Author Topic: Friedrichshafen FF33L - Polish White 9 (1/32, Lukgraph) (Read 25893 times)

PrzemoL · « **Reply #60 on:** June 11, 2021, 08:32:43 AM »

More preps

The floats armed with PE covers for inspection openings and strut fittings, the tail support trestle mounted with a small adjustment from plastic pieces, tail surfaces with wire inserts for reinforcement of joints and plastic replacements for control horns, also the aileron arch horns replaced with plastic (the kit PE parts are far too thin for my taste). All the horns are reinforced with wire inserts and they will get the hinged turnbuckles after painting.

Now for rigging stations!

DaveB · « **Reply #61 on:** June 11, 2021, 08:12:03 PM »

Coming along nicely, Prez

Good luck with the rigging!

Regards

Dave

RAGIII · « **Reply #62 on:** June 11, 2021, 09:46:39 PM »

Your usual Meticulous work! I am sure it will pay dividends in the end.
RAGIII

Alexis · « **Reply #63 on:** June 11, 2021, 10:00:35 PM »

Good luck with the rigging stations Prze , there is a few of them !

Alexis

Manni · « **Reply #64 on:** June 12, 2021, 02:30:45 AM »

Real good work. For me I have learned that the prepatory work is most annoying but essential for a nice end result.
Bye, Manni

RichieW · « **Reply #65 on:** June 12, 2021, 03:29:54 AM »

Loving the careful preparation you are taking, I'm learning a lot from this wonderful work.

PrzemoL · « **Reply #66 on:** June 14, 2021, 05:20:21 AM »

Thank you for watching and commenting.

The holes for rigging drilled, but more importantly the geometry is taken care of.

RAGIII · « **Reply #67 on:** June 14, 2021, 10:05:23 AM »

Excellent progress!
RAGIII

PS: I envy you guys that can just throw together an alignment jig with No Problem

Alexis · « **Reply #68 on:** June 14, 2021, 11:57:23 AM »

Second that

Alexis

PrzemoL · « **Reply #69 on:** June 15, 2021, 12:49:27 AM »

First steps at building floats N-struts... Gel CA to put the joints together has just been applied.

PrzemoL · « **Reply #70 on:** June 15, 2021, 12:52:28 AM »

Quote from: RAGIII on June 14, 2021, 10:05:23 AM

PS: I envy you guys that can just throw together an alignment jig with No Problem

It is not a big deal, Rick. You just need the scale drawings, they can be copied, glued on the cardboard, then some work with scissors and paper glue. Well, in the previous life I built a couple of cardboard models, but who did not when at school?

Here the problem is that the scale drawing in Herris book have some problems with scale. So, instead of these, I used the SVK sketches with measured dimensions, also included in the book.

Alexis · « **Reply #71 on:** June 15, 2021, 10:53:58 PM »

Those struts look like they will be fragile once finished . Are there a metal rod running through the strut or did you add the pins ?

Alexis

PrzemoL · « **Reply #72 on:** June 15, 2021, 11:57:49 PM »

Quote from: Alexis on June 15, 2021, 10:53:58 PM

Those struts look like they will be fragile once finished . Are there a metal rod running through the strut or did you add the pins ?

Alexis

All the struts in this kit are with wire inserts, Alexis. The majority has the brass pieces, but some, including the side elements of these Ns have steel wire bits. I am pretty confident they will do their job, these Ns are quite stiff.

Alexis · « **Reply #73 on:** June 16, 2021, 01:13:10 PM »

Thanks for the reply Prze

Not a fan on resin struts depending on their placement do to sage over time , the rods will stop this . Another question if you don't mind . What is the overall weight of this kit ? I haven't work with 3D resin ...I'm still old school

Alexis

PrzemoL · « **Reply #74 on:** June 19, 2021, 02:58:56 AM »

Quote from: Alexis on June 16, 2021, 01:13:10 PM

Thanks for the reply Prze

Not a fan on resin struts depending on their placement do to sage over time , the rods will stop this . Another question if you don't mind . What is the overall weight of this kit ? I haven't work with 3D resin ...I'm still old school

Alexis

But this kit is mainly composed of the old school resin. Even if the parent elements were 3D printed. The really 3D printed elements are the Benz, beaching cart wheels, cabane struts, spinner, propeller, exhaust, and a coiple of minor details. The bulk of the model is ordinary resin.
And I have finally managed to replace the batteries in a kitchen weight. So especially for you:
fuselage 47g
floats 105g
wings 128g
tail and struts 11g