Heinkel He 111

[Roy vd M.]

For the walls to have something to hold on to, I installed a H-column inside. 

 

 

 

 

Glued in place + puttied + mr. Surfacer 1500'd (almost dry):

 

 

 

Detailing:

 

 

 

 

For the knobs I used cake decoration balls: 

 

 

More detailing:

 

 

Detailing finished + picture of the real deal: 

 

 

[to be continued]

[Roy vd M.]

iPhone -> Canon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok one more iPhone pic: how it was and how it became:

 

 

This cost me about 12 hours of work, including research and drawing, and it was deeply satisfying. I enjoyed every moment of it, except maybe the one where I picked and sanded my 40th cake decoration ball because the other ones had vanished into the cosmos. 

 

Time spent build, plan, draw: 27H. Study: 9H.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Roy vd M.

[Thomas Lund]

very impressive work - you really are going all the way with this one. I like that a lot !

[Loic]

Way to go !

Well done !

[Roy vd M.]

Thanks Thomas and Loic for your encouragement!

 

Instead of continuing my step-by-step cockpit plan as set out above, I decided to purchase a Master Details resin / white metal cockpit. I had to get one all the way from Canada as there seems to be a production stop. 

 

On with the landing gear. Wheels have not been Mr Surfacer'd as resin replacements have been ordered. 

 

Bending a new break line + diagonal line holders: 

 

 

For each diagonal holder I took a piece of Evergreen 117 (stripes), cut it into tiny rectangles, cut the topright and topleft corner of the rectangles and drilled a hole in it.

 

 

Then for the horizontal holders I took a piece of rod and did my best to drill a hole in it (0.35 mm. drill). First time worked perfectly, so I thought "ah good, not so hard". Second time worked perfectly as well but the part evaporated into the air when I pushed my knife a bit too clumsily. Then about 10 failures in drilling... not so easy after all then. Here you can see the (yet to be glued) set of 1 line, 2 diagonal holders and two 2 horizontal holders, next to the example.

 

On the picture you can also see two of the 4 holes I drilled into the ends of the 'cross', like the example shows should be there.

 

 

Here you can see why I do this: Eduard's photo etch part is two-dimensional and too wide. I tried to enhance it by using Mr Surfacer to build layers but that didn't work out the way I wanted. 

 

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Time spent build, plan, draw: 29H. Study: 10H.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Roy vd M.

[LSP_Kevin]

Excellent work Roy! Looks great.

 

Kev

[Roy vd M.]

Thanks Kevin!

 

Guys, by the way, don't hesitate to tell me if all this text and pictures of  E..V..E..R..Y..   S..I..N..G..L..E..   S..T..E..P.. bores you or is considered too much. I don't really know, so any hint or opinion is welcome!

Edited January 7, 2014 by Roy vd M.

[LSP_Kevin]

I prefer it that way Roy. I appreciate it when someone takes the time to fully explain and document what they're doing and how they're doing it.

Kev

[Roy vd M.]

Ok I'll just continue like this then. 

 

Here's a picture of my advanced scratchbuilt wire holders retaining device. I'll need to make a lot of those wire holders for the Heinkel.

 

Ingredients: 5 cm's of wire, three balls of milliput (not mixed) and one drop of superglue (middle ball).

 

To the left are the horizontal holders, to the right the diagonal holders.

 

Edited January 7, 2014 by Roy vd M.

[dodgem37]

Good work on some very fine detailing.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[Jamme]

Fantastic scratch building.

Congrats,

Jamme

[Ferry NL]

Beautiful detailing!

[Roy vd M.]

Thanks guys, that coming from you lot means a great deal to me!

[Roy vd M.]

Second part of the bending exercise. Not easy, because as thin as it is, this metal will bend only very stubbornly. 

 

I found that drilling a hole, putting in the wire and working from that start in bending, worked best for me. Trying to copy the previously made part... simply doesn't work (for me). It's too 3d for that. 

 

When working on the undercarriage I fixed it to my new little 2 GBP plastic vice. Perfect little tool and incredible price. 

 

The Oslo 111 P2's brake wiring has a wide bend at the lower end. The bend goes towards the backside of the plane. Another Heinkel 111's undercarriage' pictures show the lining on the other side of the undercarriage (front) without such a major bend. I had to check out which interpretation is correct or at least historically unchallengable. I found (only) one relevant picture ("He 111 over all fronts", page 23) and it shows the Oslo method, only with less curvature. I decided to follow that example. 

 

That decision having been made, I simply used all pictures on pages 41-45 of the Squadron book (see first post). Only the picture on page 41 shows the left undercarriage, all other pictures (as far as break lines is concerned) show the right undercarriage. 

 

Result of about an hour of work (cable guiders yet to be installed):

 

 

 

This is the vice I used. Very recommendable and very cheap:

 

Time spent build, plan, draw: 31H. Study: 10H.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Roy vd M.

[Ferry NL]

Great work Roy!!