airscale Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Love this - learning lots of tips for my first bipe Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Beautiful work, Mike! Love how the pre-shading on the wings came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hi all, I've applied the 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt fine clay wash. Most will be removed to leave the desired weathered look, Mike mgbooyv8, LSP_Kevin, dodgem37 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hi all, Most of the clay wash has been removed to leave subtle dirt weathering. 'AK Interactive' Kerosene wash (AK2039) and Engine Oil (AK2019) applied around filler cap and on underside of fuselage, rear of engine cowl.. 'Tamiya' Weather Master Set A (Mud) and Set D (Engine Oil) sponged to the engine cowl, underside of lower wings and fuselage. Now to create the engine cowl retainer band and forward support rings for both machine guns, Mike olgerd83, scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) Hi all, Just a few tweaks to the fuselage and weapons. The engine cowl was secured to the fuselage with a metal strap around the rear edge of the cowl. To represent this strap, I used a strip of ‘Bare-Metal’ Matte Aluminium self-adhesive foil. This was then covered with 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt clay wash, to dirty it up, then sealed with 'Alclad' Light Sheen lacquer (AL-311). In-flight the main fuel tank was pressurised by a 'Baden' type venturi, which was connected to the tank by an air pipe. This was represented by drilling into the venturi and fuselage and adding 0.3 mm 'PlusModels' lead wire. The wire inside the venturi was painted Brass and the rest with 'Tamiya' Rubber Black (XF85). Both machine guns had elliptical blast deflectors, fitted below the muzzles and these are not represented on the replacement ’GasPatch’ weapons. The two machine guns were fixed to a mounting under the breach block and also supported at the fuselage by clamping rings around the front of their cooling jackets. The blast deflectors were cut and shaped from 0.2 mm thick plastic card and CA glued to the weapons. The rear gun mounts were made from 0.4 mm and 0.2 mm diameter Nickel-Silver tubes. The front mounts were also pinned to the fuselage with 0.3 mm tube. The front clamping rings were cut from 0.2 mm thick plastic card and CA glued to the cooling jackets. Mike Edited November 24, 2020 by sandbagger Uncarina, dodgem37, Dart_Schatten and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Nice detail Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just like the graphic on the side of the plane. Ass Kicking good. All of it. Great problem solving, execution, and technique. Super stuff, Mike. Appreciate you sharing. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Hi all, I've started on the pre-rigging, which for this model is all on the lower wings and fuselage. This is mainly because of the tight proximately of the anchor points at the wing roots for the twin flying wires. All done using, for a change, ‘Maxima’ Chameleon mono-filament 0.12 mm diameter. Turnbuckles are the usual 'GasPatch' 1:48th scale metal, Type C. The tubing is 0.5 mm diameter that was pre-blackened using 'Blacken-It' solution. I still have the rudder, undercarriage and under fuselage rigging to do before the upper wing can be fitted, Mike patricksparks, scvrobeson, Rockie Yarwood and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hi all, Rudder pre-rigged with double wires on each side, Mike olgerd83, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hi all, Upper wing fitted. Although the outer struts located fully, the fuselage cabane struts were slightly clear of the underside of the upper wing. However, a bit of pressure and CA adhesive did the trick. Also the rigging, which is the next stage, will hold the wings together, Mike mgbooyv8, Rockie Yarwood, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Hi all, The wing rigging is now complete, except for the flying wire inserts. These I'll try to do later. Also the undercarriage has been pre-rigged, but left loose so as not to distort the struts. These bracing lines will be final fitted and tension once the undercarriage has been fitted. These bracing wires were all attached, between the struts, to a rigging ring. The two outer wires are attached to midway along the leading edge of the lower wings , Mike patricksparks, Landrotten Highlander, olgerd83 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Great job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Hi all, Just a few updates. The undercarriage assembly is fitted and the bracing wires final rigged. That includes the bracing wire from the forward undercarriage struts to the leading edge of the lower wings. Also the cross bracing wires under the fuselage to the rear of the engine cowl. The fin bracing wire has been add and the rudder control lines fitted. Finally the pilot figure from ‘Wings Cockpit Figures’ leaning pilot 1915-16 (LSK 04B) has been assembled, ready for painting, Mike Edited December 3, 2020 by sandbagger LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hi all, A couple more updates. The three rectangular access panels, located forward on the fuselage, were fitted witted ring type fasteners. These were made by coiling 0.2 mm lead wire ('PlusModels') around a 0.8 mm drill shank. The removed coil of wire was then cut through and the separated rings flatted and secured in position with CA adhesive. The windscreen is the photo-etch version from the ‘PART’ Nieuport 28c1 (S32-033) set. It was annealed over a flame then bent to shape and airbrushed white. The acetate windscreen transparency was cut out and secured to the windscreen using 'Microscale' Krystal Clear (PVA). The windscreen was secured to the fuselage using the same adhesive. Mike Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood, MikeMaben and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Some really nice efforts going on here Mike. As usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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