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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Wolf on November 10, 2016, 01:20:56 AM
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After a longer period of only building WW 2 stuff, I decided to build a WW. 1 plane again.
I have choosen the LVG C.VI from Pegasus for this project. I
I know, this is not a state of the art model and needs some work. But it is still nice and twoseater are not that easy to get in 1/72.
The sprues are somewhat rough and have a lot of flash. Same for the whitemetal parts. So the first steps will be cleaning and refining.
(https://abload.de/img/62393432323134381olk6.jpg)
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I started with the whitemetal struts and you can see the before and after effort on the following pictures:
(https://abload.de/img/3764653663646438dobn0.jpg)
I also cut the wings from the sprues and cleaned the puller (hope this is the correct word)
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Bold choice, looking forward to seeing your work on this one. Best wishes
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I have this in my stash so I'll be following along to see how it builds up!
Ian
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Another of those Pegasus kits…… Still it is good to see the less well known subjects and judging by those struts you are going to make an excellent model from this. Will be following along.
Stephen.
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Wolf,
Looking forward to seeing your progress my friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Like the others I am looking forward to seeing you build this one!
RAGIII
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Loved your vac Joystick DFW,so I'm watching.
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Gentlemen, thank you for all this premature praise. I hope I can fullfill your expectations
My next step was to built a Benz IV. The pegasus kit comes with a whitemetal replication, but it is realy basic and somewhat crude.
As I have no Benz IV in my sparebox, I decided to scratch one from a Mercedes/Daimler D.III which is a left over from a Roden kit.
The Mercedes/Daimler ist optical slightly similar but had another motor block and another caburator bend. The block will not be visible, so I think it is enough, to rework the caburator bend. I also added the valve gears, push rods and ignition cables.
I think with this modificatrions it is a acceptable Benz IV representation.
Left Roden Daimler, right my reworked Benz IV, Bottom the Pegasus white metal replica.
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Very nice start on the engine. I think what you are doing will be effective with what will be seen!
RAGIII
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Very nice modifications on the engine. That should be more than enough to pass inspection!
Ian
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Wow! Great work on the engine!
Steve
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good job changing the roden bmw iiia engine into the benz bz iv i agree the engine block is good enuff as it will be hidden.
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Interesting build, Wolf, I like your reworked Benz IV.
Antonio
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Excellent work with the engine modifications, looking forward to seeing more updates.
Des.
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Great work on the engine. Looking forward to seeing this develop.
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The engine is now ready.
I painted the block with Alclad dark Aluminium, the cylinders anthrazit and the rest in black. Then the engine was washed with Citadel sephia brown and partialy drybrushed with Revel Iron.
In the magnification everything looks a little bit crude, but this is 1/72. I added miniature pictures within the pictures which show the approximate size of the real thing if viewed on a 19" Display
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Looks terrific, especially in 1/72nd scale!
RAGIII
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Very nice done , huge improvement over the kit part :)
Terri
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Thanks for the paint references, it looks great!
Steve
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VERY nice work in such a small scale Wolf. Your `photos within photos` are a nice touch, and really illustrate how small a subject you are working with.
Cheers,
Lance
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I can't see anything crude, even under focus. It's a very clean and professional build, turns out really nice. I once owned the kit but never build it... I am curious to see what you're making out of it.
Best wishes
Borsos
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I can't see anything crude, even under focus. It's a very clean and professional build, turns out really nice.
I wholly agree with Borsos - there is absolutely nothing to be ahsamed of with this engine. Excellent build.
Stephen.
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What a great start Wolf, and as Juan said, a bold choice. I'm following this with much interest.
Warren
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The pegasus kit has, considering its age, sufficient cockpit details.
But we are modellers and therefore do sometimes absurd things like scratching pieces that no one will realy be able to see ;)
I am no exception here. So I decided to replace the simple plastic socket with a scratch built fuel tank on which the pilot was in fact sitting.
To achieve this, I cut some pieces from an evergreen profile and glued them in a sandwich way togehter. After drying, this plastic chunk was sanded in form.
