Fokker D.VIII Stripdown, Eduard 1/72

[ondra]

Well, I do have a soldering iron at my workbench (unfortunately in my other flat, so I can not check it right now) and I am afraid the tip is from a different material.

But this will not be a showstopper, copper tips should be commonly available from any DIY store.

Thanks for the advice!

Ondra

[RAGIII]

The prop is Outstanding IMHO! Beautiful work Frank!
RAIII

[RLWP]

Well, I do have a soldering iron at my workbench (unfortunately in my other flat, so I can not check it right now) and I am afraid the tip is from a different material.

Ondra

It is probably silver colour, making it a tinned copper tip

Richard

[Gisbod]

Can't see the pics Frank 

Guy

[KrzysiekK]

yes all thread - inspiring! But the prop in 72 makes the workers dream:)
regards
K

[Bughunter]

Thank you all for the comments!
If one day my boss/company don't like me anymore, may be I start then a serial production and sell such air screws. But this is so much effort, I have some doubt, that the work pays off.

One more question on soldering: is there any specific reason why copper tip is crucial?

There are some "life soldering tip", but copper has the best heat transport and there is a better connection between solder and tip. May be the other are working too, but I tried it and was not comfortable to a slightly different behavior. Hard to explain

Can't see the pics Frank 

Guy, they are stored at Google, but I noticed sometimes a delayed loading. If the pictures are not there or only partly, try a reload of the page with the browser. Should work!

Cheers,
Frank

[Bughunter]

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[Juan]

No Frank, the thanks belongs to you.  Beautifully done Maestro.

[Bughunter]

Here is the link to the completed model:
http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=8758.0

Cheers,
Frank

[Gene K]

Air screw

The wood veneer is sanded down, partly to 0,3mm. I used the layers pear-boxwood-pear-pear-boxwood-pear.

Beautiful, as all the others have commented. Do you have a suggested source for thin veneer?

Thanks,

Gene K

[Bughunter]

Thank you Gene!

I know only veneer between 0.5 .. 0.6mm or thicker.
One example of shops (there are a lof of them):
 https://www.furniere-templin.de/
The problem is often, that those pieces are huge. In ebay you can find sometime smaller pieces.

I cut this standard thickness in stripes and sand it down.

For some wood I do not know veneer sources, so I cut my own on a Proxxon KS230, but that have to be sanded after that too, regardless of thickness.

Cheers,
Frank

[lcarroll]

Gene,
     Frank and I have chatted in the past regarding the sourcing of good quality veneers. He sources his supplies in Europe which is convenient given his location however I was looking for a source closer to home. Another member here provided this source in the USA and I am very pleased with their products;

https://www.syrenshipmodelcompany.com/

   I thin it down just a bit and it's great for the job. Excellent service and reasonably priced. I use their thinnest pear and Alaskan Cedar and am very pleased with the results. Check out their supply, I think you'll like it!
  Hope this is helpful and I expect Frank will provide other options as well.
Cheers,
Lance

[lcarroll]

Frank,
    My apologies, I sort of "stepped on your reply" to Gene but I think he's got a few options to pursue between us. Next time I'll read the newer reply first!
Cheers,
Lance

[Bughunter]

Lance, no problem!
The shop you mentioned is great, because it offers more thick veneer (the thinnest is 0.63mm), so the WNW fans have a good source.
In Europe I have not found sources for Boxwood and Alaskan Cedar, both offered there

Cheers,
Frank