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And WNW kindly lent us again a matching decal ..................Thank you to Dave J on this way. :lol:

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I use again HGW parts as an instrument bezel .

This time a chemical blackened bezel.
With a 0.2 mm drill the brass screws are indicated on the bezel.

 

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The bezel is glued with Vallejo still water.

 

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The compass parts are painted with ca. 95% Tamiya semi-gloss black, and 5% Tamiya light gray.

All brass bearings were masked with liquid mask....................... :wacko:

Yes I know what you want to say...................totaly crazy. :ph34r: 

 

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The screws were painted with polish color and then polished.

 

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So, that's all for now..................

 

Servus

Bertl

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Thank you Jamme and Doug for your kind words!! ;)

My nerves (ruined by this mini-compass) need this assistance.

 

Well, my nerves are ruined about...............äähm........the compass is completed about 98% .

The both screws are still missing.

With these two screws, the compass is fastened in the fuselage on a wooden board .

As you can see, the mini compass is movable in all axes. :)
And all parts are nearly in scale 1/32.
That's the good side..................
But he does not move in all axes by itself . :angry:

Presumably, the weight of the lead bullet is too low...............but could be also, that the internal friction of the bearings is too high............... :huh:
.........that's the bad side............Anyway :rolleyes:

 .................. and I will build never this little scrap plastic thing a second time.... :banned: ...............NO......... <_< ..............  

 

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Bertl

 

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.....................................So, now that's enough with this compass for a long time.................. :) 

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Bertl ... you do know you are barking crazy don't you?  :D   

Not only that you have an amazing camera with an amazing macro lens as well .. you always manage to get really sharp and clear close-ups.  Great job on the model and on the camera work too.

 

I love watching you work!

 

Grant

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Thank you so much for the flowers. I am very glad that you all like this little excursion into the world of  this old 1/32 miniature instruments. ;)

We want to make a few more days in this world.

It would be nice if you would like to accompany me for a while. ^_^

Our little Fokker V.4 prototype has flown a very good climb performance.
To reach an altitude of 5000 meters, he needed just 20 minutes.
I think the test pilot has not held the time by take a look at a clock.
Likely a barograph was mounted in the cockpit.
This barograph, of course, we will also need in our little V.4 :rolleyes:

As a good foundation, we use the WNW kit part No.:47.

 

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In the second picture you can see an old ww1 original barograph.
As close as possible to the original - that is our goal. :ph34r:

 

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Accompanies me when you have time, - we will start tomorrow. :D

 

 

 

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Bertl

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We are now working on the WNW kit part No. 47

First, the back from the part is filed with a square file.

 

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The remaining walls must be very thin.

 

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Using a drill and a square file, to worked out the small window.

 

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A very small piece of plastic is now glued on the inside near the small window (blue arrow).

We need this piece of plastic to holding later the bottom of the drawer.

 

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Next, a plastic wall is mounted to the front of the barograph.

 

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A side wall is formed from plastic.

 

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On the side of the wall, a small piece of plastic will also be glued (blue arrow).

 

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These both plastic parts holding the bottom of the drawer in place.

 

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Cut the side wall in the correct length.

The thing is still NOT glued.

 

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We steal again something scrap plastic from a WNW kit and use it to create the bottom of the drawer.

 

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In this picture clearly shows how the small plastic parts carry the drawer.

 

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................. that's all for today.

 

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Bertl

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"That's all for today" he says!! ALL? That's just amazing work - almost micro-surgery :)

 

Bertl, can you tell us how you get such good photos - and what sort of camera you're using? They really are great close-ups.

 

G.

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Oops, -  forgot the safety pin on the shoulder harness.

I used a piece of very thin Elektric wire.

 

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This is annealed over a candle flame.

 

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The flame changes the bright color from the copper wire, the thin wire does not need to be painted now.

The difference color can be seen clearly.

 

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Then I coated the wire with very thin liquid super-glue.

 

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One end is inserted through a buckle, then glued and cut to fit.

 

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The securing pin is attached to the other end of the wire.

 

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A very small detail, -- but which comes good into effect, when the belt hanging out of the cockpit.

 

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Servus

Bertl

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