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Offline GAJouette

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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2012, 07:15:12 AM »
  Antonio,
Excellent progress my friend. That's a great idea to make a transparent wing to aid in the strut alignment and gluing.
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2012, 07:18:53 AM »
Great little jig that works perfectly!!!! I will need to make those in the future. Clear plastic, styrofoam, coins and sticks - I can get those :)

Steve
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2012, 07:19:05 AM »
Thanks Gregory + Steve, as I said it is not an idea of mine, I adopted a suggestion I read somewhere but I can't remember where...
Someone did the same to put in position the cabane struts but with an opaque piece of plasticard, someone else suggested to use a clear piece, so I took this idea to make a copy of the wing cutting a piece of a clear plastic shirt box...
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2012, 07:32:10 AM »
I don't care if that's your idea or the Dalai Llama's, I'm going to copy that with the most extreme prejudice!

Yoink!

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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2012, 07:52:10 AM »
Quote from: LindsayT on May 21, 2012, 07:32:10 AM
I don't care if that's your idea or the Dalai Llama's, I'm going to copy that with the most extreme prejudice!

Yoink!

Lindsay

That's great, Lindsay!
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2012, 05:41:08 PM »
That is a easy looking jig, I think I will have to start saving my pennies. :)

Is it really as easy as it looks?
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2012, 10:38:25 PM »
It's not difficult, the main difficulty is the lack of "registration" points so that the actual position of the mock up top wing is up to the precision of your eyes... unless someone gives us some less subjective idea...

BTW here goes the upper wing and the rigging on...



Next step... the floaters

Ciao and thanks everybody for the attention.
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2012, 12:45:01 AM »
Thats a great looking little model and the jig worked perfectly!!

Steve
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2012, 02:20:57 AM »
Wow, Antonio!  She's really coming along beautifully.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2012, 08:22:58 AM »
Beautiful build Antonio, well done.

Cheers

Pete.
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2012, 06:05:12 AM »
Hallo!
here some new steps...
I want to replace the plastic struts keeping the floatres bound to the fuselage belly... they are so thin and weak...  so I decided to use a brass rod 1 mm diameter.
The struts have an elliptical section 1 mm x 0.75 mm so I don't know yet how to shape the brass rod correctly...

BTW here is the work done today


The brass rod was cut to measure with tongs
The brass chunks are 6 mm longer than needed, to have some extra length to turn the pins...


I marked the precise measurement of the struts (lunghezza del montante = strut length)...


I locked the chunk into my drill's clamp...


I mounted the drill on its stand and use a file to turn the brass area outside the black marks...


Here are the finished pieces


...and the check on the plans

now I must enlarge the 4 holes in the fuselage belly to allow the pins to fit in.

There is still a doubt: the round section of the brass rod... in your opinion can stay round?

Ciao

Antonio
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2012, 06:26:29 AM »
Perhaps a fairly minor issue in 1:72, but if you're only using the side view to determine strut length, there's a very good probability that they'll come up short, owing to the foreshortened nature of true lengths as depicted in standard orthographic illustrations. I'm certainly not meaning to criticize, just pointing it out for your consideration. Either way, you have more guts than I, as I'll probably end up discarding all my 1:72 stuff. I simply can't do these little machines the way you folks do. Keep up the good work.
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #27 on: May 27, 2012, 06:30:00 AM »
Gosh Fokker Boy, you're right!
I didn't consider the front view to determine the correct length...

What a stupid I am...

Will go and check again

Thanks for pointing this out!

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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #28 on: May 27, 2012, 06:36:38 AM »
So, I checked the front view and the front struts are about 0,5 or slightly longer, I think that it's ok to keep it as it is.
Nothing can be said for the back struts, because I don't have a back view...

Antonio
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Re: Roden 1/72 Albatros W4
« Reply #29 on: May 27, 2012, 06:41:07 AM »
Quote from: andonio64 on May 27, 2012, 06:30:00 AM
Gosh Fokker Boy, you're right!
I didn't consider the front view to determine the correct length...

What a stupid I am...

Will go and check again

Thanks for pointing this out!

 :'(

Nothing stupid about you at all. It's an oversight that many might make. While on this subject though, it's actually the view perpendicular to the strut itself that will determine true length, as the front view will also be somewhat foreshortened, but will probably be close enough in 1:72 scale I think. You might also try measuring the kit supplied pieces, if you trust their accuracy. I'm just a tad obsessive about these things is all, probably no big deal.
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