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Hi Bertl,

 

Thnx for those! I should have looked at these pics better before venturing in the Taurus engine.

Pure headache material.

 

1. I glued the cilinders on. Only to discover the engine would not fit the cowling of the WnW kit.

2. I debonded all the cilinders and shortened them 1,5 mm each.

3. Then i saw Aviattic is releasing a beautiful resin scale thickness cowling that will fit the Taurus engine. Duh!

4. After this i somehow managed to glue all the cilinder heads / caps in the wrong way round. This was a pain.

5. And by sawing off the rocker arms from the block I already managed to screw up 2 parts.

 

This piece of kit really makes me doubt my abilities. You can see an empty strip of aspirine in the background.

 

Here's where I'm at...

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Found this pic of Hans Müller in his plane. Great shot of faded paint on cowling.

Note the wheel chocks hanging by chains from the fuselage....

 

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Later in the war the 161/16 (and others, like the 170/16 as painted by Ronnie Bar in Fokker Eindecker Compendium 2) received field applied camo. Brown and mid green.

I'll stick to the profile as supplied by WnW...

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I wish WNW had supplied the markings/scheme for the camo machines too. Never mind.

 

Lovely work on the Taurus engine and the extreme surgery to make it fit ;)

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Love the look of those wood panels, and that big honking U.III looks ready to go.

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Hi Jeroen,

 First off - excellent progress!

 

Second... I'll swap you some cross masks for some prop bosses  :)

Go on! You know you want too!

 

Von Buckle VC & Bar Bar

 

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That's a deal!

Can i send to the von Buckle residence? 

:)

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Oh, Master Buckle, those are fine parts!

................... hmm .................. you've also cross masks for me?

I have determined some things in my drawer, to make also a deal with you........................  :ph34r: .

 

Servus

Bertl

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Hi Jeroen,

 I will confirm my address by PM  ;)

Please confirm yours.

 

Do you want just the crosses? I can also provide the square masks for the white backgrounds.

Cheers,

Bob

 

Bertl,

Send me your address. I will do the rest  ;) 

Cheers,

Bob 

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Nice save with the engine! Thanks for the heads up about Aviattic's thin cowling. I have not started my build yet, I want to see a lot more of what you're doing.

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I cleaned up all the parts ( as said more than the total of parts that comprise the engine alone!) and started painting the cowling / aluminum parts. Swirls!!

All this will be covered up and partly brought back with the hairspray technique.

 

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