Multi Seat GB 2026 LVG B.1 scratch project

[Kamil Zoszak]

Hello
What kind of machine do you have to create shape of engine cowling ??

[Skyhook]

Hello
What kind of machine do you have to create shape of engine cowling ??

 Hi Kamil

In this instance a sheet of plasticard, a candle for the heating and a marker pen for the male mould. You can see it in the pictures. Here i did the usual mistake of mine of not really deciding early on the particular plane I am going to model. Regarding some LVG B.1 manufacturers, they had different shapes to the cockpit sides. Too late I noted that the earliest B.1s had a curious shape, where the sides make an upturned curve. So i had to add the higher sides afterwards. I made them of thin strips of plasticard and had to do some careful putty work to make them flush with the original surface. If I did it again, it would have been wise to glue a piece of cardboard in the shape of the actual cockpit opening to the marker cap. Then i would have had the right shape straight away to the moulded plasticard. Must remember this when I will tackle the later LVG B.II and the early C-types later on

Cheers, Skyhook

[Skyhook]

Hi!
Base colour added to see where I have to clean things up

Cheers, Skyhook

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[NinetythirdLiberator]

Looks........AMAZING!!!! 

Love it.

Dan

[NigelR]

This is looking really good......

[lone modeller]

Excellent progress.

Stephen.

[Skyhook]

Thanks, All!!!

I have made some progress, but have not taken photos yet. Will do over the weekend. The main news is that I finally decided the particular plane I am going to model. It is one of if not the first German plane that ended up in the French hands. 16th of August 1914 at Cernay. It still has the front wheel assembly and the oldest, triangular iron cross hands. I found a good archive in the net, that has the known photos of the plane in one place (as new, when it was still more or less pristine). There?s more photos of it later on, but by that time it was a literal wreck.

later on:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/55029505462/

after capture:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-world-war-i-german-armoured-biplane-captured-in-cernay-49916796.html?imageid=E708064C-3D9A-4414-BA49-8CD2EE0EBBA7&pn=1&searchId=96a71dac27f01b8b11ae34de1e1b283a&searchtype=0

almost a walkaround:
https://cctbelfort.canalblog.com/2025/05/les-visuels-edites-en-cartes-postales-de-la-prise-de-guerre-presentee-sur-la-place-d-armes-de-belfort-en-aout-1914-l-aeroplane-allemand-5e-partie.html

cheers, Skyhook

[ScottJ]

Skyhook, always amazed at the scratch built subjects I see on this site (and their are quite a few so this is kind of a blanket comment), and you've built quite a few of them.  Your LVG is looking great, it's always a pleasure to see the ingenuity that goes into putting something together from just basic pieces of plastic, brass and maybe a few bits from the spares box. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

Take care
Scott...

[DaddyO]

Nice choice of subject aircraft Skyhook.
The fuselage looks great with a bit of paint on it; a testimony to your skills. Looking forward to the wings appearing on it

Paul

[Flamingo]

Your choosen subject is a great choice! A number of new pictures. 
That machine seems to be one of very few to show translucent wings, most other are opaque suggesting rubberized weatherproof fabric like the Jeannin Taube in Berlin.

Waiting for your ways to create the "Scheitelkuehler" and exhaust collector.
Joachim

[Skyhook]

Thanks!

Here is the situation this evening. Cockpit work on the way. There?s the engine block too waiting for the details.

Cheers, Skyhook

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[lone modeller]

Lots of lovely detail there which fortunately will be at least partially visible when the model is finished!

Stephen.

[NigelR]

Nice work on the fuselage - I like the turned effect on the metal parts.

[Skyhook]

Thanks, again

Some progress, more than one thinks when comparing to the previous photo. Actually the fuselage starts to be ready. I will add the missing engine elememts after I have put the wings in place. So the next hurdle is the wings.

Cheers, Skyhook

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[NigelR]

Nice work on the fuselage, she's looking good.