Swimming time. WNW Hansa Brandenburg W.12

[stefanbuss]

NTR.

The interior is finished, more or less. Only small stuff to be added, like the spare ammo drums for the Parabellum lMg.

The problems i had were of my own stupidity.

Weathering is for a very sandy airframe, if anyone cares. Next step is to work on the engine, which is the weakest part of the kit.

As i said: Nothing to report.

S.

[Des]

Beautiful work on the internals Stefan, your wood colours look excellent.

Des.

[RAGIII]

Gorgeous interior Stefan! Clean and crisp work and the wood tones are excellent!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Totally agree about the wood tones. The rest of the interior looks superb too.

Stephen.

[Monty]

Some really nice work there, Stefan! I'm enjoying this...
Marc

[Manni]

Ah, Stefan, the interior looks stunning. I like the light tone of the wood.
Looking forward what will come up next.
Manni

[stefanbuss]

Thank you for your kind words.

NTR, part deux: the engine.

The core engine was improved a bit: pushrods were replaced, wiring harness was added as well as the Bakelit wiring covers. I decided to leave the valves as they are (my first idea was to replace them with valves taken from an Merc DIII engine, but i was lazy). This is an area where Taurus might come for help... I know that yellow wiring is not correct, as it should be black due to the rubber insulation used for seaplanes - but with the black cylinders, nobody would recognize my additional effort. 

The full engine in a single day - i was never as fast as that. And i am sure i never will be again.

The fuselage is now closed and waiting for the glue to dry.

Stay tuned for the next episode.
S.

[Borsos]

You made a real nice engine out of the kit's parts. And I am sure that they used yellow rubber in navy aviation of wwi as well, at least on this very airplane
Borsos

[Ernie]

Beautiful work, Stefan!  The engine is a gem and to be done in a day
with such great results is outstanding, my friend!

Cheers,
Ernie

[Manni]

Wow, one day for such a result? Great.
Yellow, black...doesn't matter the main thing is that the viewer can see your work.
Manni

[lcarroll]

Stefan,
    I've just reviewed your Thread here and learned much; I started the preparation work on my W.12 yesterday and will be following along behind you if that's OK. This is a wonderful project thus far, I really like the results you got on both bases and the engine turned out really well. Keep up the great work and I'll continue to follow the inspiration of the master, I'll have to open a Build Log soon.
Cheers,
Lance

[RAGIII]

excellent work on the engine! You are moving along quickly on this one. You must really be enjoying the model!
RAGIII

[stefanbuss]

Just to show off a bit more: Here she is, afloat for the very first time. And she swims! (The thread's title can stay, hurray  , otherwise it would have been "sinking time", hehe)



Actually this was a test to prove my theory's validity - to fix the floats in the water before adding the rest of the plane.
 

Lance: you should really take your time adressing the top wing's seam. It's very obvious to be seen if not dealt with properly. I decided to take a shortcut there and have to live with that...

[lcarroll]

"Lance: you should really take your time adressing the top wing's seam. It's very obvious to be seen if not dealt with properly. I decided to take a shortcut there and have to live with that..."

Thanks for the "Heads up" on that Stefan. I'll take a look at it by dry fitting it later today, good advice!
Cheers,
Lance

[coyotemagic]

Brilliant work as always, Stefan!  Your cockpit and engine are fantastic.  I'm glad to see that you are following the instructions in regards to the fuselage construction.  I did not and had trouble with the fit of the fuselage halves.

"Lance: you should really take your time adressing the top wing's seam. It's very obvious to be seen if not dealt with properly. I decided to take a shortcut there and have to live with that..."

I did the same thing.  I should have followed Przemo's lead on this.  I'm sure that yours will turn out better than mine.
Cheers,
Bud