Thank you RAGIII, Gregory and Juan! It motivates really to try to finish this Camel!
WheelsNow another surprise - I found a PE set from Part for the Roden Camel and started to improve the Stripdown-kit
This set contains also spoke wheels
Roden wheels modified;
I used the folding tool from the Eduard Dr.I Stripdown kit:
I soldered a brass pipe for the axle hub:
Looks ok for that small scale.
All parts prepared:
A better tail skid from the new set
Damn small hold parts on the globe:
... are soldered to a skid:
Compared to the Eduard seat ...
... There is also another seat in the set:
Two air guide plates:
I like to understand the technical solutions. Eduard has interpreted the drawings, but the panels have to be opened here.
A orinal view from below. (source: wikimedia.org with a higher resolution available).
So I added the air guide plates:
Now it makes sense - the cooling air can escape on the lower corner.
The "metal" parts are painted black. The rigging inside the frame was painted metallic.
For a stable connection I soldered struts and panels as far as possible:
Another view:
Very fine struts (so 2 PE plates are empty now) was added to the ailerons:
After primer
Mr Metal Primer I painted with airbrush
Radome by Gunze:
The wood painting with oils.
The panels have a slightly different color:
Also the ailerons
The real wood colors are not so dark and red as it looks on the pictures.
One more update will come to show the state at the end of 2015.
Cheers,
Frank
