SSW DIII Roden 1/32

[iwik]

Hi y'all!

That's my new build.

I'll be off a few days in Venice (Italy  ) and I have a few things to finish first, so this first post should not have a new post before a little while.

But I just couldn't resist sharing with you the first part; the wonderful Aviattic's engine dedicated to that bird.
Ok, it's a beauty. Lots of tiny pieces (individual spark plugs and the like), some photoetched pieces if you want the propeller removed, blablabla, nothing that you probably haven't heard before about this work of art. But other than that, how many of you have built a resin engine, beautifully detailed and such, and be extremely annoyed about it not fitting the cowling?
Nothing of the like with this baby. It FITS THE ORIGINAL COWLING!
It may sound trivial for some, but for me, it felt so nice not having to destroy the integrity of that engine, that it was just the icing on the cake. So here it is.

A base of Alclad aluminium. Some wash of black on the cylinders, followed by some touches of blue and red transparent gloss. Some Tam smoke on the rest with some touches of tobacco acrylic ink. Added the spark wires and that's it. Ready to...be put aside till the end of the build I guess.



I'm now in the process of painting the wooden parts (seats, propeller, and interior) and experimenting on that specific wood varbnish. Think I found something satisfactory...

Ciao
Iwik

[radio]

Very nice engine, Iwik.
Martin

[uncletony]

A great engine Iwik, well done! --  but for maximum realism it needs to be on fire or exploding. <joke>

[lcarroll]

Great work on the engine, Iwik. I'm very interested in this Kit however all I`ve got for now is the Pheon Decal Set, I`ll be following your Build with great interest!
Cheers,
Lance

[coyotemagic]

Fantastic looking engine, Iwik!  I'm glad to see that it fits in the kit cowling without modification.  That is a big deal.
Cheers,
Bud

[Alexis]

Well you know I will be following this build ...




Terri

[RAGIII]

Nice work on the engine! I must not be paying close enough attention as I totally missed that Aviattic had one in their line. Going to their site to see what else I missed 
RAGIII

[Des]

Well done with the engine Iwik, it looks excellent.

Des.

[KitRookie37]

Hello gentlemen,
Contact ! Engine started, it smells burnt oil and gazoline...
Beautiful work Olivier. 
Friendly.
Alain.

[Verbeek]

Mine attempt of the engine.
Yep, I like yours (a lot) more





I have this one on wait for a while, so i can follow how to do it.

And have fun in Italy.

[iwik]

Hi Y'all!

Hey Verbeek! Nice engine but it really looks a bit too rusty!

Here is a follow up!

Got started to modify the fuselage. As you can see, the panel lines are way too pronounced and the handles don't have much depth and the rear ones are wrongly aligned with the fuselage spar:


So here's the new one, although I'll wait for the fuselage to be closed to engrave the perpendicular lines:


Next I tackle the cowl by adding a lip to the front and a double one to the rear with heated plastic threads:


Then the cône. The original one needed surgery to remove any sign that the front was a two part piece. After much sanding, I added an extra lip on each apertures with flattened lead wires.


The upper front deck with some Spandaus. The jackets are HGW ones, while the guns themselves are resin parts that were given to me by Philippe Jourdan long ago for his never released 1/32 DV. I added some extra details and prepared the part for some futur rigging.


The propeller was painted using oils over acrylics with Tamiya masking tapes and underlying in darker colors the frontier between the two wooden shades. I coated the whole thing with acrylic oils (tobacco) and finish with a light coat of orange semi gloss.


The interior wooden parts, painted with basically the same methods. Note the added support for the compass (not yet painted...)


The right side of the cokpit detailed with mostly fine copper wires.


And the left side:


I'm off to start the paint job...
Ciao
Iwik

[Pgtaylorart]

This is really looking great, Iwik! Nice scratch built additions.

George

[radio]

Very great work and painting, Iwik.
Martin

[petrov27]

very nice improvements to the kit!

[Des]

Your wood colour on the inside of the fuselage looks great, and you a doing a fantastic job with all the other bits and pieces, looking forward to seeing them painted.

Des.