Eduard 1/48 Camel N6377

[Ernie]

Great start Fredrik!  Very nice work on the cockpit.

Cheers,
Ernie

[FAf]

Thank you Rick, Alexis, KiwiZac and Ernie!

More work done and the fuselage is closed.
Some internal rigging done. No drilling, just some 2 mm brass tubing from Bob's Buckles and fishing line painted with Vallejo Steel and everything superglued into place.




Then there were those caps. Whenever Frank shows his work, and alot of others too, it always looks nice and clean... this, not so.much! 😀 But I'm quite happy with it after paint and in place. But please ignore all those dust particles. I'll have take care of them later, and the camera tends to exaggerate them a bit.



After that it was time to close the fuselage. At this point you're beginning to see how little that will be visible of the innards, but we all know it's there.



Eduard tells you not to glue the seat and tank frame or the IP to both sides of the fuselage. That is because you need to be able to flex the front end open a bit in order to insert the firewall and fuselage bottom. Works like a charm though, even if I managed to get a bit of a fingerprint onto the bottom part.



And with the top placed, but not glued, in position. Next step... probably preparing wings and control surfaces for rigging.


/Fredrik

[gedmundson]

Such detailed work, Fredrik. Your skills at 1/48 really are something to inspire us! Excellent progress indeed.
Cheers,
Gary

[RAGIII]

Terrific progress Fredrik! Your interior looks great in the closed up fuselage. Also very nice filler caps!
RAGIII

[KiwiZac]

Again I forgot the scale before looking at the photos, thinking I was looking at a a terrific 1/32 build! I second the call on the filler caps: every (fraction of) an inch as good as any others I've seen on here.

[Manni]

Really great work and all these nice additions and extras. Really great craftsmanship.
Bye,Manni

[Alexis]

Fredrik , really nice clean work on the details . Fantastic job on the wood paneling as well , sharp looking !!!


Alexis

[Bughunter]

Yep, very nice so far!

As we talked about the panel fasteners on my Aviatik:
Do you removed all fasteners on the oval panel?
Eduard mould them very nicely, but I lost nearly half of them during transport on my kit
So I think I will remove the rest too and replace all by brass wire (don't need to be painted).

The sprue E has a bad quality, so the face of the cowling do not show the riveted ring, I will show pictures later.

Cheers,
Frank

[FAf]

Well, thank you all for your comments and interest in my humble efforts!

Gary; you and so many others (among them all those below) inspire me, so it's only fair if I try to inspire others. Great to know that some is, too.

Terrific progress Fredrik! Your interior looks great in the closed up fuselage. Also very nice filler caps!
RAGIII

Well, the interior is there at least... With a torch and a mirror someone might catch a glimpse. 😃 For the filler caps, see below.

Zac; Those filler caps I'm actually really happy with. Simple work but something that actually will be quite visible in the end.

Manni and Alexis; thanks!
/F

[FAf]

Yep, very nice so far!

As we talked about the panel fasteners on my Aviatik:
Do you removed all fasteners on the oval panel?
Eduard mould them very nicely, but I lost nearly half of them during transport on my kit
So I think I will remove the rest too and replace all by brass wire (don't need to be painted).

The sprue E has a bad quality, so the face of the cowling do not show the riveted ring, I will show pictures later.

Cheers,
Frank

I'm sorry Frank, but I don't really follow... what fasteners on what panel? Do you have photo of your part or a part number?!

My E sprues are also a bit short shot. Luckily for me it only shows on the outermost part where the propeller goes. You can actually see that if you scroll up to the engine pic. I guess Eduard would replace them if you asked them.
/Fredrik

[DaveB]

Stunning work, Fredrik -

Love your painted wooden panels

Regards

Dave

[Ernie]

Very, very nice Fredrik! I am also a fan of your wood paneling.
A really enjoyable build to follow.  Well done!

Cheers,
Ernie

[jeroen_R90S]

Yes, me too, having a WNW Camel mostly cleaned up from the sprues I can see Eduard took more than a cursory look at that, too
I really should get back to my Camel...

[Bughunter]

Sorry for the late answer.

I'm sorry Frank, but I don't really follow... what fasteners on what panel? Do you have photo of your part or a part number?!

Here are my fuselage, with 3 fasteners on the oval panel lost in package. the upper left one in pic is already broken.


On a picture of James Fahey (recently posted link here in the forum) you can see them on the original Camel:


Cheers,
Frank

[FAf]

Interesting Frank! I had a look at my six fuselage halves and none of them had your kind of "large" fastners.

Not a new picture, but it shows "my" fastners. They are very small and almost invisible, but they don't seem to be broken in any way.


Anyway - I think your idea with copper wire replacements is a good one in any case. I'll probably do that myself.

Dave, Ernie and Jeroen - thanks for your appreciation and the wood is very simply Gunze H310 (I think) and Winsor&Newton Burn Sienna. Anyone can do that, I'm sure.

Cheers!
/Fredrik