1/32 P.1101 at Oberammergau / Build review

[crazypoet]

7 hours ago, JeroenPeters said:

A bit on the fence about the wheels. I’ve read the wheels came of a Bf109K. The wheel hubs of the kit match these, but the radius of the tyres is bigger than some resin wheels i have for the 109K. What to do…

Different tires on the same hub?  That’s the only thing that would make sense to me

[JeroenPeters]

Spent the evening cleaning up parts. Decided to swap the rudder pedals for 3d printed ones from Eduard. Sawed off the kit pedals from the bar and simply glued the new ones on. 
 

[JeroenPeters]

So. I stopped by the Aviation Megastore today to get a Me262 cockpit set and some HGW seatbelts. The Ta152 blue-ish ones appealed to me. I cut off and sanded off all the instrument details and am using as much PE as i can. 
I contacted Quinta studio to check whether they’d release a set, but a blunt: check our FB page for news… was all i got. Seemed logical they would release a set, since they also released a 1/48 set for this plane. Ah well.

Already added the blind flying panel and did my best to match the Eduard RLM66.

 

[Count0]

I love HGW seatbelts but the fact that they are only printed on one side really bothers me. But they are kinda the only game in town.

Photo etch belts really don't make the grade, IMO, beyond 1/48 scale. And even then they need some finessing.

[JeroenPeters]

Cutting up the me262 Photoetch panel to fit the P.1101 panel. The fuse rack is similar to the 262’s so the placards fit. Not much will be visible after installing the cockpit combing. Another thing: i don’t think this pit should have a gunsight, seatbelts and would maybe be missing a lot of equipment since it was never meant to fly. But i’ll forget that thought. I won’t add a gunsight though…

 

[Martinnfb]

Nicey!

[JeroenPeters]

I stand corrected. The tires correctly state 740mm which corresponds to an outer diameter of 74cm. Converted to 32nd scale that translates to 23,13mm. I measured about 23mm. I also sanded and polished the wheels a bit, so that checks out

The story that this mockup used Bf109K wheels is therefor not correct. Maybe the wheel hubs, but not the tires.

[JeroenPeters]

Decided to add the oxygen hose again. Made it from thin lead wire and an Anyz coupling. Having a kot of fun adding all the Eduard PE from the Me262 set.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Now for the bomb loader that was holding up the tail at the time the US Army found it. It was actually a 1939 Hercules II model.
Not much can be found on this loader. U-models made a 1/35 resin kit once, before it went belly up. There was someone on Artstation (whom I messaged) who did a 3d model on this loader, so let's see.

Today I bought the Luftwaffe manual on this loader with the intention to 3d draw it myself.

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

First steps in drawing the Herkules II lift. I have bought the Luftwaffe manual, which describes the workings of the Herkules I, II and III. The wheels on the one found underneath the P.1101 at Oberammergau are steel, instead of the rubber tire ones in the manual. I did my best to guess the shape of the steel wheels from the few photos there are and I'm trying to use new 3D techniques as I go along. 

The manual (L.Dv 526) is in the German Bundesarchiv, but is not digitally available. This manual was bought from Luftfahrt Archives Hafner for 29 euro's (for those wondering). 

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

Small steps..

 

[JeroenPeters]

More work on the pit. All the Eduard bits i could use from the me262 set are in. So are the HGW seatbelts. Always a treat. And the Artscale seat.

 

[FullArmor]

Nice details.🧐

[Jager]

Enjoying watching your build and focus on details.  On the  second picture beginning this post,  you posted the P.1011 being assembled at Bell Aircraft with the Allison J-35 turbojet engine. Glad to see the HeS 011 (original) going into your build.

Keep up the great work.

Jager

[belugawhaleman]

Great looking cockpit! Nice work😀

[JeroenPeters]

It's really difficult estimating measurements and shapes from the few pics I have as reference, but things are slowly starting to make sense....

 

[JeroenPeters]

Starting to look like something now. While drawing I try to think about how I'll 3D print this in the best possible way.
If you study the photo's, you see that the Herkules at Oberammergau did not have the vertical pin, as was used to handle the Me163, but rather the 'hammock', if that makes sense to support the tail. That's the reason it was placed sideways to the P.1101.

 

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

Most of the basic shapes are there and seem to check out.

The hollow tubes on the base-plate and the side of the handle are to stick a long carrying bar in. This way the jack could be transported by either two men side by side, or one pulling and one pushing.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Drew the cradle, but left out the 'hammock', since I'll make that from masking tape. Only need to measure the exact height of the tail, in order to determine the height of the arm.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Almost ready for the details and thinking about how to divide the parts for optimal 3D printing.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Here are some

shots of the finished pit.

 

[JeroenPeters]

First alclad on the interior and engine