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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2019, 10:17:55 PM »
Love it ! so ture here for the great white north
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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2019, 08:02:53 PM »
I'm toying with the idea of including the cowling retainers. What say you?

I had to dig deep when making these weeeee eyelets.  :o I used one of the superfluous cowl panels for my test.
No plastic was harmed in the making of this picture.

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2019, 08:06:43 PM »
I have toyed with modelling them in the past but never built up the courage

A question Bob - they're not very prominent on full sized aeroplanes, they are present if you look for them. Do your representations have that same subtlety?

If' they stand out too much, I'd leave them off. Otherwise, go for it!

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2019, 08:14:24 PM »
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Do your representations have that same subtlety?

If' they stand out too much, I'd leave them off. Otherwise, go for it!

Richard

I think they will blend in better with a painted cowl. But I'm grateful for your comment, Richard. Perhaps it's an eyelet tooooo far!  :D

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2019, 10:21:40 PM »
Do you have any pictures of the actual fasteners?
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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2019, 10:38:13 PM »
Quote from: kensar on November 22, 2019, 10:21:40 PM
Do you have any pictures of the actual fasteners?

I do Ken, but I can't publish them on here because they belong to Albatros Publications.

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2019, 11:05:02 PM »
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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2019, 11:07:55 PM »
There are loads of these little fixings that get missed off models. When did you last see the wire fixing line and tensioners that hold the cowl onto a Sopwith? It goes right around the back of the cowl and should be pretty obvious

It's like the rivets on the strut mounts and that cowl spring on the Pfalz - are they worth including?

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2019, 11:38:34 PM »
Quote from: RLWP on November 22, 2019, 11:07:55 PM
There are loads of these little fixings that get missed off models. When did you last see the wire fixing line and tensioners that hold the cowl onto a Sopwith? It goes right around the back of the cowl and should be pretty obvious

It's like the rivets on the strut mounts and that cowl spring on the Pfalz - are they worth including?

Richard

Add stuff or not adding stuff is purely down to the individual. FWIW I did add the cowl springs to my Pfalz DIII years ago.  :o WnW have those in place on the XII. Yes, I'm aware of the retaining cable on rotary engine airframes. German and British alike. I did included this feature on one of my shelf queens (DR.1) many moons ago.

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2019, 11:50:34 PM »
I wasn't casting nasturtiums on your modelling, Bob. More observing just how much stuff is often left off a model

As you say, it's an individual choice. It can help to decide if such details can actually be seen - I find it helpful anyway as I can get ridiculously obsessed with teeny tiny details  :-\

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2019, 12:35:38 AM »
No worries, Richard.
I didn't mean to come across as mean  :D

Tiny details do get in the way of my modelling. I need to focus on the bigger plastic  ;D

Thanks for your input.

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2019, 01:40:09 AM »
Well, I was going to suggest making this type of cowl fastener by simply mashing the end of a small wire with smooth jaw pliers to flatten it and doing a little filing on the end for the right shape.  Then drill a hole in the cowl and CA glue the round end of the wire it in.  I make a lot of small cockpit switches this way.

"When did you last see the wire fixing line and tensioners that hold the cowl onto a Sopwith?" - I put them on my Sopwith Pup, along with the same wires holding on the side panels.  I can be detail obsessed too.  ;)

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2019, 08:52:36 AM »
Personally I like the fasteners Bob. I get a kick sometimes in that we worry about certain things being "Scale" but gloss over things like, are panel lines even visible in scale  8) If you like the results do it. If not pull the plug on them !
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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2019, 09:53:25 AM »
Quote from: RAGIII on November 23, 2019, 08:52:36 AM
Personally I like the fasteners Bob. I get a kick sometimes in that we worry about certain things being "Scale" but gloss over things like, are panel lines even visible in scale  8) If you like the results do it. If not pull the plug on them !
JMHO,
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I completely agree. They look great!

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Re: Pfalz DXII Build Log
« Reply #29 on: November 23, 2019, 04:51:16 PM »
I never knew there were so many different nasturtiums, good in salads too.I personally like that sort of niggly attention to do detail Bob,if it was me I'd try a coat of paint too before deciding.
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