I also added some stretched sprue to simulate reinforcement and fuel inlets
(http://abload.de/img/6236666365643037y2b8s.jpg)
Additionally I used some everygreen profiles to give the fuselage walls some structure and also added a scratchbuilt bulkhead
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The fuel tank and seat look great. Sure no-one will see it, but it's still an improvement!
Ian
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nice start there wolf, i remind you that you can also use the wnw website to access the instruction booklet therefore giving you a nice reference to build off of.
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=2&cat=4
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Excellent work on the seat and tank!
RAGIII
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Great work. I'm still flumoxed as to how y'all scratch-build bulkheads and other things such as that that fit so precisely.
Warren
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Again, thank you all for the nice comments.
nice start there wolf, i remind you that you can also use the wnw website to access the instruction booklet therefore giving you a nice reference to build off of.
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=2&cat=4
Thanks for the hint. I even have the WNW Kit of the LVG. This is a good source but also I kind of burden as it shows me how simplistic the Pegasus kit is and urges me to detail it a little more.
(http://Great work. I'm still flumoxed as to how y'all scratch-build bulkheads and other things such as that that fit so precisely.)
No witchcraft. I just use a knife, mini files, sandpaper and patience. And believe me, after at least 100 attemps you will be ready to scratch your own. ;)
Just joking. It is realy easy. Just cut a piece of plastic into a crude form and then with some sanding and repeated dryfitting bring it into shape.
It can also be usefull to transfer the approximate dimensons with the help of plasticine. Just press the plasticine into the fuselage were the bulkhead should sit, then remove it carefully, lay it on your plastic sheet and paint along the outer lines with waterproof pencil.
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OK, thanks Wolf. Sounds like getting there, for your part, is just as frustrating as my journey to a good part.
Warren
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Great work in 1:72 Wolf!!
I would be delighted to put together an engine like that in 1:48, never mind 1:72 - and you even did ignition wires!
The tip to use WNW instructions for a smaller scale model is very useful - for example some kits in the smaller scales don't come with rigging diagrams, whereas the WNW kits do. Of course, we can all do our own research, too..
I am really looking forward to the surface finish on the fuselage of this model, and the seat/tank assembly looks great too.
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Wolf,
Now that some very impressive modeling my friend. I'm truly amazed at the detail you've added to date. Keep up the excellence and keep those updates coming.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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:)
Just a minor update: I primed the fuselage interior mit Gunze yellow sand and shadowed it a little bit with Gunze Tan.
(http://modellboard.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56967.0;attach=84671;image)
After the paint has dryed, I applied oil paint (burnt sienna and amber).
This was subsequent removed with a medium stiff flat brush until I was satisfied with the result. I think, this is the common known way to replicate wood grain with little work
(http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/89/533889/3064613438363331.jpg)
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Nicely done wood grain effect!
RAGIII
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Looking good! I've built some Roden kits so far, and only one Pegasus, and found the Pegasus the most challenging of them.
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I started to assemble the cockpit. I started with the scratch build of a little control cabinet situated on the left side. Then, after the floor was glued into place, I added the fuel tank, the control stick and the pilots seat.
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Great progress Wolf, like what you have done so far. Looking forward to your next post.
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Very nice! The wood tones look wonderful.
Ian
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Really nice work with the engine, fuel tank and seat, the wood colours look excellent, great work so far.
Des.
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Cool, the wood and the leather of the seat look great.
manni
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Excellent! Looking forward to more!!
RAGIII
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This is looking beautiful, Wolf, with some great attention to detail and wonderful colours - I like it a lot! Regards, Marc
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Really great work!
Warren
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Great detail the the wood effect is superb.
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Thanks a lot, Gentlemen.
I have finished my work on detailing the cockpit. The engine is also in its place.
(http://modellboard.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56967.0;attach=84905;image)
Before I started my work on the interior, I did some dryfitting. This revealed that there are some gaps to be expected in the cockpit area. So, before I will glue both halves together, I added some styrene sheet at the critical points. This will hopefully minimize some work later.
