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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #45 on: April 03, 2015, 11:27:23 AM »
Your model is looking really good Dan, you have done a great job with the cockpit interior and also with the engine, it looks excellent with the fuselage closed up. The work you did making the cabane struts is very well done and will prove to be very strong.

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2015, 12:11:08 PM »
Nice work, Dan,
 This is starting to look really good....

Ian

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #47 on: April 03, 2015, 04:56:06 PM »
Dan,
Outstanding interior and beautiful and precise construction! One of the best vac builds I have seen!
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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #48 on: April 03, 2015, 07:37:34 PM »
Seat of your pant's modelling love it.Taking a nondescrpt  sheet of plastic and turning t into a thing of beauty pure Zen.Love it love it love it and the same to all you other dear vaccy's.

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #49 on: April 03, 2015, 08:55:40 PM »
An very beautiful build Dan.
Martin

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #50 on: April 04, 2015, 11:46:37 AM »
Thanks guys, I'm having a blast with this!

I just got the lower wings glued on, hoping to get struts and upper wing panels done tomorrow.

-Dan

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #51 on: April 05, 2015, 10:48:47 AM »
I decided it would be smart to get as many of the little things done on the fuselage/tail before the upper wings go on so today's efforts concentrated on getting PE control horns in the elevators and rudder, support struts and braces around the tail, and the tail skid.



I made the upper braces from the sliding cover of a 3.5" floppy disk, I assume it is aluminum.  Its easy to score and bend until it breaks, and it seems a bit stiffer than brass.



The lower braces were cut from plastic sheet, maybe stretched sprue would have been more appropriate here? 

I had to give some thought to how I should make the support frame that forms the fulcrum for the tail skid and I finally decided to bend up two pieces of .01 brass wire and glue them into 4 holes drilled in the fuselage bottom.  It's not perfect but it should give the correct impression when it's all painted.

That's it for today!

-Dan

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #52 on: April 05, 2015, 11:02:31 AM »
Great and inspiring work Dan!

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #53 on: April 05, 2015, 11:12:47 AM »
Great work with the tail bracing and the tail skid, well done.

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #54 on: April 05, 2015, 12:23:34 PM »
Excellent work, Dan!  She's shaping up very nicely.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #55 on: April 05, 2015, 07:18:46 PM »
Very great update Dan.
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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #56 on: April 05, 2015, 11:03:56 PM »
Nice work, Dan.
I think the upper "brace" should actually be rigging though.

http://www.flygvapenmuseum.se/en/

The tails were usually braced on the underside and rigged on the upper.

Ian

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #57 on: April 05, 2015, 11:05:50 PM »
Thanks gents, she is going together fairly well so far.  This morning I gave it a shot of primer, looks like there are only a few spots that will need some work.  I think I might as well fill that ugly panel line around the nose and rescribe it.  I've also got a few PE details I'd like to add to the fuselage.





-Dan

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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #58 on: April 05, 2015, 11:26:14 PM »
Nice work, Dan.
I think the upper "brace" should actually be rigging though.

http://www.flygvapenmuseum.se/en/

The tails were usually braced on the underside and rigged on the upper.

Ian

Hi Ian,

That upper brace is definitely rigging in that photo but I suspect that is an earlier B model.    The C models all had solid braces between the fin and horizontal stabs as far as I can tell.  There didn't seem to be a huge amount of standardisation either, different manufacturers and units seemed to have their own way of doing things, maybe that accounts for the wire bracing on that Swedish machine?



I suspect that more powerful engines meant more stresses on the tail, hence the solid braces on top too.

Thanks for pointing out a potential error!

-Dan


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Re: Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2015, 07:08:57 AM »
  :) :) Great work, Dan!  That looks great and is going together so quickly.  I can't wait to see your painting of this little guy.

Thanks for sharing...Dan^2