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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: Marvin on April 19, 2012, 03:20:37 PM
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Here's my Eduard Siemens-Schuckert D.III that I finished some time ago:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/F111A/DSC01800.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/F111A/DSC01784.jpg)
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Very nicely done Marvin, that is a very striking colour scheme.
Des.
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Thank you, Des, I appreciate it. The color scheme is OOB; I liked the boxtop so I used the kit scheme. The boxtop, BTW, was done by Slovakian artist Vladimir Martinicky...he is simply the best.
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Very nice colour scheme. Did you use monofilament and brass tubing for the rigging?
Cheers,
Chris
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Impressive work! I have one of those kits started right after it came out. Never got past beginning to use all of that PE interior stuff. Well done.
RAGIII
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Very striking colours, really impressive.
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Excellent job, Marvin. This is not an easy kit to build.
Cheers,
Bud
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Marvin,
Stunningly beautiful build my friend. As Bud said it's not an easy kit to build but none the less you've done an outstanding job.I hope to see more from your bench in the future.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Really, really nice -
Was it a straightforward kit to put together Marvin?
Dave
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Great paint job Marvin.
Best Regards
Keith
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Very nice and as others have already pointed out not the easiest build..... I think the Koster Vac kit would actually be an easier build???
Ken
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Very nice Marvin, thanks for sharing.
Andrew
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Very nice colour scheme. Did you use monofilament and brass tubing for the rigging?
Cheers,
Chris
Chris: Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I did use monofiliment for the rigging (2lb test line, IIRC). For the turnbuckles, I just used a little paint to simulate these.
As others have mentioned, this little kit can be tricky to build, mainly due to the delicate PE parts. Once past this, however, the kit goes together pretty quickly.
Thanks to all who have left comments...I appreciate them all.
Marvin
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Great build of a tough one. Udet's markings look good on all types.
Steve
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[...] For the turnbuckles, I just used a little paint to simulate these.
Marvin
I join the friends adding my appreciation to theirs...
Could you explain better the technique of using t paint to simulate the turnbuckles?
Thanks
Antonio
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Thank you for the compliments, Antonio...I appreciate it very much.
As for the turnbuckles, I used some light fishing line to do the rigging, then used some thick paint to simulate the turnbuckles. I built the paint up in layers until it looked like something close to what I wanted. The upside is that this is a quick way of simulating turnbuckles. The downside is that it is hard to get uniformity; each one looks a little different from the rest. I will use a different technique on my next rigging job, because I have learned more form the great modellers on this site.
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OK Thanks Marvin, for my next job I would try to use brass pipes, just wonder how to cut them without flatting them...
Antonio
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Use PEEK tubing instead of brass...this rigid plastic tubing is fantastic. It comes in very small diameter sizes, with ultra-thin walls. This stuff cuts very easily, yet keeps its shape. I have purchased three sizes so far (.0100 ID; .0200 ID; .0319 ID). I bought mine at Small Parts, which I think has been acquired by Amazon. The tubing arrives in very nice clear plastic shipping tubes.
http://www.amazonsupply.com/zeus-peek-thin-wall-tubing-tan/dp/B003TLNL5S/ref=sr_1_3?sr=1-3&qid=1336570172
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Marvin,
Thanks for the tip on the Peek tubing my friend. I'll have to give this stuff a try.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Marvin your advice is really precious, I will give those tubes a try.
Thanks again
Antonio
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Thin easy to cut plastic tubing - who could ask for anything more?...except maybe the Ferrari....
Steve
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Let me be another to say thanks for that tip about Peek tubing Marvin. I currently use 0.5 mm outside/ 0.33 inside diameter brass tubing for my turnbuckles and if I've done the conversion correctly, Zeus tubing with an internal diameter of 0.013" = 0.33 mm, so that would be the size for me.
Do you score and snap this plastic tubing, or slice it clean through? If clean through, do you have to be careful to avoid crush damage?
Cheers,
Chris
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Use a very sharp razor blade and you will get a very clean cut, with no distortion of the end...it will remain round. Be sure to get different sizes because these can be used to achieve different effects by layering one size inside another.
The PEEK tubing is excellent, but there is also another tubing sold by the same company that is just as good...it's translucent amber tubing. Take a look at #21, #24, and #30 on the following list (the differing prices are due to length):
http://www.amazonsupply.com/translucent-amber-miniature-polyimide-tubing/dp/B003TLNL5I/ref=sr_1_8?sr=1-8&qid=1336600310
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Thanks Marvin, another question, this is due essentially to my poor knowledge of the English vocabulary: what does "Gauge" mean in the technical characteristics of the Zeus PEEK Thin-Wall Tubing?
Thanks
Antonio
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G'day, Marvin.
That's a nice job, mate. The Germans really know how to colour an aircraft, don't they? Thanks for the tip on the plastic pipe, too. I will be giving that a try.
Cheers.
Dal.
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Thanks Marvin, another question, this is due essentially to my poor knowledge of the English vocabulary: what does "Gauge" mean in the technical characteristics of the Zeus PEEK Thin-Wall Tubing?
Thanks
Antonio
Antonio:
it's a way to measure things. Here's what the Merriam-Webster has to say:
"a measurement (as of linear dimension) according to some standard or system: as (1) : the distance between the rails of a railroad (2) : the size of a shotgun barrel's inner diameter nominally expressed as the number of lead balls each just fitting that diameter required to make a pound <a 12-gauge shotgun> (3) : the thickness of a thin material (as sheet metal or plastic film) (4) : the diameter of a slender object (as wire or a hypodermic needle) (5) : the fineness of a knitted fabric expressed by the number of loops per unit width".
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OK thanks Marvin, so for our purposes it's not important to decide which size to buy, the ID and OD it's enough.
Antonio
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Chris,
Have you ordrred from Amazon.com? I have only ever used ca and only for books. I know there will be shipping but Im wondering about duty to us. I ordered super fine brass tubing from Michigan (but not thru Amazon) and got murdered for duty etc
Steve
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Chris,
Have you ordrred from Amazon.com? I have only ever used ca and only for books. I know there will be shipping but Im wondering about duty to us. I ordered super fine brass tubing from Michigan (but not thru Amazon) and got murdered for duty etc
Steve
I've ordered from Small Parts in the past, which is evidently Amazon.com now, and I don't remember the duty charges, so it couldn't have been too bad. I order books from Amazon.com from time to time and have never paid duty yet, although there are shipping costs. The only duty I ever get charged for seems to be when I order from Squadron. Packages from Sprue Brothers have never cost me duty, nor have parcels from LuckyModel.com or BuyModel.net, both of which I use quite often. For books, the best online dealer bar none is The Book Depository from the UK. No shipping charges, great prices, great selection, no duty (yet), and no taxes.
In all cases though, I keep the parcel sizes as small as possible to fly under the radar. For example, I never order more than one model kit at a time.
Cheers,
Chris
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Thanks Chris
Funny how most of those dealers are common to both of us (probably lots of people) Im tempted to order some of the tubing although I have a fair amount of the brass tubing I mentioned....the plastic just seems too tempting
Steve