seal coat . So it's coffee break !
Terri
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Looking spectacular T! You are getting really close to knocking this one out!
RAGIII
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Motoring along now Terri, enjoy the well deserved coffee break!
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After my koffee break it was time to get down to business and get those struts mounted . Struts are now mounted and set aside to dry overnight . Tomorrow will be top wing and rest of the finished parts :)
The struts aren't all the small length , but after looking at photo's this differ from aircraft to aircraft .
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This model is really shaping up nicely, Terri. Bravo! The early Eduard plastics are kind of scary and you've done some super nice work taming this one and bringing it up to snuff.
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Wow Terri. The struts look absolutely amazing in place. Outstanding work all around!
RAGIII
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Thanks guys , it is going rather easier then what I was expecting with the struts and for saw ... "beat head against wall unit it becomes clear " Didn't ended up going down that path ...tired of patching the wall ! ;)
It's tea break ... so time for another up-date . Top wing is now mounted as well as the tail planes waiting the tail plane struts to be fixed . These are PE and I didn't test their fit , didn't even cut them out . They are painted and ready to go with plan B as a back up .
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That looks super Terri. Those star struts are not the easiest type to mount but clearly you had them properly sorted from the start. This is definitely going to be one of your more interesting models.
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Brilliant, those struts look to have worked out perfectly. Got any tips on how to patch up walls? ;D
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It is even better as a Proper Biplane Terri! Outstanding work on aligning those Struts!
RAGIII
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Great work! The model with struts but without topwing looks kind of crazy, pieces of wood going everywhere! I really like your wood tones! /Fredrik
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Well would you look at that , tea time again , thank you very much guys for the kind comments :) 8)
Richie , don't use modelling putty ..it takes waaaaay too much ! ;)
She is finished ! More in the complete section :)
Terri
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Thank you Terri for showing your fight against/with this star strutter!
The best thing on this bird is that you don't need rigging lines ;D
Nice looking model! One day I will try to follow your steps ...
There are sooo much nice and special birds in this huge format 560 pages book:
(https://www.windsockdatafilespecials.co.uk/ekmps/shops/gcreasey/images/austro-hungarian-army-aircraft-of-world-war-one-1344-p.jpg)
but we see the model x+1 of the Bf109 or Fw190 ::)
Thank you Eduard to convert such bird into a model kit!
Cheers,
Frank
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Is that a twin engined plane?
Oh, wait - those are struts!
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Outstanding finish to a great build T!
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Thanks guys ;)
Frank , there is a lot of neat and odd looking AH aircraft , sadly not many kits .
Terri , fooled you all ...IT IS A TWIN ENGINE ! ;)