Hans Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Karl, You are doing a great job and I am following your build with great interest. It is very teaching as I know virtually nothing about this type of aircraft. Your build has also inspired me to tackle Freiherr von Banfields flying boat in the near future. Cheers, Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 i taped the fuselage together to see how the fit will be, after i mounted the guns .. and dicoverd that the damn seat is too high ofcourse i used an extra big amount if CA to "secure" it to its frame now i need to get it out of this fragile assembly and may need to put it on a block of plastic to get the right height. so much for "detail" maybe the german seat mounts higher, or roden has made a mistake here, since i mounted the seat at the height the kit puts it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 thanxs for following along, hans. which one are you going to do do? the "blue wonder" A11? i have quite a lot of refernce on the flying boats (there is a really good book on this subject), if you want i can dig it up. i thought about doing one of these my self, but it would be a complete scratchbulid, no covers to hide the engines and lots of rigging. interresting planes though. the austrian naval airforce was quite modern and successful. the first ever sinking of a u-boat under water from an airplane was done in the adriatic by an austrian plane. but i digress (as russ would say) the fuselage deck can still be put on, but after seeing the real thing i now know the MG covers are wrong in shape and i am missing the decompression lever that sticks out of its cutout between them. i will try to get this correct next thanx for looking karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Thank you for your kind offer Karl. I'll contact you when I start collecting reference material. I read an article in an old Scale Models magazine some time ago on Von Banfield. He used his aircraft (I think it was das blaue Wunder) to fly a serie of succesful night sorties against the Italians. This is the aircraft I want to portray. Anyway, before I even think about starting collecting references I want to finish a few backburners first ( 2 Focke Wulfs a Ki-44 and a Fokker D VII ). Regards, Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Looking really nice Karl...I can definately appreciate the amount of work that goes into the cockpits of these WW I aircraft, as I am just about done with my 1/32 Nieuport 17 cockpit detail set master patterns (look out for pictures soon ). I love the way you have achieved the wood graining effect - you will have to explain to me just how you did that? I look forward to seeing more of this build Regards Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin1 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Some nice work Karl!Try'in to make me get the itch are ya.Cheers Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 feel free to contact me anytime, hans derek and kevin, thanx for following my build. i got the itch the same way - watching russ do his WWI planes. the woodgrain is just a tan colour (forgot the FS number, its used in the SEA shemes of the airforce, it was the only brown i had laying around. for 25 years that is, its an old humbrol tin, can still be brushed like a dream) the only thing i did for the effect is using a little athracite and yellow on a big brush to make a few streaks on the basecolour before closing up the fuselage i made the waste ammo bin out of thin aluminum sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 two chutes were made out of fuse extenders from a F-105 weapons sprue these epmtied the spent cartridges into the bin - and yes the bin was open on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 there are two little wooden panels left and right of the seat, the white sheet parts here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 on the left one there is a watch and a water level for trimming the aircraft this is so small i have problems seeing the parts (but thankfully every flaw shows up in the pics ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 i decided to not lower the seat, i would have had to destroy the whole assembly ...and closed up the fuselage. careful aligning is necessary, the roden kit doesnt sport any locating pegs or the like. generally the fit is not that great will take a look at fitting the lower wing next, after ample drying time comments welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 This is going to be really nice. matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Karl, Looking good! Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Wow Karl your thread never fails to be very impressive. Excellent work my friend. LOL on the downside it appears to be too late to convert your project to a 253 series.Oh well maybe the next one. Regards, Gregory Jouette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin1 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Yea Karl I am going to have to play with one of those H/C bi's one day I have other than your work is looking very Nice!These guys are so colorful also.Cheers Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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