seiran01 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wingnut's new Gotha UWD landed at my house today along with its (uglier...) land-based counterpart. For some reason this plane has always fascinated me, so everything else has been pushed aside to start this one. It's bloody gorgeous to see the plastic in person. Roughly the same length as the Gotha G.IV, with wingspan 2-3 inches shorter. The floats are massive, they are about as long as the span of the lower wing of an Albatros D.V! Day one: Cleanup of sprue stubs and mold separation seams, the floats and rear fuselage have been glued together and the three-piece lower wing has been joined. I'm hoping to make quick progress on this and bring the (completed?) build to the Nats somehow. Transport will be very difficult, but if I can figure out how to get it there, it'll be there. Alburymodeler, LSP_Kevin, BradG and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Very nice to see this, waiting to take delivery of my G.1 and have a look at the plastic first hand. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 One weird looking aircraft, I hope WNW will produce more of these ugly, beautiful kits. I'm waiting on Hannants for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Not as much progress to show as I wanted to today on the Gotha UWD, as I spent a lot of the day prepping parts to paint in big batches. I did prime the floats and rear fuselage with Mr Surfacer White, then noticed an a fix needed on the rear fuselage to be completed tomorrow: NOTE ON A UWD FIX- it is not mentioned in the instructions, but you need to remove and fill in the stitching detail on the rear section of the fuselage underside where you will be painting the wood panels. Don’t remove this rear part of stitching if you are building the Gotha G.I. BradG, karimb, Rick Griewski and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Finally, time to do some real work on this thing Gotha UWD cockpit was started today. I will do clear coats, washes, and detail painting next. Wood grain is simply black preshade on the bare plastic, with Tamiya xf60 dark yellow over it. This is followed by brushing AK Rust Streaks enamel wash to create wood grain using a few different brushes. Seat is black preshade, Tamiya xf10 brown, and a dry brushing of Vajello light orange (so far). Hell im almost tempted to leave this as is! Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, chukw and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 brilliant, i cant wait to see one built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Looks great, Mike. Looking forward to this project. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Thanks guys! Jay, what’s your new project now that the Ninak is done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyWan Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Try not to drop this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Already did. Got it out of the way early on this time! Rick Griewski and AnthonyWan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Digging that wood effect, I may steal your idea for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Great start Mike. The interior is brushed on over the plastic? Wow. Looks great on your pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Very nice wood effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I'm loving the wood effect! The size of the BUGGER!! von B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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