sandbagger Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Hi all, I'm waiting for the propeller to arrive to complete my Siemens-Schuckert D.III model. Therefore I'm making a start on the 1:32nd scale resin model of the Ansaldo 'Baby' by 'Lukgraph'. I'll be modelling the first 'Baby' built (Ser No: So 5005) by the SA Aeronautica Gio Ansaldo of Turin. This aircraft was fitted with a Le Rhöne 9J rotary engine (120hp) with a circular engine cowl. I've made a start on the 3D printed engine, which I must say is the best finish I've seen thus far from a model company. The surface shows very little, if any, of the layer striations seen on some 3D printed model parts. Cutting the parts from their support trees is a bit tricky and because the material is quite hard, removing the tree stubs on such small parts is difficult. Mike Kagemusha, Dutch Man, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Hi all, The 3D printed Le Rhone 9J engine is complete. Painted with 'Alclad' Steel lacquer and weathered using by sponging 'Tamiya' Weathering Master Burnt Blue, Gunmetal and Silver. Complete engine washed with 'AK Interactive' Kerosene, thinned with White Spirit. Spark plug leads twisted from 0.125 mm diameter copper wire. Mike daveculp, scvrobeson, Trak-Tor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Awesome. Been looking forward to seeing how one of these goes together. That engine does look very good. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 The engine (and cowl) have fine detail with no surface anomalies at all. Very good for 3D printed parts. The tricky bit was separating the parts from their support trees then removing the residual 'stubs'. Other than that it's a straight forward build, Mike scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 Hi all, I've been sorting out certain anomalies with the primary parts of the model. The details will be covered in the PDF build log, but as a heads up: The resin locating pegs for the fuselage halves cause the assembly to be misaligned, as do those to locate the wings to the fuselage and upper wing centre section. These pegs were removed and replaced with 0.8 mm diameter brass rod, which with the kit original steel pins provide a better joint and alignment. Even so I found that with the wing leading edges aligned, the trailing edges were not. It seems the wing chords are slightly less than their mating faces. Therefore some sanding of the trailing edges of the upper wing centre section and lower wing roots was required to align correctly to the wing sections. Resin surface irregularities, such as blow holes, chips, edge delaminations and joint seams, needed to be either filled and/or sanded. The two fuselage halves have pre-moulded external linen stitching, which is not very realistic. Also the stitching at the sides of the cockpit was not present on the aircraft. In addition, the removable rear fuselage was attached to the forward fuselage at a joint to the rear of the cockpit. This joint has been moulded on the fuselage halves as a thick ridge, but in reality did not look like this (see the following photograph). The joint at the fuselage sides was covered with a strip. These details were scraped and sanded away, in preparation for being replaced with photo-etch (‘Eduard’ WW1 Stitching (EDP32228). Mike scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi all, The pilot operated the ailerons on the wings by turning the pilot’s wheel on the control column. The typical aileron control from a pilot’s wheel was effected by cables. The control column would be fitted with two cable pulleys, one from the wheel and located on the top of the control column and a second pulley located at the bottom of the control column. The aileron control cable run was routed around the top pulley then down to the bottom pulley, where the cable run was crossed. From the bottom pulley the cables were routed out of the cockpit and through the lower wings to their respective ailerons. Unfortunately these pulleys are not supplied in the model kit, so had to be made. Each pulley is a 2.5 mm diameter disc, cut from 0.5 mm thick plastic card, and sandwiched between two 3.5 mm diameter discs. These represent the basic 'grooved' pulleys, around which the aileron control cable run will be routed, Mike Out2gtcha and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 REAL nice! I am still planning on getting one of these for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Hi all, The fuselage halves had two pre-moulded resin location pegs only and when the fuselage halves were located together, the pegs did not align correctly. Also, as noted by 'PrzemoL' during his build of the Sopwith 'Baby, once the cockpit if fitted and the fuselage closed up, the fuselage seam will be seen from inside the cockpit. Therefore I decided to sand away the resin location pegs and drill three 0.9 mm holes into one fuselage half, then fitted 0.8 mm brass location rods. To align the rest of the fuselage halves I added short strips of 0.8 mm thick plastic card to the fuselage half, in positions that would not interfere with the cockpit fit. Finally to hide the fuselage seam and to add to fuselage halves alignment, I cut and profiled a single piece of 0.8 mm thick plastic card, which was secured to the cockpit floor area of the fuselage half. The result is a much better alignment of the fuselage halves wih the seam below the cockpit hidden, Mike scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin, Lothar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hi all, Just a small update. The instrument panel is complete. Oil paint for the wood effect and decals added (not in the kit) from my spares. The five selector levers were made from 0.4 mm Nickel-Silver tube, flattened then bent to 90 degrees. Mike Tnarg, Dutch Man, scvrobeson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hi all, The inside of each fuselage half has been painted and side frame outlines added with oil paint. The frame cross bracing is 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament with 0.4 mm Nickel-Silver tube and 'GasPatch' 1:48th scale resin turnbuckles. The bracing still needs painting of the tubes and turnbuckles, Mike scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin, Alburymodeler and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Excellent. Taking notes on this one. Have to figure the Sopwith Baby shouldn't be too different except for around the engine and cowling. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 Hi all, The basic cockpit assembly is ready to be fitted into the fuselage. Control wires are 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament, cross bracing 0.12 mm diameter mono-filament. Turnbuckles are the 1:48th scale resin versions from 'GasPatch'. All tube work is either 0.4 mm or 0.5 mm diameter Nickel-Silver tube. Seat belts were replaced with spare Sopwith F.1 Camel kit from 'Wingnut Wings'. Fuel tank pipe and throttle control rod are 0.4 mm tube. Aileron control line pulleys scratched from cut plastic card discs, with spacer discs to allow the control line to be able to wrap around them. Seat cushion made from 'Milliput', Mike Kagemusha, Dart_Schatten, Tnarg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 7:09 PM, scvrobeson said: Excellent. Taking notes on this one. Have to figure the Sopwith Baby shouldn't be too different except for around the engine and cowling. Matt Hi Matt, Yeah apart from the cowl and forward fuselage, they're pretty much the same. Take a look also at 'PrzemoL's' Sopwith build: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10753.0 Mike scvrobeson and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I saw that build on there. It does look like an excellent kit. Going to be a tough decision between the Lukgraph one and the forthcoming CSM one. Matt Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, scvrobeson said: I saw that build on there. It does look like an excellent kit. Going to be a tough decision between the Lukgraph one and the forthcoming CSM one. Matt Yeah, but I think anyone thinking of the aircraft in this scale may wait for the CSM version. It'll be injection styrene, not resin, so easier to work with and also cheaper - we'll see. I just think it's a pity that two companies go for the same aircraft in the same scale. We've seen this before: CSM and WNW and the Hansa-Brandenberg D.1 'Strutter'. WNW and HK Models with the Lancaster. There are so many other worthy aircraft that could be considered in what is after all, a niche market, Mike Edited August 14, 2020 by sandbagger scvrobeson and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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