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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #60 on: July 10, 2022, 10:08:00 PM »
This is weirdly excellent. Nicely thought out and beautifully executed. I cant believe you got Aviattic decals to conform like that to the floats!! Solvents? Is a dock side scene in the future?

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #61 on: July 11, 2022, 07:07:13 AM »
Thanks Rick and Steve!

Steve - I had to use copious amounts of microsol, as well as slicing the decals every which way, to get them to confirm sufficiently. It's far from perfect, but about as good as I can get, I think. Yep i've also been thinking about how i'll pose the finished product. I am thinking of scratch building some beaching gear for this one (float planes out of water without some kind of beaching equipment always look a bit odd).

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #62 on: July 11, 2022, 08:24:51 AM »
I had to use copious amounts of microsol, as well as slicing the decals every which way, to get them to confirm sufficiently. It's far from perfect
Well you fooled me: the floats look so good I didn't give it a second thought!

I'm now sad the chances of seeing this as a 1/1 flying replica are likely nil. Such a wicked little machine!

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #63 on: July 11, 2022, 06:58:02 PM »
Some more progress (and arguably the 'hardest' part of the project); the floats have been rigged and mounted to the fuselage. I used epoxy, which dries slowly, in order to make sure the floats sat at the right angle to the fuselage. I think it worked out well in the end. I also have started work on some make-shift beaching gear; some trolleys which were scratch built from sheet styrene, with wheels from two CMK RFC refuelling sets, and two trestles also scratch built from strip styrene. These obviously still need to be painted up, but I am happy that these things all together produce a nice 'sit' to the model:




And the sit (with comparison to the original tests / adjustments):



Now with that hard part over, I can get to mounting the flying surfaces proper.

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #64 on: July 12, 2022, 01:24:02 AM »
Magnificent Brad, and the colors are perfect! This little devil is looking less "What If" with every update, and more like "Prove it wasn't so". Very nicely done on the Beaching Gear, it really brings it all together!
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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #65 on: July 12, 2022, 01:39:26 AM »
Fantastic work Brad, I agree with Zac about the way you avhieved the decals to lay on the floats... OMG!

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #66 on: July 12, 2022, 07:06:07 AM »
Very cool!

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #67 on: July 12, 2022, 07:35:57 AM »
Damn! That is Awesome!
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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #68 on: July 12, 2022, 08:03:11 AM »
Great work.
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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #69 on: July 12, 2022, 09:13:42 AM »
This little devil is looking less "What If" with every update, and more like "Prove it wasn't so".
I started my internet modelling forum time with the What If? forum and this, to me, sums up my favourite kind of build and part of why this hits me so hard.

I want one. Who has some spare floats and engine in 1/48? I'll settle for 1/72!

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #70 on: July 12, 2022, 03:01:07 PM »
I want one as well !

That is totally flipping cool Brad !


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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #71 on: July 12, 2022, 03:36:31 PM »
A fantastic idea superbly realized in the model, just great! I admire for years the way you do weathering and shading, very realistic!

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #72 on: July 12, 2022, 07:25:15 PM »
Thank you Lance, Andonio, Steve, Rick, Zac, Alexis and Jörg! I appreciate your kind words, they really help spur me on :)

Hey Zac - I have the original set of floats that I replaced as I wasn't super happy with them... not sure you'd want them though...! A set of Hanriot floats may see you through  ;)



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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #73 on: July 12, 2022, 07:34:57 PM »
Love it Brad
(I'll bet applying the lozenge to the float tops was a bit of a bugger  ;D)

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Re: Dreidecker zur See!
« Reply #74 on: July 13, 2022, 01:40:15 AM »
Hi Brad,this is soo gorgious.Funny coincidence,but not long ago I wondered what to do with all the leftovers of my floatplane builds,and had quite the same idea of a DrI on floats.Happy you did it first !
If I was a nitpicker I'd say that this little Tripe ,according to the Marinenummer 8 or 708 must have been a Rumpler Taube Floatplane or an LFG built Sablatnig SF2..
anyway,if you need a place for display,there will always be some space left on my Borkum -Dio for this little beauty  ;) ;) ;)
cheers
Matz