sandbagger Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Hi all The upper wing is now fitted onto the eight interplane struts The fuselage cabane struts will be fitted next The struts are 3D printed with shallow recesses at each end for fitting short 0.8mm diameter rods, intended to locate into holes in the wings As I suspected, this causes any stress on the struts to break the struts, leaving the rods in the wing Despite being very careful, two of the struts broke this way before the upper wing was fitted and one after the wing was fitted These needed to be repaired This method of locating struts is not the best and would have been better made of cast resin struts with full length internal rods However, the struts will hopefully be reinforced once the wings are fully rigged with the tightened mono-filament line Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Hi all A word of caution for anyone thinking of building this model The upper wing has to be mounted onto a total of 12 struts (8 interplane struts and four fuselage cabane struts) As already stated, the struts are all 3D printed and therefore weak To try fitting the upper wing onto 12 struts and at the same time keep everything aligned is difficult Therefore I chose to fit the upper wing onto the 8 interplane struts only, then fit the cabane struts after the upper wing was fitted Caution: When drilling the locating holes in the upper and lower wings for the interplane struts, it's important to make sure the tilt forward angle of the struts is correct If not, the upper wing will be in the wrong position for the fuselage cabane struts to locate correctly in their upper wing and fuselage recesses After I had fitted the upper wing I found that the tilt forward angle of the interplane struts was not enough and therefore the upper wing was positioned too far rearwards This meant that the kit supplied cabane struts could not be fitted correctly in addition to the 2 coolant pipes from the engine to the radiator in the upper wing To correct the angle of the struts was not an option as this would have meant removing the upper wing and definitely breaking the struts in the process Therefore, I made and fitted replacement cabane struts, created from formed Brass tube Anyone making this model should make sure the holes for locating the interplane struts are drilled at the correct angle to allow the upper wing to be positioned (when fitted) correctly to align the fuselage cabane struts in their upper wing and fuselage recesses A fuel pipe, not represented in the kit, needs to be added to the rear of the left cabane strut. PS: The brown overspray on the engine exhaust pipe has been sorted. Mike 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Shows what I know , I thought the brown overspray was oxidation/ rust on the exhaust pipe. I actually thought it looked pretty good. 🙄 Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 20 hours ago, Jeff said: Shows what I know , I thought the brown overspray was oxidation/ rust on the exhaust pipe. I actually thought it looked pretty good. 🙄 Jeff Now why didn't I think of that 😆 Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Hi all The rigging is complete Structural rigging with 0.12mm diameter mono-filament, 0.5mm diameter tube and 'Gaspatch' 1:48th scale metal turnbuckles and Anchor Points Flight controls rigging with 0.08mm diameter mono-filament, 0.4mm diameter tube and 'Gaspatch' 1:48th scale metal Type C turnbuckles and Anchor Points Apart from the propeller the model is finished Now its the figures and display case Mike 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Hi all, This the pilot figure from 'Aviattic. I replaced the head from my 'spares', as the original seemed too small. Painted with 'Tamiya', 'AK Interactive' and Citadel paints. Weathered with 'Flory Models' clay wash (Dark Dirt) and 'Tamiya' Weathering Master (Set D -Oil Stain) and (Set A - Mud). Mike 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Figure really looks great! The leather effect on the jacket is spot-on! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Hi all, This the mechanic figure from the ‘Kellerkind’ German mechanic (54101) set. Painted with 'Tamiya', 'AK Interactive' and Citadel paints. Weathered with 'Flory Models' clay wash (Dark Dirt) and 'Tamiya' Weathering Master (Set D -Oil Stain) and (Set A - Mud). Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Hi all, The propeller is finished. The kit propeller was replaced with a 'Niendorf' wood laminated version from 'Proper Plane. The company logo decals are from a spare sheet from a Wingnut Wings kit. I've added the propeller back plate cut from 0.3mm thick plastic card, as it is not supplied in the kit, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Hi all, The finished model is now up in the 1:32 larger 'Ready for Inspection' page. Thanks for your support and comments throughout this build, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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