CaveHog

Small update. It's what I done so far with the engine: And here is a machinegun:

Thank you for reply . About colours I think at the end with weathering and some fading it would be not so bright. Already realised that . So after some discussions on other forums I decided to go for the colours closed to recommended by Wingnuts. Yes, that's the problem, no one knows what happens to the paints over 100 years, there is should be some sort of fading and oxidation in any case. And I think Canadian J.1 is not a typical machine, only few of J.1 have lozenge camo at the rear fabric part and underwings painted to imitate dope lines. If you look on archive photos, there is some other small changes as well like extra bracing on the hull and chassis. It would be interesting to build machine like that.

Final images of my painting experiments

Thank you guys. Unfortunatly I had a discussion on other scale models forum about light green colour and now totally confused with it. According to topics on The Aerodrom forumrelated to Junkers J.1 colorus it described as mossy pale green and it what I've done. But some other guys insist that this colour has been used only for interior and exterior colour should be more dark and greeny. So it makes me totaly lost and confusing. Do we have WWI colour experts I might ask on this forum?

Rest of the images: Bottom wing, I added to the image a cut from painted colour chip of the Vallejo 885 (Pastel Green) plus 30%9 74(Green Sky) mix. When you use this mix with airbrush (instead of an ordinary brash) it appears to be mach lighter otherwise it is quite similar. So probably I'll use dark gray wash to tone it down a bit. And finaly an image of the Junkers D.1 from luftwaffe museum in Gatow as a reference Image has a different white balance, if it was corrected I think the light green-gray colour would be clouse enough ot my images.

I finished painting top wing and here are a couple images of it - Rest of the model half painted and waiting for mauve camouflage. I can post my current results if someone interested to see it or just finished them first and than show the finals.

Hi James, Thank you for replay and photo. Unfortunately on my monitor it's looks a bit dark and bluesh so it's hard to judge the colours.

I'm not entirely sure what colours and paints I need to use for the model and Wingnuts recommendations are quite confusing. So I did some research on colours and combine my results in two files. On left side you can see Wingnuts recommended colours for dark gray-green, on right side for medium grey-green. Recommendations for Humbrols colours are looking totally confusing. Tamiya XF-67 NATO Green and Vallejo 920 (as recommended by Vallejo chart for XF-67replacement) are looking more yellow-green than gray, so it's confusing too. I did some colour chips as well by using Vallejo paints and Tamiya/Humbrol paints (for light blue colour). Paints I used: Vallejo Model Colours 885 - Pastel Green 891 - Intermediate Green 974 - Green Sky 810 - Royal Purple 820 - Offwhite 021 - Magic Blue (Game Color) 906 - Pale Greyblue 894 - Russian Green Tamiya XF23 - Light Blue XF2 - Flat White Humbrol 065 -Matt Aircraft Blue In conclusion, I deside to use: For light gray-green - mixter of Vallejo 885 (Pastel Green) and 974(Green Sky) with tint of black; For dark grey-green - Vallejo 920; For Mauve (Purple) - mixter of 810 with tint of 820 (Offwhite); For light blue - mixter of 906 (Pale Greyblue) with tint of 820(Offwhite) and 021 (Magic Blue). But I'd like to discus my findings so what would your guys suggest or recommend for the colours?

Totaly agree with you

Thank you guys for nice feedback. It's inspire me work harder

Last update for today (it's what I've done so far). General view of the fuselage and tail. And close up image of the tail. I used 0.15mm steel wires to imitate cables. I'm not sure what is diameter of real cables but 0.15mm diameter in 1/32 scale is equal 4.8mm in one to one scale. So I think it is quite close. Close image of the cables. You can notice small pin on the top of the fin. It's easy to adjust and fix rudder with it. And couple images of the side walls of the engine bay. I modified them a bit too - drilled holes, added braces, etc.

Thank you Brian, I think WNW kits are one of the best kits related to WWI Aviation. I haven't done many kits of WWI aircrafts, actually this one is the first one I'm going to finish in few weeks. I tried to build Roden Fokker Dr.I first but it's much harder kit to work with, many little things missing in the cockpit, tough plastic, etc. So I decided to give a rest to myself and switched to Junkers and it's a great difference!

Thank you About the gap, I’ve got better idea now... In the future, if I'll decide to build another Junkers, I would cut those few millimetres of central section, sand down remaining part of the band and replace it with band cut from thick aluminium foil. I think it would be more easy and accurate and new band would cover the gap between central and end sections of the wing as well. Yes, I'm thinking about this kit too and Gotha G.IV as well but already have so many boxes in my garage waiting to start on.

Thank you guys for replays. Some more photos of wings and chassis assembly. General view of the wings, they are huge, especially top one (about half meter long), I put 30cm rule for the scale. Next couple images about chassis. I drilled holes in it and reinforced with steel wires to make chassis stronger. And cut a circle line to visually separate tyre from the wheel. Rest of the images about ailerons fix. Kit has got about 3mm gap between ailerons and central section of the top wing, as you can see in the image (not mine, I find it on The Aerodrome forum) There are two versions of the radiator in the kit. One of them (for early version or prototype of the aircraft) with corrugated side walls which I used to extend ailerons. I put some small pieces of the plastic to fill the gap between central and side sections of the wing. And I extend a metal band a bit at the bottom of the section. Couple final images of what I've got at the end. Top view. Bottom view. And by the way, English is not my first language so I want to apologise in advance for any grammar or spelling mistakes.

I recently started working on Junkers J.1 (the nice kit from Wingnut Wings) and want to show what I've done so far. In case If you want to see more detailed version of the image (about 1200x800 pixels) they are all clickable. General view of the both sides of the cockpit Detailed view of the left side And right side Front wall and radio station of the observer cockpit Pilot dashboard Fuel tank with integrated pilot seat and throttle Back wall of the observer cockpit And finally, few images of the assembled and finished interior