I also added some sheet to help bringing the engine to the right position.
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Wow, things are really taking shape!
Steve
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That's looking fantastic, I love the colour of the wood.
Ian
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Great looking so far, keep working your magic.
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Your interior looks terrific! Great work all around!
RAGIII
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Very good work on the interieur. It looks just great.
Manni
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Very, very nice Wolf! Very difficult to believe it is 1/72 - and a pleasure to view all that detail before you close it up! Regards, Marc
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After I have glued the fuselage halves together, further problem areas showed up. There were some gaps between the halves and two areas were subisidiences could be found. A minor one on the left side behind the engine and a bigger one on the right lower fuselage.
I avoid the use of putty wherever possible or reasonable. So I filled the gaps with stretched sprue and the subsidiences with plastic sheet.
(http://abload.de/img/6464666534333939mnlr0.jpg)
The use of thin plastic cement (Tamiya extra thin) makes it easy to bond the sheet and stretched sprue with the fuselage but it needs some time to cure. Therefore I will wait 48 hrs (I think 24hrs will be ok too) before I continue.
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Excellent work using the plastic sheet and sprue to fill and even out the fuselage halves!
RAGIII
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Outstanding craftsmanship on this one, Wolf! She's sure to be a beauty when finished.
Cheers,
Bud
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I agree that you corrections are very good. I usually allow 24 hours for glue to cure and generally have no problems. If you are able to file/sand the plastic corrections down and achieve the standard that you have reached so far on the rest of the build nobody will know what you have doe. This is first class modelling.
Stephen.
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Lovely work on correcting the faults with the fuselage. She's coming on well!
Ian
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And this is the result after some sanding
(http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/89/533889/3136626233613663.jpg)
(http://abload.de/img/3536336237386633i7x1m.jpg)
No putty beside a minor spot at the top left cowling.
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Excellent results!
RAGIII
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Looking really good. Your efforts have really paid dividends.
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That is by far the best way to correct those kinds of errors. After a coat of paint nobody would know.
Stephen.
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I had to do some sanding in the nose area.
This resulted in the lost of the cowling fasteners. To rebuilt them, I used some PE remains.
(http://modellboard.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56967.0;attach=85222;image)
I am also not very happy with the maintenance plates. I think I will sand them down and replace some with some selfmade plates.
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Left over PE does have its uses! I think I agree with you on the inspection plates too. Nice work so far!
Ian
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If your inspection plates are as good as the fasteners you will be producing a first class model.
Stephen.
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Nice work on the fasteners.
RAGIII
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Seeing it at this point makes me think, "Man, I want one of those." But, then, I go back to page 1 & see what you started with! No thanks! :P
Everything is really looking good!
Steve
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Looking good, Wolf! :)
If I ever want to do a 1/72 LVG, I'd wait for the new KP kit... ;)
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The lower wing to fuselage joint is designed as a but joint. To strengthen this joint, I deceided to drill two holes into the fuselage and the wings and inserted two brass rods.
Exact measurement is they key to success. If you did not measure exact enough but there is only a minor difference, you can try to fix the problem by drilling the wingholes a little bit bigger or conical. When glueing the wings to the fuselage, use thick cyanacrylate or compund adhesive for the holes/brass rods. Then, when you have positioned the wings, additionally use thin plastic cement (like Tamiya extra thin).
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That's looking jolly nice! It will look great next to your excellent vacform Rumpler.
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Fantastic job on this kit (not shake and bake for sure). Look forward to your progress.
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Excellent advice on how to strengthen butt joints - I will be having to do something similar on my current build when the time comes. This one is making very good progress - and it is turning into a first rate model. Looking forward to more.
Stephen.
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I continued my work with the horizontal stabiliser. It showed up that the stabilisers opening is to broad.
I glued a small stripe of sheet on each side to reduce the size.
After this has cured, I will cut and sand the protruding plastic sheet and then glue the stabiliser to the fuselage.
