WIP: 1/32 DFW C.V Palestine Theater Field Mod Radiator

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One of my Patreon subscribers has commissioned me to to create what appears to have been a one-off cooling solution for a DFW C.V, which was captured by Australian armed forces in 1918. As it happens, he has a photo of his Granddad with that very aicraft at the time:


The radiator in question appears to be similar to / possibly derived from a Windhoff unit designed for a Sablatnig seaplane:

If so, in this instance, the expansion cells as shown in the drawings are not fitted, and there is a kind of weird fairing fitted to the front. There also appears to be a header tower similar to those found on German airfoil radiators:





This is my interpretation, based on the Windhoff drawings, the photos and my understanding of how these things work. There is conjecture here, but hopefully educated...

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Ready for first test prints -- exploded view:

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First test print, dry fit sans caps

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My patron has finished his build using the field mod radiator I provided -- methinks it came out pretty nicely!:







(Photos and model by Mark Lorenzetti)

[KiwiZac]

It certainly did, beautiful work Mark!