Greif8 Posted November 13 Posted November 13 The next build is underway. After spending some time thinking through the construction sequence, and what additions I will do, I began by clipping out the cockpit parts and cleaning them up; a process that I am about 85% complete with. I decided to try an improve the rear bulkhead a little and those efforts are outlined below. This build will not be as involved as the FW190 A-8 was and I plan to keep scratchbuilding within reason on this one. The obligatory "before beginning" shot. You can see that I have a fair amount of aftermarket for this build and plan to use most or all of it. I forgot to include the Aviattic decals in the shot, but they are definitely going to be used. The rear bulkhead canvas was joined together on the actual aircraft, and had small button-like fasteners on the edge of the long side and top of the canvas. The kit part will very likely be mostly hidden when the cockpit is closed up in the fuselage, but I still wanted to see if I could improve the look of the part. I decided to use a rivetting tool to add both the "fasteners" around the edges and the "grommets" for the ties in the center area. The ties are resin stiching decals that I cut out individually and placed between the grommets which I offset slightly when I used the rivetting tool. Before priming and painting; not perfect but I think it will look ok once under paint. After priming and painting of the canvas things look better. Though not the best photo you can just make out that I have painted the grommets brass and painted the wood areas. I will take a better shot once the part has cured and is in place. Not much for the start; I'll have more progress soon. Ernest Alex, Dpgsbody55, Fanes and 16 others 19
Dpgsbody55 Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Nice. I'll be following this one. Cheers, Michael Greif8 1
atelier.brunt Posted November 14 Posted November 14 nice looking forward! What scheme are you going for with this? Greif8 1
Greif8 Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 On 11/14/2024 at 5:41 AM, Dpgsbody55 said: Nice. I'll be following this one. Cheers, Michael 22 hours ago, atelier.brunt said: nice looking forward! What scheme are you going for with this? 21 hours ago, Uncarina said: Another great start Ernest! Cheers, Tom Thanks guys! Atelier, I plan to do the scheme that is on the box cover. It is an aircraft that flew with a Bavarian unit during WWI so it fits well with where I live. Ernest
Greif8 Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 I finished airbrushing the base colors on the cockpit components and the fuselage sides, as well as adding the wood effects on the areas of the cockpit that were varnished wood on actual Halberstadt CLII's. I mixed my own shade of the grey-green color that comprises the majority of the cockpit framing, floor and fuselage sides. The radio parts were sprayed with Tamiya XF22 and the wooden parts had two thin coats of MRP CDL Version 2 airbrushed on them as a base for adding wood effects. The fuel tank and pump were sprayed with Mr. Color Brass that I will weather a bit to give the tank a tarnished look. The black parts were left the primer color and finally the parts that will replicate leather were airbrushed with Tamiya XF-64 to give them a base paint for further work to make them look more like leather. Unsurprisingly as the Halberstadt is a 2-Seater the cockpit has a lot more parts then other WWI aircraft I have built in the past. I simulated the varnished wood by first adding some Uschi van der Rostin wood decals. After those had cured a couple of hours I brushed a thin wash of Burnt Sienna oil paint over the parts and let that dry overnight. The final step was to airbrush Tamiya Clear Orange over the parts; I varied the intensity of the effect by spraying different number of coats of the transparent orange. After the parts cure overnight, I will buff them to smooth the surface. Unfortuately I could not get the lighting adjusted in a way that did not reflect badly off the gloss surface, so it is hard to see the nice grain effect that this techniques gives. Short post that has a fair amount of work behind it. The next step will be the detail painting of the cockpit parts and adding the leather or tarnished brass effects. Ernest Dpgsbody55, Shoggz, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10
dutik Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Nice, nice, nice, nice, niiii-ce! Like this aircraft BTW, if you want to spend some more money: The Halberstadt cathedral is looking for donations for another large and colorful church window. The sky is the limit Regards - dutik Greif8 1
Greif8 Posted November 16 Author Posted November 16 2 hours ago, dutik said: Nice, nice, nice, nice, niiii-ce! Like this aircraft BTW, if you want to spend some more money: The Halberstadt cathedral is looking for donations for another large and colorful church window. The sky is the limit Regards - dutik Vielen Dank Dutik! Ernest dutik 1
Greif8 Posted November 16 Author Posted November 16 Work continues on the cockpit; detail painting is mostly complete and I have painted the leather items and put them in the drying box. I also did some very minor scratchbuilding adding an aerial wire to the aerial wire reel and replaced the plastic section of the part where the aerial wire would run through and out the bottom of the aircraft with a piece of .5mm brass pipe that I bent to shape and glued in place. Once the leather items have dried enough I will be able to begin assembling the cockpit. The part with the brass section glued in place. I painted it to look like very dark cardboard which is what the instructions call for. To be honest cardboard seems to be a bit strange choice as it is not very weather resistent, but given the time frame I guess that was the best material for the job. Below is the starboard cockpit frame with, among other things, the aerial wire reel. I wrapped some elastic line around the reel and glued it in place, leaving enough free to run into the section of brass pipe on the part that will sit below and to the left of the reel when assembled. I have buffed the "wood" part and you can see some of the nice wood grain effect that the buffing brought out. I decided to install the communications gear, though I suspect that was very often left on the ground to save weight. Halberstadts did conduct artillery spotting missions so I think installing the radios is plausible. The decals are from the kit and give the commo gear an authentic look. Finally, the IP, though it only has a couple of instruments on it! The decals as again from the kit. I added the three brass switches that I made from some scrape PE. Ernest europapete, D.B. Andrus, patricksparks and 11 others 14
scvrobeson Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Very nice start to the kit. Looking forward to following this one Matt Greif8 1
europapete Posted November 17 Posted November 17 looking good Earnest, might have to print this log out and stash it in the box! Greif8 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted November 17 Posted November 17 Looks good so far. I can see that wood grain effect you mentioned in an earlier post in these latest pictures. Cheers, Michael Greif8 1
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