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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #60 on: August 27, 2021, 10:09:00 PM »
Outstanding work, Rafael.  Intricate detailing in the cockpit and superb weathering using different methods.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #61 on: August 27, 2021, 11:27:56 PM »
Continues to be an exciting build. So great attention to details is extraordinary.
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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2021, 04:52:29 AM »
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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2021, 05:29:13 AM »
Somehow I have missed this - and it is a pusher!

Your idea to paint the lettering on the wheels is excellent - I will keep that for future reference if I build another 1/32 model. The other details and painting are just mind-blowing - very realistic indeed.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2021, 05:38:38 AM »
What is the superlative for stunning?

What a great idea to apply the paint on the lettering Andreas!

How far do the letters protrude from the tires?

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #65 on: August 28, 2021, 08:59:52 PM »
Thank you very much!

@Willem, the letters have a height of something like 0.1 mm, maybe a little less. For comparison in the following picture a piece of 0.1mm fishing line (0.1 mm should be something like 0.04 inch).

20210828_122954_resized by Rafael Berlin, auf Flickr

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #66 on: August 29, 2021, 01:26:54 AM »
Precise and beautiful modelling, Raphael! I'm enjoying this build so much and learning so many great techniques! I'm really looking forward to more! Regards, Marc.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #67 on: August 29, 2021, 01:47:50 AM »

@Willem, the letters have a height of something like 0.1 mm, maybe a little less. For comparison in the following picture a piece of 0.1mm fishing line (0.1 mm should be something like 0.04 inch).


Thanks for measuring that for me Andreas.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #68 on: August 29, 2021, 08:12:58 AM »
just catching up with this thread, what an amazing build. That engine is a real thing of beauty, so much beautiful detail throughout this build  8)

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #69 on: August 30, 2021, 06:00:46 AM »
Thank you very much!

In this thread I'm updating with some delay, because I became member of this forum in the middle of the build. Whoever is interested in the actual status of the model, can take a little peak in the Revel-Forum (sorry, german language). Today I completed a big step in rigging. Here a small teaser of what I will post in some days in this place: https://community.revell.de/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=7715&start=210
I hope this link is OK with the forum rules, otherwise please delete.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #70 on: September 01, 2021, 12:55:25 PM »
Wow! You have just given me an inferiority complex.
Incredible skills.
I have this kit and will be happy if I build it to one quarter of your super high standard.

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #71 on: September 01, 2021, 11:04:30 PM »
Would you like some helpful criticism? Otherwise please ignore my post.

You should have asked before! Your work looks nice form the handling point of view, but I assume you want to build a correct model if I look at the rest.
Your type of rigging is wrong, as there are no ropes and turnbuckles used for the wing rigging, see all the blue lines in the WNW manual. WNW stated a size of 0.1x0.3mm because those lines are RAF wires.
That was typical for many of the British aircraft types of WWI. These were flat forged steel bars produced in specific length sitting in specific mounting points on both ends, here are the result of a quick search in the net:

Edit: if you don't see the pics in some browsers like Chrome (because of no http embedding in a https page) here are the links:
http://ipmsvagabonds.com/page2/page36/files/raf-wire-terminal.jpg
http://ipmsvagabonds.com/page2/page36/files/flying-wire-terminals.jpg

The pictures are small but you see clearly the aerodynamic profile so you see why WNW says 0.1x0.3mm.This is not a D.H.2 but the rigging type is the same.

There was plans with the exact length, here fro example for the SE.5a:


In scale 1/32 there are some fine solutions available, in my opinion the best was RB production. Really pity that Radu sold his business and the new owners shut it down at the moment (the web site is dead), I don't know about the future.
In my 1/48 scale it is harder, but I used a PE set from Part for my D.H.2.

Cheers,
Frank
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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #72 on: September 02, 2021, 12:22:59 AM »
Dear Frank,

I know what you mean. I experimented with the WnW RAF rigging material, which is also sold as "PRYM 977770 knitting-in Elastic". It didn't work very well for me. Tubes for that stuff would have been too big and it didn't look good. I took some closer look on other models and finally chose a combination of gaspatch turnbuckles, fishing line and tubes (0.3mm inner diameter). Obviously not the correct way.

Honestly, I have no deep inside knowledge about RAF rigging, as you can see. Also I didn't know about the propeller. I do my best, but in the end there will be some compromises in the model.

Your comment was highly appreciated, now I know. This time I leave rigging as it is. Next time I will do better. For me it is a kind of learning by doing. And there is a lot to do and even more to learn. I hope this approach is OK for most of you.

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Rafael

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Re: AMC DH.2 - Wingnut Wings 1/32
« Reply #73 on: September 02, 2021, 12:50:38 AM »
No problem, it is your model ;)

And yes, also Gaspatch has a solution, you don't need tubes:


Cheers,
Frank