1:32nd scale Hanriot HD.1

[NigelR]

Looking very good Mike, I don't think the decals look too bad. The moral of the story is choose your colour scheme with care to minimise bleed through on the decals.

It's a pity about the green colours but I think the overall effect looks very good (I'm no expert on the 5 colour scheme).

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Nice save on the propshaft, Mike. And that camo is gorgeous.

Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea what you'd use for the greens were you to do it over, instead of the XF-58 and your XF70+black mix?

Dutch

Hi Dutch,
Here's two charts (slight differences) which shows what the colours were thought to be.
Research carried out by author Marc Chassard.

A thread here on the forum by 'Xan'.

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=7858.0

Also here on the '1914 forum'.

https://1914.forumactif.com/t231-camouflage-5-tons-francais-1918

Mike

[Dutch522]

Merci bien, Mike! I'm a member of the Forumactif group as well, but never saw the images you posted of Xan's color matches. For some reason all the photos have been stripped off many of the older threads, including "5 Tons", probably because the original links have gone inactive.

That's actually a problem I run into on this forum too, I was searching the "Aircraft" pages for Eindecker material yesterday, and found that most of Des's photos in his older posts seem to have vanished, either because his photo-hosting account was deleted, or the files have simply expired and are gradually blinking out. Sad, in any event.

Anyway, thanks again, the boys and I will make good use of those formulae!

Dutch

[macsporran]

Great build thread, and very informative. I was very tempted by this and the Halberstadt, but seeing the problems versus the high initial cost, I think I'll bide my time. Given 50+ Wingnuts still in the stash, I'll concentrate on them next I think.
Sandy

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
I've replaced three of the colours as I wasn't satisfied.
Light Green - ‘Hataka’  C093 Green (FS34258)
Dark Green - ‘Hataka’ C301 Dark Olive Green (FS34096)
Beige - ‘Hataka’ C060 USMC Sand
These have yet to be weathered so will dull down slightly.

I've fitted the single, central machine gun, using a modified 'Gaspatch' 'Vickers' 11mm 'Balloon Buster', as used by Willy Coppens.
This was p[ainted with 'Alclad' Gunmetal (ALC-120) then dry brushed with 'Mr. Colour' Super Iron 2 (SM203).

The propeller was base coated with 'Tamiya' Flat Red (XF7) and Full Red (XF19) mixed 70/30% ratio.
Windsor & Newton’ Griffin (Alkyd) Vandyke Brown oil paint was then applied to represent the wood effect.
The hub plates were brush painted with ‘Mr. Colour’ Stainless Steel (213) the ’AK Interactive’ Kerosene wash (AK2039).

The interplane struts were base coated with 'Tamiya' Desert Yellow (XF59).
Windsor & Newton’ Griffin (Alkyd) Burnt Sienna oil paint was then applied to represent the wood effect.

Whilst test fitting the tail skid, it snapped in half - no surprise given the brittleness of the 3D printed parts.
So that now needs to be addressed,

Mike

[NigelR]

I've replaced three of the colours as I wasn't satisfied.

That's dedication to the cause, I would have moved on..... Nice work, because you can't tell some of the colours have been resprayed.

The wood parts look really realistic, I am sure this will look great when it comes together.

[Tim Mixon]

Nice work with the repaint Mike.  I like the color changes you used. The woodwork effect is very realistic!

Tim

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
As I said previously, the 3D printed tail skid snapped in half while I was test fitting it
Rather than trying to repair and use the tail skid, I decided to scratch a replacement.
This was made using 1.4 mm diameter Brass tube and 0.5 mm diameter rod.
The tube was flattened to an airfoil profile and reinforced internally with the rod.
the kit supplied tail skid support frame has the bottom of the rudder post.
This is too long as the tail skid was attached at the bottom of the support frame.
Therefore the rudder post was shortened and a hole of 0.5 mm diameter was drilled up into the post.
This hole was used to locate the support Brass rod on the tail skid.
Once secured to the support frame, the 'bungee' type suspension cords were added, using 'EZ' White (heavy) stretch line.

Mike

[NigelR]

Nice work Mike. Your engineering and modelling skills are very impressive.

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
I've weathered the paintwork.
Airbrushed thinned 'Tamiya' Smoke (X19).
Airbrushed 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC311).
Applied 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt fine clay wash.
Removed the wash to leave slight staining.
Airbrush sealing coat of 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC311).

Now it's onto pre-rigging before assembly,

Mike
 

[Rookie]

Topnotch results, as ever Mike. Nice to see a French bird getting built.

Thanks for the excelent build log/tutorial.

Cheers,
Willem

[NigelR]

This is coming together very nicely. The weathering is just right IMO, not too heavy but shows this is an aircraft that has is on active service.

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
Partial construction before pre-rigging.

Mike

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
The fuselage cabane strut assembly has been fitted.
The rudder pre-rigging has been added using 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament, 0.4 mm diameter clear tube and 0.4 mm diameter blackened Brass tube.
The ailerons have also been pre-rigged using 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament and 0.4 mm diameter blackened Brass tube.

Mike

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi all,
The rudder, ailerons and upper wing have now been fitted.
All pre-rigging was also put in place.

However, previously when test fitting the upper wing, I found that the kit supplied 3D printed cabane side support struts were too short.
When located, they were approximately 1.0 mm clear of the fuselage.
So I modified the fuselage cabane strut assembly to lower the upper wing slightly to allow the struts to locate fully.
Now, with the upper wing fitted, I found that the struts were still too short.
Therefore, I decide to discard the kit supplied struts and create replacement struts.
These were made from 1.2 mm diameter Brass tube, formed into an airfoil profile and with internal 0.3 mm diameter Brass locating rods.

Onward upward,

Mike