Friedrichshafen FF33L - Polish White 9 (1/32, Lukgraph)

[Monty]

Wow! Some beautiful work happening here, Przemo! And I don't think an easy kit... but beautiful detail! ATB, Marc

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, everyone.

You are right Marc, it is not an easy kit, but not too difficult, either.

The progress of recent days:
- stabilizers and wings roots filled with CA glue and sanded flush, three sessions at some spots were required
- rigging eyelets under the upper wing attached and tested for pull out
- 10 small turnbuckles for control lines and 40 large ones for wings and floats rigging armed with self made eyelets ready to be attached after airbrushing

So now to mask the cockpit openings and engine, degrease the surfaces and to colours!

[Alexis]

Cool , paint comes next !


Alexis

[FAf]

Good preparations lead to good results! Looking excellent so far!
/Fredrik

[RAGIII]

Excellent prep work! I am of course, looking forward to the painting and marking stage!
RAGIII

[RichieW]

Wonderful precision as always. Even with the pictures zoomed in everything looks incredibly neat and perfect. I am in awe!

[Fvdm]

This is amazing modelling. Whether it is the preparation or the execution, all looks great.

[christw]

Thank you for detailled explanations ! Not easy at all but it's worth it.

[bobs_buckles]

[PrzemoL]

Thanks for watching and your kind comments. The build is paused for 2 weeks as I am off for holidays. But I am eager to restart it as soon as I am back. For the moment I managed to airbrush the undersides and apply the marking decals. To be shaded...

[RichieW]

Have a great holiday, looking forward to the next update when you return.

Richie

[DaveB]

Great progress and amazing detail work, Prez

Regards

Dave

[RAGIII]

Looks excellent! Enjoy your Vacation.
RAGIII

[PrzemoL]

Finally back to this build! Some good steps forward. The bulk is painted, decalled and shaded. Some wash will complete it.




I have also solved the struts problem. My measurements indicated that the gap between the wings should be 3mm bigger. The main struts were prepared some weeks ago using some extra longer pieces generously provided by Łukasz. And finally today I also managed to complete the extended versions of cabane struts using the aerofoil Contrail profiles. Also this solved the problem of the bent tips at the bases present in the original ones from the kit. This touch simplifies the assembly but my engineering feeling simply could not accept this in the structural elements supposed to work under axial loading...




And six scratch built struts for the modified tail seen on the Polish FF33L.

[RAGIII]

As always your build is looking awesome!
RAGIII