Hansa-Brandenburg D.I scratch 1:144

[ondra]

And here the port side:

[ondra]

Well, placing the fuselage struts into the right position was really difficult (the strut on the starboard side goes in between the second and third exhaust pipe) so I had to cheat a little bit.

It is not as clean as I would wish but I hope to be able to correct it.

Hope to post more progress soon.

Cheers

Ondra

P.S.: Sorry for the quality of the photos, my camera passed away...

[RAGIII]

I am still totally blown away by what you are achieving construction and finish wise in this scale!
RAGIII

[Des]

You are displaying incredible skills Ondra working in and achieving the results you have displayed here, hard to believe that you are doing all this in a very very tiny 1:144 scale.

Des.

[ondra]

Thanks for the comments guys! The fit is not as good as I would have wished but hopefully I can deal with that.

I started preparing the wing struts, the colours are quite bright at this moment, let's see what wash will do about it.

Cheers

Ondra

[ondra]

So, one side took me 3 hours, the result could be better but calculating of the length of the particular struts is really time consuming. At least everything fits quite well so far.

[ondra]

Well, upper wing is in position, eventually the fit was quite fine. Let's move to the undercarriage.

[ondra]

Basically finished, just a few details and afterwards I will post pics in the gallery.

Thank you all for your support and your encouraging comments during the build.

Cheers

Ondra

[andonio64]

Ondra I LOVE IT
my congratulations to your work and craftmanship!
This is really one of my favourite planes but it's hard to find on the market so sooner or later I will take inspiration from your WIP to try it myself!

Ciao!

Antonio

[RAGIII]

I somehow missed the last update! What a beauty and then some! All in such a tiny scale Ican't even imagine how you did the work! Looking forward to your pics in the completed models section!!
RAGIII

[ondra]

Thank you for your nice comments, guys, they are highly appreciated!

The modell is finished now, here a picture to imagine what it looks like.

As soon as I have better photos she will appear in the gallery.

Cheers

Ondra

[uncletony]

I love it!

[Dekenba]

Staggeringly impressive.

Do you model in 1/32 at all? With your skills, you could produce something special and very detailed indeed.

[RAGIII]

I love it!

That makes 2 of us!
RAGIII

[ondra]

Thanks guys for the nice comments!

Staggeringly impressive.

Do you model in 1/32 at all? With your skills, you could produce something special and very detailed indeed.

I will admit that so far I have not found the right "passion" for larger scales and for plastic kits generally. The most enjoyable part of every build for me is looking for ways to create all parts from scratch. I am a weird guy indeed.

Nevertheless I have a WnW Fokker D.VII (Fok) at home, in the first step I will be collecting experience with plastic kits on some smaller pieces (I have built a Fokker E.III by Eduard in 1:72 and there are Albatros D.Va and Nieuport 23 in my stash). Once I have enough experience with these simpler kits, eventually I would like to build the WnW D.VII some day.

Just one more up-date, I started working on the terrain and accessories - the ladder and the wooden construction beneath the tail (sorry, I do not know what it is called english, can you advise, please) are just glued together, no paint so far.