(http://modellboard.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56967.0;attach=85560;image)
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Very nice work, the result so far looks excellent!
Cheers
Ondra
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This is coming along very nicely...some useful tips for wgen I get around to building mine!
Ian
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After glueing the horizontal horizontal stabiliser into place, I found out, that there still was a minor gap on the left side.
This was filled with stretched sprue and will be sanded later. (Blue arrwos)
Do give the model a more dynamic appearance, I cut out the elevataor and rudder and placed them in a slightly operated position. To give the cutting points a clean surface, I glued little sheet pieces into place and sanded them into shape (red arrwos)
Rudder= before sanding, elevator = after sanding
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Excellent attention to detail
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A tip I'll have to keep in mind -I assume you used a saw to cut the edges and bent the surfaces in the desired position from the looks of your picture? I usually work like that, but cleaning the edges is quite difficult.
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Nicely done. It definitely gives the model a little more "life" to have a slight deflection on the control surfaces.
Ian
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Outstanding work on the control surfaces! Looking terrific!
RAGIII
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I agree with Ian - slightly offset control surfaces do give models a more realistic look. Great work on this one.
Stephen.
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Excellent work!
Cheers,
Gary
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The Pegasus shows a plain underside. But this is not correct. The LVG had some hatches there for engine ventilation, camera openings, maintenance and aerial.
I scratched them from sheet and stretched sprue. The little holes will be field with stretched sprue stumps, to simulate the pulleys. Along these pulleys ran the wire to open and close the camera hatch
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More very nice detailing here. This really is going to be something special!
Ian
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Outstanding work on this old kit. She is going to be quite a looker.
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Excellent work on the details. Really looking terrific!
RAGIII
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Nice job so far on a lovely old kit.
Cheers
Syd
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Eight weeks are gone ´since my last posting. Wow. But I am still in the buisness. But not a lot has happened.
I added the fuselage struts and painted the metal parts in graygreen (similar to RLM 02). Aditionally, as base for the lozenge decals, all wing and tailplane surfaces have been painted in white.
(http://abload.de/img/3834616361343937c5bhw.jpg)
Next step will be shading.
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Nice to see this is still ongoing! I'm looking forward to seeing it with the lozenge on.
Ian
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I agree with Ian - glad to see this one is still making progress.
Stephen.
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very nice
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preshading for the lozenge decals and the wodden fuselage
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This is turning out to be a very enjoyable build to follow , coming along very well :)
Terri
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Coming along quite nicely, paint and details are first class. :D
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Ditto the above comments, excellent work in 1/72.
Ed
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I am looking forward to seeing the results from all of the pre shading!
RAGIII
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Normaly I do the wood effects with oil paints. This time I deceided to go an other way. MAin reason was that I do not want the wait for the drying time which is usualy neccessary for oil paints.
In the first step, I enhanced the preshading by the use of blank paint along the panel lines.
(http://abload.de/img/34373933353037628iymu.jpg)
In the second step, I softened the black and enhanced the shading by the use of dark brown.
(http://abload.de/img/30316563336261319va49.jpg)
The last step of the preshading is used to further soften the transistions between the paints und to give the surface a more patchy appearance. This time a mid brown was used
(http://abload.de/img/3238343765396531y1aku.jpg)
This is now the base for coming pale layers of paints which hopefully will blend all layers together and will leave a pale but subtle patch surface
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Thanks for showing us this technique. I for one will be following developments with interest.
Stephen.
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Wolf,
Another fantastic update my friend. Thank you for this thread, it just gets better with each update. Well Done !
Highest Regards
Gregory Jouette
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Very very nice and impressive work on this scale.
I' m watching with eyes wide open.
Regards
Stephane
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Looking really good, looking forward to your spraying to see the full effect.
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Yes, I am also awaiting the results! Looks great so far. Is that Parafilm masking on the tail?
Steve
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Thank you, gentlemen.
Yes Steve, that's parafilm. Regarding the next steps, I will use a similar technic you used on your Allbatros.
