Joystick 1/72 Albatros C.1

[Des]

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.

Des.

[IanB]

Nice work, Dan,
 This is starting to look really good....

Ian

[RAGIII]

Dan,
Outstanding interior and beautiful and precise construction! One of the best vac builds I have seen!
RAGIII

[Thumbs up]

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.

[radio]

An very beautiful build Dan.
Martin

[Danh4]

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

[Danh4]

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

[WarrenD]

Great and inspiring work Dan!

Warren

[Des]

Great work with the tail bracing and the tail skid, well done.

Des.

[coyotemagic]

Excellent work, Dan!  She's shaping up very nicely.
Cheers,
Bud

[radio]

Very great update Dan.
Martin

[IanB]

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

[Danh4]

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

[Danh4]

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

[NinetythirdLiberator]

  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