WnW 1/32 DFW C.V (late)

[RAGIII]

Outstanding update! The wheels look terrific.
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Never mind the rigging points - I am sure that when you habve finished you will be the only person to know. The other parts are really great - such wonderful finishing.

Stephen.

[Des]

Coming along beautifully Gary, your propeller looks excellent.

Des.

[dr 1 ace]

Big ditto to all the above comments !!!


Ed

[steveb]

Those parts in the last post look outstanding!

Steve

[gedmundson]

Thanks again gentlemen for the encouraging comments!

This aircraft had a slightly different mount for the anemometer as seen (barely) in the photo of it in the WnW instruction booklet. I searched for a detailed picture of what it might have looked like, and found a good reference in the period photos that populate the WnW online guide to the early version of the DFW C.V

Made from stretched sprue and adhesive lead tape, I made a mount and modified the kit's anemometer to fit, shown unpainted.





Cheers,
Gary

[uncletony]

Nicely done! yes, huge amount of variation in ww1 on things like this -- really seemed to vary almost for every individual aircraft. Ideas of standardization that we take for granted really don't apply. Much of this kind of equipment was fitted in the field to crew's specification...

[jeroen_R90S]

Nice work! Did the anemometer come with the "guards" or did you make those yourself? (and, curious of course, how?)

[gedmundson]

Nice work! Did the anemometer come with the "guards" or did you make those yourself? (and, curious of course, how?)

Thanks to Bo, RB and Jeroen for your comments!

Jeroen - the guard for the top of the anemometer was made by wrapping thin copper wire around two spaced drill-bit stubs (placed into a thick sheet of styrene). This formed the proper shape of a few loop segments of wire, which I removed a small piece near the bottom. I then just glued two of the segments crossed over the rotating cups.





Cheers,
Gary

[Juan]

Hi Gary, thank you for showing how you made the anemometer guard.  Very elegant enhancement.  Will try in the future thanks to you.

[jeroen_R90S]

Thanks for the explanation! Will have to try that as well

[RAGIII]

Fantastic attention to detail I really like what you are doing with this build!
RAGIII

[lcarroll]

Fantastic attention to detail I really like what you are doing with this build!
RAGIII

.......    and +1 from here Gary, great work on the anemometer and the mount. I also like the rigging, this is a real winner you have here!
Cheers,
Lance

[gedmundson]

Thanks guys! Appreciated the feedback 
Cheers,
Gary

[Manni]

Great, Gary! It looks better and better, each time I look at it. Beautiful Anemometer
Manni