JeroenPeters

Really nice and you nailed the angle of the wings! It's a beast!!

Nice going! Looks like some real tedious work involved. Love the tracks!

Thnx. Attached the tail planes. Getting there. Can't wait to get some paint on her.

Looks good to me! These wings were made of wood, so color was pretty even. Nice going!

Strolling along. Drilled holes for brass locator rods.

Dry fit:

Some more progress. Fuselage is perfectly smooth now and panel lines restored that got lost with sanding. With the tail on, the Reichenberg is slightly longer than the flatbed, but luckily the rudder passes over the rear of the flatbed. Adding PE to the fuse body and getting ready to install the engine and tail planes.

Thank you! What a great pic!

1/32 WWI German Aviation Fuel Cart Aviattic (ATTR 011) Available from www.aviattic.co.uk for £ 19,75 With the sudden explosion of 1/32 WW1 subjects, spurred on by almost single handedly Wingnut Wings, it’s a mystery to me not more companies jumped in to cater the modeller to their ‘needs’. The most prolific companies in this scale and era can be counted on one hand. We know Aviattic from their ultra realistic lozenge decals and exotic schemes for the Wingnut Wings kits, but I for one, am really glad they ventured into the realm of resin. Dipping their toes in the water with super thin cowlings for the Fokker Eindecker, and now profiding us with a complete resin kit of a german fuel cart. A great addition for that WWI aerodrome display. With my expectations high after reviewing their resin cowlings I opened the box. Here we go. The packaging A sturdy front flip cardboard box filled with foam protects the hard plastic case which holds the parts. A very clever way of packing these fragile parts. I tend to stack large and small boxes in my stash, which over time can cause the cardboard boxes to collapse. This hard plastic case will guarantee a long and safe life as shelf queen. However, there is no excuse to let this one wait too long, due to the straightforward construction and little clean up necessary. The metal spring / hose is something I haven’t seen before. It is very flexible which causes the hose to ‘fall’ and drape just like the real thing. It feels like a metal spring, but is wound so tight, it looks like a hose. This hose behaves just the way you want to express it in 1/32 scale. All you need to add yourself is some rigging wire, BUT we can safely assume that having bought this kit, you will have a good supply of your favorite rigging wire. The pumping mechanism is secured by four rigging wires to the cart. Fastened with turnbuckles. These turnbuckles are supplied and taped safe to the back of a cardboard card. What do we get? 5 pieces of resin, turn buckles, a metal spring / hose and metal wire. The resin is (as I expected) very, very delicate. The casting is well thought out to ensure minimal cleanup. A thin film of resin can bes een between the parts, which breaks away by the touch. All you need to do is run your scalpel along the edges to get rid of this. Actually this film protects the delicate parts (like the pump) from damage while begin in the casting block. It just holds everything nicely together. The large fuel drum is massive and features a very fine texture. It is cast in a way that is does not need cleanup at all, being casted at the axles. And now for the wheels, which are my favorite. Wooden wheel rims are made from several curved pieces of wood. Aviattic did a great job in replicating this, by showing the seams between these parts and the protruding metal hoop on which they roll. The metal hose will have tob e attached to the tap just below the pumping mechanism. The person doing the pumping would stand within the metal brace and could in this way operate both the pump and the valve. A hook is provided at the top of the pump to hang the rolled up hose on during transport. Instructions are not included. All you need to do is look at the photo on the box to know what goes where. And that goes for the painting instructions as well. I had a hard time looking for good reference material and would welcome anyone that has seen a photo of the real thing to post them here. It would give the modeller a good idea of exactly how this cart was used and where it was postioned next to the plane. Conclusion A great addition to your german ww1 aerodrome display. Whether it is in a diorama or cleanly posed on a nice wooden base alongside a Fokker. Very easy and straightforward to build. Even for the less experienced resin handler. In the near future a special figure that handles this fuel cart (sculpted by Steve Warrilow) will be available too. We at LSM love it and would certainly also welcome a british version. Very highly recommended Our sincere thanks to Richard from Aviattic for the review sample. To purchase directly, click HERE. Jeroen Peters

That looks sweet. Don't believe I've seen this resin conversion built before. Very nice.

Nice start! No.. wait! You're half way! Looks great...

Oh wow.... I love it! A nice change from the usual green splinter camo! Very very nice..

Started work on the wings. Selected a piece of copper pipe with the right diameter to make the wing spar which travelled in it's own jig, separately.

Thnx Cees, Here's where I'm at. Getting rid of the seam. Almost there. Then I need to rescribe some lost detail. Hi James, I won't build the carriage since mine rather travels by train. I discovered that the rear bulkhead was a bit too big. Sanded it a bit and filled the rest of the remaining gap so I wouldn't loose too much detail on the bulkhead. I think this was the hardest part. Together with the engine and it's shrunken intake.

Nice work Danny! Love the contrast in the lozenge. Very nice!

Here you go! http://www.777studios.net/Screenshots/All_Cockpits/Fokker_E3_Cockpit

Thnx guys, Closed up the fuse. Took some elbow grease. Probably my own doing. Now it's just a matter of sanding, sanding and rescribing some lost detail.

Nice! Would be fun to see some guesses to aircraft types here!

love this kit, this build and the these aftermarket sets. Built it myself not too long ago. Great work. Following this..

And here's the jigs made from thick green card donated by Cees Broere!

Not sure how I'll hide the fuse joint yet, but the fit is fine so should be ok. Here's the engine details: And the first paint. I used AK red primer. Goes on nice with a matt finish. Good for the washes that will follow. Bot too much though.

And... removing the 'step' caused by shrinkage of the intake. Almost gone.

Coming long... Seatlbelts need washes.

Hi Ralph, It sure was a simple cockpit. Here are a couple of shots of a restored sample. The side walls were red brown primer colored. Only the seat (and sometimes the mid console and rear bulkhead) were grey.

And some progress on the engine. First problem i ran into is that the intake suffered from shrinkage, so this will need to be addressed. I sanded of the raised area of the main engine where the photo etch details attach to. One mesh, three rods and one photo etch brace. This brace is too small when checking references. I made one from iron wire. Which is more accurate anyway.