Albatros Dr.I, Eduard 1/48, Upd 28.6.2020 Suspension

[Juan]

Gorgeous propeller Frank, looks great.

[RAGIII]

That's a beautiful prop.

Robin

Well what can I say other than I agree!
RAGIII

[FAf]

Beautiful work on that prop!
/Fredrik

[kensar]

As the others said, beautiful prop.  And the wood grain isn't showing.

[Bughunter]

Thank you Robin, Juan, Rick, Fredrik and Ken!

Does anyone have an idea where I can find Albatros company logos in 1:48?

Source: hyperscale.com

A little wish for X-mas, you know ...

Cheers,
Frank

[Bughunter]

Cockpit


So that the fuselage can be glued together soon, I first took care of the cockpit.

Like on the W.4 the fuel distribution panel, but here as etched part. So there are already the metal frames for the switches. The black sheets are decals again.



After the painting of the frame I could now finally mount the seat frame. The HGW/Eduard cloth belts are also fixed, the upper holders for the belts on the frame of the "canvas wall" are etched parts from the kit. The compass was also added, with decal from the leftover box and glazed with Kristal Klear.
There were decals for some dials, but in diameter twice as big as the places where they should be applied.



The ignition magnet sits on a metal frame (etched part), throttle and ignition switch got a real wood plate.



On the other side there are much more details in the fuselage, 0.1mm nickel silver wires on the pedals, control sticks, etched parts, pumps, pipes. Only the dials are from an instrument set of Eduard.



Then I also glued the seat frame into the fuselage, with lots of CA-gel.



And again a nice cockpit, which is actually far too good to be hidden in the fuselage. But there are still the pictures.



A light washing will follow, but this triplane hasn't flown much.
Before the fuselage can be closed, I have to work on the engine.

Cheers,
Frank

[Alexis]

Man , that pit looks really nice ! Looking forward to the engine .


Terri

[Borsos]

Thumbs up, Frank!
Andreas

[pepperman42]

Just catching up on this very nice progress

Steve

[kensar]

Like you said, Frank, the details are far too good to hide in the fuselage.  But that adjustable seat is just showing off!
Great progress and looking forward to seeing more of your inspiring build.

[RAGIII]

Your interior could be 1/32nd scale! Enough said!
RAGIII

[Bughunter]

Thank you all for your great feedback and a Happy Christmas to all!

Thumbs up, Frank!

Nice to see you here, Andreas. I thought you refused to comment on a build of ugly triplanes:

Although it's a shame to spoil that elegant machine with a 3rd pair of wings 
Borsos

 

Cheers,
Frank

[Bughunter]

Tank


It's been a long time since anything happened here...
Somehow the Sopwith cutter had pushed in front of me, so that I could start to use the new toy cutting plotter.

Now I have soldered here again, there was still a tank missing.



With inlets for oil and fuel, as well as a tap with "copper pipe".



And the view after assembly into the fuselage.
The started engine is doing a test fit, as you can see it is not the kit engine, but again a resin from Vector. I bought two of them, the first one is fitted into my Albatros W.4.



Now it needs more parts and details.



And the "smooth-running bearing" is also made. A nice example, that not everything works for me ...
The first one was soldered so far, I wanted to turn the end so thin that it fits into the engine - shaft bent.
At the second attempt solder ran into the bearing, this was no longer a rotating shaft but a stable connection.
This is the third attempt:



The propeller can now rotate very easily:



Cheers,
Frank

[Alexis]

Nice yo see you back on this one Frank 


Terri

[Bughunter]

Thank you Terri, but it will need a while.
During soldering it reminds me on another PE kit and I could not resist to start another parallel build
There was a free area on my project store previously occupied by the Schneider parts

Cheers,
Frank