In the next step I sprayed thin layers of Gunze "Sail" over the whole fuselage until the preshading vanished and only left some darker subtle shadows under the sail color
(http://abload.de/img/32303666656137643uzoc.jpg)
In a second step, I additionally sprayed a mixture of 50/50 flesh/white to further brighten up the fuselage in some areas.
(This time, as variety, I will show the underside
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Thanks for sharing your technique, it's looking really good so far!
Ian
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I enhanced several panels/areas by spraying a cloudy layer of mid brown.
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Coming along nicely. The layers of coverage should give an excellent effect!
RAGIII
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In the step next to last, irregular patterns were painted on the fuselage, by using a damp brush which was loaded with pastels
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The wood and shading are really beginning to come into focus now! Continuing to look terrific!
RAGIII
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Final step in painting wood grain without using oil paints.
I applied several layers of clear orange until I was satisfied with the result.
It is also possible to use clear yellow if you want a more pale result or ad brown if you want a darker result.
All in all, it took less than two hours to paint the fuselage. So this result can be achieved in one evening. I just didn't had the time to do the painting in one pass.
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Lovely results!
RAGIII
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Very impressive indeed :) :)
Des.
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That is simply brilliant, love how it turned out.
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Yes, very nice looking wood! Beautiful tone!
Steve
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FANTASTIC plywood!
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I join the line and appreciate a lot your woodgrain painting!
Great!
Antonio
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It's a long time since my last post. But I am still in the buisness. (I did two other models for a magazine, which had priority)
The lozenge decals where added to the wings. Unfortunaley I ran out of these decals so now this comes again to a stop.
If anyone has informations where to get oldpropeller (wood&wire) 5 color lozenge decals ( upper and lower ) or can provide me with at least 2 cm of these decals, any information or help would be thankfully appreciated.
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Wolfgang, Du hier? :-* Good to know!
That LVG is a really nice one, a model with many interesting components!
Cheers,
Frank
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Looking very good indeed! I believe Nordland Models stocks wood&wire decals.
Ian
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Loving this build and the care you are taking to achieve the woodgrain effect. I like seeing real modelling skills and ingenuity, especially in this classic scale.
Cheers
Syd
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This is the most incredible and informative WIP! Thank you for sharing such a detailed account of your progress.
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Very impressive results! Lozenge and wood look great together 8)
RAGIII
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That is a super model - the wood effect is so realistic. Glad you are back with this and best of luck with the lozenge transfers.
Stephen.
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Gonna be a jem! Is all your work in 1/72? I would love to see your earlier stuff.
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Cor!!
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Outstanding work, turning out a real gem. The wood looks spectacular.
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Thanks gentlemen!
@Thumbs up: I solely work in 1/72 scale and showed some of my WW1 work here before but due to a problem with my provider, all pictures are lost.
Normaly I build WW2 Luftwaffe stuff like this Focke Wulf (hope its ok to post a non WW1 bird).
(https://abload.de/img/bild261024icrn0.jpg)
But from time to time I do some WW1.
I tried to order decals from Nordland but only got an order confirmation but no invoice.. I tried to contact Nordland via email and Facebook but got no answer
If think I can not recommend Nordland.
Finally I was able to puzzle some decal remains together to cover the remaining surface.
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Thanks for the update, looking good! That Focke Wulf looks spectacular as well.
Steve
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Missed this build log but have now been through. That's really just incredible at 1/72. I'm just starting to take on the LVG at 1/32 and I'll hope to make it look as good as yours.
Cheers
Alistair
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Great Wulf Wolf,looks 1/32,Bravo.
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Glad you got the lozenge decals sorted out -you might try Aviattic for the next one... Richard is very quick to respond and answer questions in my experience.
That Focke-Wulf is a great model too!
Jeroen
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After a long break building WW 2 stuff, I am back at my LVG and finished the lozenge decaling work with putting the rip tapes on the wings and the tail unit.
