Deperdussin Monocoque 1912, AJP Maquettes, 1/48, Upd 10.10.2020 Rigging

[RAGIII]

I am pretty sure I have said this before but it is worth repeating! You Are a Master!! Beautiful details in metal and the outlining came out great!
RAGIII

[Alexis]

Excellent work on the pit Frank 



Terri

[Bughunter]

Thank you Stephen, Rick and Terri!


Assembly


Today I made a new longer rotary axis. Then I checked the kit engines under my cowling - no way! I checked also my spare parts for Eduard engines, but found only two 9-cylinder rotaries.
To convert them to a 14 cylinder Lamda-Lamda needs also effort, in that time I could do a new Small Stuff rotary. => I finally go with the Small Stuff here.
I drilled from the front to meet the hole done from the back side.



Now all fits together and runs smoothly.



The maintenance cover is in place and the paint is corrected on some places of the fuselage.



The upper part of the landing gear is painted black. I started already to paint the wheels.



I hope I can soon start with the rigging!

Cheers,
Frank

[lone modeller]

That is looking as close to perfect as i have ever seen a model Frank. The engine is extremely good, as are the rest of the parts of course.

Stephen.

[RAGIII]

That is looking as close to perfect as i have ever seen a model Frank. The engine is extremely good, as are the rest of the parts of course.

Stephen.

I can't argue with, or say it any better than Stephen Has!
RAGIII

[Alexis]

Beautiful paint work on those rotaries Frank 


Terri

[Bughunter]

Thank you my friends, your comments are always highly motivating!

That is looking as close to perfect as i have ever seen a model Frank.

Stephen, now I need a red face smiley. Thank you very much!

Beautiful paint work on those rotaries Frank 

Thank you Terri, but the engine was already done on February, see page 1. Now I just modified it a bit for mounting.
It is one rotary with a bigger central block. Small Stuff uses also the advantage to reuse parts of the normal Lamda, as on real one.

Cheers,
Frank

[Bughunter]

Suspension


I tried to start the engine, but it did not fire up! Then I thought about the reason ... of course, the ignition wires are missing

So I added an isolation plate and 14 copper wires.



A final view of the engine in daylight. On the back (between engine and wall) I added a brass piece for securing the axle. It runs now very smooth, without too much allowance.



I glued all engine related parts together and mounted that unit to the fuselage. After that I added a PE strut in the middle.



With the long cowling it looks more elegant now, like a racing machine!



OMG, there is a gap!



Don't worry, that is intended



I don't liked the view into the cockpit because I made the wood color a bit to uniform regarding seat and framing. So I made a cushion and added this before mounting the cockpit.



I made washers the same way as on my Albatros Dr.I and added them to the axle. Those washers are the limiters for the springs of the suspension, which I made from stretched sprue.



The next step will be the rigging.

Cheers,
Frank

[Borsos]

What an incerdible piece of art from your bench again, Frank! Truely impressing!
Andreas

[Alexis]

Nice job on those details for the suspension Frank 


Terri

[Radarman]

Frank,
It looks like you're making the turn from base to final on this build. It's really looking great.

                                                                                                                         Kevin

[Monty]

That is incredible miniature engineering, Frank! Coming along beautifully and real inspiration to us mortals! Regards, Marc.

[kensar]

Great work, Frank.  It would be easy to believe no one has built this kit as well as you have.

[RAGIII]

Stunning work as always Frank! You are correct in that with the cowling on it does look Elegant!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

I totally agree wth what has been written: this is truly stunning modelling/micro-engineering.

Stephen.