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

[FAf]

Jaw dropping work! 😲👍👍👍
/Fredrik

[kensar]

Thanks for explaining your fabrication of the brass washers.  I never would have thought of that.  I suppose the difference in the hardness of the brass versus the solder did not cause any machining problems?

End results look excellent.

[Borsos]

Wonderful modelling as always, Frank. but this won’t help you. For keeping some 20 Spandaus at home I called the cops. They‘ll jail you very soon for breaking the Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz.
I‘ll send you a cake with a file...
Andreas

[Bughunter]

Thank you Kevin, Stephen, Rick, Early Bird Fan, Terri, Gaz, Fredrik, Ken and Andreas for your continued support!

Thanks for explaining your fabrication of the brass washers.  I never would have thought of that.

I hate to loose so much material with a trenching shovel, more waste than washers.
The idea come from a friend, who glues Evergreen sheets with white glue to get identical parts. So I modified that idea to solder brass to block. This works also for milling, see here more detailed on my Bristol:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9378.msg177275#msg177275
After "desoldering" the block you get tinned parts, perfect in my case but may be problematic, if the original brass color is needed.
An you own a lathe

I suppose the difference in the hardness of the brass versus the solder did not cause any machining problems?

I press the layers together with a wooden clamp during soldering, so the tin layers are thin. No problem on lathe or milling.

For keeping some 20 Spandaus at home I called the cops. They‘ll jail you very soon for breaking the Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz.

If you include the ones on the finished biplanes then there are even more, 30 Spandaus and a lot of Vickers and Lewis guns too!
How many year Gaspatch have to stay in prison then? They export those even into none-EU countries!

Cheers,
Frank

[RichieW]

AWESOME WORK FRANK!!!!!!!!! Nothing much else I can say, just mind blowing skills!