Decaling rib tapes is one of my less favoured modelling work. ::)
(https://abload.de/img/lvgrippenykkxr.jpg)
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Glad you are back on this one. At first I thought it was the WNW kit, looks fantastic.
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Lovely work!
Your 1/72 Fw190 is a cracker.
Guy
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Outstanding look, both woodgrain and lozenges are beautiful.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Stunning work! Outstanding wood grain and lozenge application!
RAGIII
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Really top class modelling on the LVG. Like the FW190 too. Pleased to see someone still do great work in 1/72.
Cheers
Syd
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Wolf,
Your talent,skills and craftsmanship shine brightly here my friend. A special tip of the hat for working in 1/72 scale too.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Wonderful to see that this one is back again - hopefully to be finisherd. That really does look like a much larger scale model.
Stephen.
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Started with the rigging.
I drilled blind holes in the underside of the top wing an glued black artifical hair from a wig into the holes.
(https://abload.de/img/rigvojdd.jpg)
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Outstanding start on the wing and rigging! The black wig hair is a great choice for 1/72nd. Thin and no need to paint or color it in any way!
RAGIII
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Using hair is a really novel idea - I admit that I would not have thought of it. Just goes to show what a brilliant site this ideas for exchanging ideas.
The wing looks superb - looking forwards to seeing more.
Stephen.
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Yes, but only artificial hair. Real human hair will dry out and loose its tension force over the time.
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but it was worth trying out!
Kidding aside - fantastic model!!
Andreas
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@Borsos: :)
For me, one of the thrilling moments building biplanes is, when the upper wing is glued into position.
This is done now. I have different aproaches doing this. If the plane has stable fuselage struts like it is given with the LVG, I will only glue the upper wing to the fuselage struts and add the wing struts, beginning with the inner struts later. This gives me more space for the rigging.
(https://abload.de/img/lvgcehkj2.jpg)
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Looks awesome as a biplane! Adding te upper wing is also one of My favorite points in a build...providing all goes well 8)
RAGIII
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I have been following this since it's beginning some time back and have to say you've done wonders with a very "basic" Kit! I recently finished a 1:32 Scale model of this and can really appreciate the detail and wonderful finish you've achieved on this relatively tiny version. Superb model, and almost finished, keep up the great work!
Cheers,
Lance
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Always love your builds Wolf!cant wait for the Finale on this one!
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Unconventional stuff making a great rigging work, all looking very fine.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Looks awesome as a biplane! Adding te upper wing is also one of My favorite points in a build...providing all goes well 8)
RAGIII
I quote our friend Rick, to me the upper wing moment is the more difficult moment in the process of making a ww1 plane. I softly smile under my moustache when I hear people being terrified by rigging...
Great idea using artificial hair to rig...
Keep up the magnificent work Wolf!
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Well, it's "just" 3 years ago since my last posting. The LVG went to the shelf of doom after I experimented with new rigging materials. The artifical hair didn't work. It was hard to tension and sagged after a few days.
I decided to remove the upper wing to remove the artifical hair and the selfmade turnbuckles but the three part upper wing brokes in two parts. At this point I lost my temper and put the whole thing into a box.
Some days ago, while cleaning my hobby room, I found that box again. A decision was to made. Trash or try? I had some time, no projects on my workbench and no WW1 plane since three years. So I decieded to give it a last try. I repaired the wing, glued invisible thread (my favorite material) into newly bired holes and glued the upper wing onto the center struts. After drying, I added the wing struts which I made from brass (thinned struts from the company Strutz).
After all has dried I started rigging again, beginning from the outside.
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Wolf,
It's good to see this bird take to the skies once again. I look forward to seeing the final result.
Kevin
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Wolfgang,
Glad to see you back on it. I have opened this kit and looked at it, but never had the courage to start it. I went back and read your posts. I will have to remember to try your wood technique on a future build. I think it looks marvelous.
Stuart
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Great improvement on the Benz engine. I will be following with interest.
Alan.
