1:32nd scale Hansa-Brandenburg W.20

[DocRob]

The engine support came out beautiful in your brass version, much better than with the supplied wires , sometimes you have to scratch your head about what kit companies are thinking...

Cheers Rob

[Jeff]

Fabulous engineering

[HubertB]

Outstanding soldering skills, on top of all the other skills 

Hubert

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The top struts of the engine support frame have been added.
I'm now working on the 'basic' engine installation.
The kit supplied resin engine was a bit rough so is being replaced by a 'Wingnut Wings' 7 cylinder Oberursel U.0 (80 HP), kindly donated for this build by both Mark Elliot and Przemyslaw Litewka. 
The engine backing disc was made from 0.2 mm thick plastic card with a 0.5 mm diameter styrene rim ('Plastruct').
The engine shaft is 2.0 mm diameter tube (Albion Alloy's) stepped down to a 1.0 mm internal bore and 1.0 mm rod soft soldered in each end.
The resin breather at the front of the engine shaft was cut from the resin kit part.

Now it's onto trying to figure out the control components fitted on the shaft from illustrations and a couple of photographs,

Mike

[harv]

Wow, nice work !!......harv

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
Here's some shots of the basic engine installation.
There's still the engine to finish and pipework and rigging to be added later in the build.
The engine oil pump and HT ignition unit were scratched as was the representation of the carburetor on the air intake.
Inlet holes were drilled around the air intake,

Mike

[belugawhaleman]

Very cool build! 

[JeroenPeters]

Ehh ... wow!!!

[Peterpools]

Mike

Superb! Incredible work.

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
Here's the engine and the oil tank with scratch made oil pump and HT ignition unit.
The engine push rods were replaced with 0.6 mm diameter Brass tube and 0.4 mm diameter Nickel-Silver tube.
Ignition leads were twisted 0.125 mm diameter copper wire.
The engine propeller shaft and rear mounting lug were removed to modify the engine with a shaft and different propeller.
There's still various pipework to be fitted, which has to wait until further in the build,

Mike

 

[Peterpools]

Mike

Fantastic work on the engine - looking so good.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[Jeff]

 I just love the pilot, he looks so cool

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
I've applied the decals to the model.
The base colour, despite most profiles showing it a light blue, was more probably the standard light grey.
This was 'Tamiya' Medium Sea Grey 2 (XF83) lightly airbrushed over a Dark Sea Grey (XF54) base coat.
The kit supplied lozenge decals were replaced with ‘Aviattic’ linen effect Lozenge (ATT32113).
Undersides of the flight surfaces were covered with ‘Aviattic’ linen weave effect (ATT32236).
The instrument panel was scratched using plastic card, decal from 'Airscale’ Generic WW1 instruments (AS32 WW1) and bezels from ‘Airscale’ Instrument Bezels (PE32 BEZ).
I decided to cut out and use the kit supplied markings, despite them being very fragile and not 'cookie' cut.
Light weathering was done using 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt and Grey fine clay washes.
Everything was sealed with 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC-311) clear coat lacquer.
Other weathering was then applied using 'AK Interactive' Kerosene (AK2039) and 'Tamiya' Weathering Master Set D  (Oil stain).

Now it's onto pre-rigging before assembly can start,

Mike

[Peterpools]

Mike

Paint work and decals are superb; just beautiful work!

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
All of the pre-rigging has been added prior to assembly of the model.
The line used is 'Stroft' 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament with blackened 0.4 mm diameter Brass tube from 'Albion Alloy's'.
All of the lines have yet to be tensioned and turnbuckles to be painted, which can only be done after assembly of the various parts.

Mike

 

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
Now the fun begins,

Mike

[harv]

Looking sharp !......harv 

[Peterpools]

Mike

The rigging looks fantastic ... so masterfully done.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The engine assembly and its support frame are now completed.
I've added representations of the pipes to and from the cockpit 'pulse meters', oil tank supply pipe, HT supply lead and carburettor control cable and lever.
I've also added the fuel supply pipe from the upper wing fuel tank to the carburettor, but this can't be connected until the upper wing is fitted.

I just wonder how companies like this expect modelers to be able to create the engine support frame from two pieces of wire and a rough drawing of the area, which is actually on the only 'instruction' sheet supplied.
Hey-Ho - moving on - Next up is the fitting of the upper wing,

Mike .

[Kaireckstadt]

Stunning beautiful work as usual Mike.

Your attention to detail and the way you realize it is unrevaled. 

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The upper wing is now fitted.
The ailerons as well as the tail unit have yet to be fitted.
Now onto the rigging !!

Mike

[Peterpools]

MIke

Incredible work... just outstanding

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The rigging for the wings and ailerons is done.
'GasPatch' 1:48th metal turnbuckles with 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament and blackened 4 mm diameter tube.

Now onto the tail unit,

Mike 

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The tail unit with elevators and rudder is done.
Bracing and rudder control cables are 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament with blackened 4 mm diameter tube.

Apart from the propeller, that's the aircraft completed.

Now it's onto creating a beaching trolley and the figures,

Mike 

[HubertB]

Beautiful and amazingly fast work, as usual 

Hubert