Azgaron Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Looking very good Russ! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Oooooh my, I missed a day of posting last night! Drat! Thanks for the kind compliments Gentlemen, I'm not moving too fast on this build (too many darn distractions! )....but I sure am having a blast. Gonna post pics of where I was yesterday; I was just getting the front of this thing painted red, and finishing off all the decals on the wings. With all the rib-tapes and lozenge,.....I counted 138 decals on these 3 wings! Before I get started, I wanted to show one of my sojourns into yet larger WW1 planes. Check it out. Only 27.1 inches long,....but has a 51.9 inch wingspan. I ain't got enough fingers 'n toes to calculate that out in in metrics at the moment, but it's pretty dang big for a wood plane. I like it. I printed it out in color in 1/32nd scale, because I'm working on that cool hand-painted lozenge covering....and I needed a pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 But I digress; Still working on this D-VII's paint job. Here's the fuse ready for painting the red nose. Pretty boring stuff, but it looks a lot cooler tonight. Those pics will have to wait until tomorrow's update. Plans in the background are for a forthcoming project that I'm acquiring 'stuff' for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Okay, I had printed up my rib tapes on some clear laser-printer decal paper. My experiments with the ink-jet stuff have ceased. Wings are decaled top/bottom, and I had just started on the tapes. I went with blue,....just cuz. Broad over-view shot of the progress at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Kinda busy as usual, so I need to scram. Last pic of where I wuz last night, with the bottom wings taped on the ribs.....and letting the top wing finish drying. Tonight I got the iron crosses on top/bottom after finishing up the tapes on the top wing, and the skulls on the side of the fuse. This thing is just about ready to go together! Whoohoo! Last pic of the night, as I must leave in haste. More pics as things progress! Later, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin1 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Some Nice work thus far Russ and some Nice Colors!!I have been drifting in that same direction myself here lately with the Italian stuff,keep up the great work as usual.Cheers Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Great work.. those wings look awesome... but don't tell me you are gonna build that monster you printed out !! Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Aaaaargh, almost got too distracted and miss another night of posting something. Garn, I'm getting behinder and behinder on keeping up! Thanks for the kind words Kevin! Hey, I used to live in Biloxi back before hurricane Camille went thru! I hear it's a lot different now? Yep,...I'm going to eventually make a Staaken Vaughn. I wanted to make an airship Zep; but I can't figure out how I'd get it out the door. Pretty close to 3 feet wide. Blast! Okay, here's where I was last night. Letting things dry whilst posting some previous pics. Just got the red painted on the nose and under-carriage, and a few other assorted what-nots. Oh yeah, I was just getting ready to put the skulls on the side too. Check out my decals! Whoohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Other side; Nice to get some color on this FINALLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 A few more bits and decals added. I'm still working on the ammunition feed chutes and cartridge ejector channels for the guns. Weekend is here, so I should be able to catch up on posting a bit. Want to show ya'll how my wings turned out, and how I'm going to install that top wing. NOT looking forward to that maneuver. More pics tomorrow! Later, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Looks great Russ! Very nice paint job and the skull looks very nice! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big matt Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Those guns look awesome Russ. Great work. Cool skulls too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Excellent work Russ! I really like the way this is looking at the moment. The red nose looks terrific. You should call this one Rudolph. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin1 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That is really looking sharp Russ very nice.Kevin Yea Russ went through that one all the way to Katrina and Camille still had the winds I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Yep,...I'm going to eventually make a Staaken Vaughn. I wanted to make an airship Zep; but I can't figure out how I'd get it out the door. Pretty close to 3 feet wide. Blast! Ahhh details ! Why is it that reality stops us having fun ? Build yourself a Zep shed and then you can build BIG scale models ! Looking great man, very nice work with the decals, gotta learn how to do that. Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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