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I think I may have missed the earlier phase of this build so I'm glad I can see it with fresh eyes and enjoy your new updates. Had you not mentioned the kit origins in the title I'd have thought this was 1/48 - great recovery Wolfgang! More power to you :)
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Wolf, it is so great to see you again here :)
A decision was to made. Trash or try?
Luckily you decided to work on it!
It would have been a real shame to lose this wonderful paint job on the fuselage and all the work on the other parts.
Hope you can finish it now "in one go", without additional 3 years for the undercarriage ;)
Cheers,
Frank
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Yes it is good to see this one is back and being built. The finish on it is so good that it would be a real shame to consign this to the bin. Looking forward to seeing it in the completed models section soon.
Stephen.
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Wolf,
I'm so glad you resurrected this build! It's lovely.
WD
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Hi Wolf
Regarding my last post I only saw the first page and somehow missed the rest of this thread. This is a superb build!
Alan.
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Thank you gentlemen. Nice to be back
With finishing the rigging, I am one step further now than three years ago. A good feeling
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Beautiful rigging, Wolf! I can only imagine how satisfying it was to finish that and look back on how things have progressed.
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Beautifully rigged wolf!
RAGIII
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One last big hurdle is the undercarriage (there are also some small ones left). The kits struts where roughly formed white metal pieces. After cleaning and sanding them into shape to be sufficient for the scale, they seemed to be to soft und fragile. I didn't trust them and made the decision to replace them with scratch made parts.
I used brass struts (my stock of Strutz parts is emptying slowly but steady) which had to be filed somewhat thinner. After this was done, I smothed them between two nail files.
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In the next step a v-shaped notch was filed into the strut, then I bended the strut in the direction of the notch, using a scetch as guidance
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Then the tip was soldered and again filed
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In the last two steps, I drilled a hole into the tip and then everything was filed and sanded into shape
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Thes first side of the undercarriagewas ready
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I used the kit part For the center part of the undercarriage but exchanged the en bloc casted front bar with a separat brass bar.
then I fixed it on my workbench, using it as guidance for the struts which were glued to the fuselage with two compund adhesive. The two Lego bricks supported the correkt high and straightness. (sorry for the low quality picture)
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Wolf,
It looks like this one will be off your bench very soon. I know what you mean about "Strutz", my stock
is also dwindling.
Happy modeling,
Kevin
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Superb work on the replacement landing gear, Wolf!
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That is awesome work on the struts, especially in 1/72nd scale! The model looks great resting on the gear.
RAGIII
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Brilliant work and solutions Wolf.
WD
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Looks beautiful and highly improved.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Excellent demo of your strut making process!!
Steve
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Very lovely indeed !
Alexis
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the LVG stands on its undercarriage.
Now just some minor parts and the old decals are waiting.
Regarding the decals, I hope there will be no problems waiting.
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Again, you could tell me this is 1/48 and I'd believe you. She looks fantastic! That prop!!
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The decals went on quite nice. Wheels, cooling pipe and rudder are placed.
With adding the exhaust, the Parabellum and a little washing I will end this WIP soon.
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Wolf,
That's a very impressive and inspirational build.
Kevin
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Today, this "under construction" project end with a mini update. After glueing the exhaust in place, the last thing I did was adding the Parabellum Mg.
The picture shows the white Metal part that came with the model and a parabellum which I found in my spare box. I do not remember from which kit it came. I added the ammunition drum, a gunsight and the holder.
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And with this last picture this project ends. Thanks for watching, all the nice comments end the encourage.
(https://abload.de/img/lvg_handxwjh3.jpg)
Futher pictures will follow in the "completed model" section.
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This is a truly great rocovery. Lovely final result.
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Hope you can finish it now "in one go", without additional 3 years for the undercarriage ;)
My fears were completely unfounded!
What a beautiful LVG biplane!
Cheers,
Frank
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This whole build has had me in awe.
WD
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That looks awesome, Wolf. And in 1/72 scale!
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One question: you have not mentioned the airscrew - is it sanded from veneer?
Cheers,
Frank
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no, it‘s just plastic and paint
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Stunning build Wolf.
RAGIII