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Offline aliluke

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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2018, 09:50:45 AM »
Back in modelling mode as our summer turns to autumn. Have closed the fuselage and ready to get on with the daunting task of doing the external woodwork.



The wireless will be invisible when the fuselage is fully closed in...





Added the first aid kit - all details welcomed!





Added a camera and a map. Not sure if these will be visible either...

My big mistake was to drop the whole thing onto a concrete floor. Fortunately the only breakage was the PE seat belts on the pilots seat. But the repairs make these parts look a little messy.

I am certainly learning how tight the engineering of this kit is. Much sanding and scraping to remove paint to get everything to fit but when it does glue is almost redundant.

Cheers
Alistair
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2018, 10:03:31 AM »
looks great Alistair!
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2018, 03:47:34 PM »
Looks great!  Woulda never guessed it's been dropped.

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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2018, 04:30:18 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2018, 05:37:26 PM »
That is breathtaking!

I'm super impressed at the fine detail you have achieved.

I just ordered this kit through the Weta sale today and your build makes me super happy I did so.

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Offline aliluke

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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2018, 06:21:28 PM »
Thanks Bo, Gaz, Przemol and Dave
I'm not sure about breathtaking. Okay is my feeling. But it is a very good kit of a fabulous plane. I plan to get to see the real thing soon so I can,then, bang my head against a wall for all that I did wrong...

Dave - if you got the Duelist set with the Camel you can still get all of the decals for the original WNW plane in all schemes through WNW. You probably knew that - Eleanor/Mia was always my aim and the Duelist set doesn't have those decals. I also detect that Wingnut have improved the original kit offering by including accessory sprues and decals to fit. There is going to be a lot of stuff left over after this one - 6 propellers for instance.

Just got the cockpit cover on which proved to be very tricky to fit properly. Now virtually all of the interior can't be seen...Tomorrow base coats for the fuselage and then the engine.

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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2018, 08:35:41 PM »
Looks beautifully in every detail. Well done so far.
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2018, 10:56:46 PM »
Your interior looks outstanding. A shame that the wireless won't be seen really came out great!
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2018, 06:48:40 PM »
Nice work so far! I also noticed the Duellist set has some new four-colour lozenge that looks different from what WNW used to do, at least on their website. How does it compare to say that included with their D.VIIs?
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2018, 08:38:42 AM »
Agree with all the above comments, nice work !

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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #25 on: April 05, 2018, 02:07:02 PM »
Hi all - thanks for support
Jeroen - it is four colour but I don't know how it compares to the D.VII decals as they are now all applied. If this kit continues as it is I might trial Aviattic decal replacements anyway.

I have been working through the external woodwork with oils - it is very slow as you have to wait for the oils to fully cure - still work in progress.

I diverted my attention to the unique map box behind the observers seat that this LVG had. With help from Jamo (thanks) I got some photos of the Memorial Flight LVG and constructed the map box. Had to make a map first! That was done with coloured pencils. The trick is that the box will be level in flight so the sides have to angle. My scratch isn't quite consistent with the photos and perhaps a fraction too big but I'm OK with that. It is just loose laid in the photo and might stand a wee bit more adjustment. Though hard to see it has a very thin acetate cover and the slip where the map can be inserted.

Have also done the rear machine gun but it is a bit fragile to photo at the moment with oils for the stock drying.





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Alistair




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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #26 on: April 05, 2018, 04:30:50 PM »
Thanks!

Good looking woodwork, and that mapcase is brilliant! :)
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #27 on: April 05, 2018, 09:11:34 PM »
The woodwork on your LVG is fantastic. I love the warm shades. And I am very impressed of your self drawn map with pencils. I personally use digital scans of original trench maps, scale them down and print them on paper... e. g. from this source
https://maps.nls.uk/ww1/trenches/
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2018, 11:06:49 PM »
nice detail Alistair. I dig the hand drawn map... very convincing.
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Re: LVG C.VI Wingnut
« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2018, 12:37:31 AM »
Outstanding work on the Map. A really nice added detail!
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