kkarlsen Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) I've decided to continue the 'Seaplane' fighter theme with another conversion. Albatros W.4 converted from Roden's Albatros D.I. Something like this, from this... Roden 1/32 Albatros D.I. Although they look a lot alike, there is a great many differenced with the two aircraft. The most obvious is of course the floats... But the wings are the most different and will need a complete remodelling. Parts for one float. Basic shape of the float.... Cheers: Kent Edited March 13, 2021 by kkarlsen Trak-Tor, Landrotten Highlander, dodgem37 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Looking forward to this one, Kent! kkarlsen and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Working on the wings...A bit of a mess really. First extending the span from 8,5 m to the 9,5 m of the W.4. with resin inserts. Next step will be to somehow widening of the wing chord by a 'feet' Kent scvrobeson, BradG, Dart_Schatten and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Good start! Have you decided which production batch you’re modeling? 1st: one gun, ear radiators 2nd: 2 guns, ear radiators 3rd and 4th, wing radiator and ailerons on all 4 wings mpk and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Excellent! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, seiran01 said: Have you decided which production batch you’re modeling? Not quite Mike. Right now my interest is circling around the #911 of 'Leutnant zur See' Schultz, who downed 3 enemy aircraft while flying it. That would be the first 'batch' of ten - 1 gun ear radiators and no naval hex. The other 'subject' is this plane... Albatros W.4 #1115 of Erich Kaestner. Third batch with two guns, ear radiators and naval hex... Kent Edited February 3, 2021 by kkarlsen BradG, Kagemusha, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Nice one kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Great stuff! Looking forward to this one, as I do so love seaplanes and float-planes. Alex and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 This should be a great learning experience.... regarding the chord of the wings. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 19 hours ago, kkarlsen said: Working on the wings...A bit of a mess really. First extending the span from 8,5 m to the 9,5 m of the W.4. with resin inserts. Next step will be to somehow widening of the wing chord by a 'feet' Kent One day, you'll try Harry Woodman's method for scratchbuilding wings. After that, you'll never try adding bits to kit wings again I also learned the hard way, trying to make up taper wings for a Camel. I've made quite a few wings since then, it's so much easier Richard kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, RLWP said: One day, you'll try Harry Woodman's method for scratchbuilding wings Yeah I'm building up courage for that... The Float 'master' is about ready. Kent scvrobeson, Gazzas, Greg W and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Great show, Kent. Sincerely, Mark Gazzas and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 hours ago, kkarlsen said: Yeah I'm building up courage for that...<snip> Kent Having made both for my Nieuport, the float is harder to make than a wing! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Float ready for casting... And a big leap forward on the wings with my new favorite David 400 Pen Sander tool - It's just awesome for this kind of work! Cheers: Kent Gazzas, Greg W, RLWP and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Looks good. I was wondering where the inserted bit would go. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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