kkarlsen Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) Not being able to let the German floatplanes go, I'm preparing for the release of Lukgraph's Friedrichshafen FF.33 L within the next couple of weeks. Friedrichshafen FF.33's at Zeebrügge. One of the characteristic features of the German Navy at Zeebrügge are the distinctive Rail Cars for transporting the planes and I've been thinking of scratch building one of those for some time now. This means I've started this project backwards trying to figure out how those 'Trolleys' would have been put together. Miniart has released a set of Railway wheels, they come in handy. ' It hasn't been easy, but long story short, the Trolley is beginning to come together... Now I'm waiting for some more Evergreen styrene profiles to be able to continue the build of the Trolley. Cheers: Kent Edited June 9, 2021 by kkarlsen Out2gtcha, Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben and 15 others 17 1
scvrobeson Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Excellent! I was hoping someone would tackle the Lukgraph kit when it released, and you will definitely do it justice. I'll have to pull up a comfy chair for this one. Matt kkarlsen 1
LukGraph Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 I'm looking forward to this show Soon (after receiving the PE) we start shipping. Everything else is ready. Greetings Lukas Kagemusha, Trak-Tor, D.B. Andrus and 3 others 5 1
kkarlsen Posted April 29, 2021 Author Posted April 29, 2021 So having received some various Evergreen profiles, I'm continuing the rail car build. Slowly building the 'buffer' ends. Next up are the wooden wheel guard housings... Cheers: Kent chukw, mgbooyv8, D.B. Andrus and 8 others 11
LSP_Kevin Posted April 30, 2021 Posted April 30, 2021 That's just stupendous work, Kent! Looks amazing. Kev kkarlsen 1
dodgem37 Posted April 30, 2021 Posted April 30, 2021 Great show, Kent. Nice sculpturing of the hook. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1
kkarlsen Posted May 3, 2021 Author Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) Thank you Kevin & Mark!!! The rail car is in it's final stages before painting... Freestyling is fun! Cheers: Kent Edited May 3, 2021 by kkarlsen scvrobeson, Starfighter, Landrotten Highlander and 11 others 14
dodgem37 Posted May 3, 2021 Posted May 3, 2021 Are you eye-balling and extrapolating this from photos or do you have drawings? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1
kkarlsen Posted May 3, 2021 Author Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, dodgem37 said: Are you eye-balling and extrapolating this from photos or do you have drawings? Some measures from this one... Exactly Mark: 'Eye-balling & extrapolating from photos' hence the term 'freestyling' Extrapolating, I didn't know that one Kent Edited May 3, 2021 by kkarlsen LSP_Kevin 1
scvrobeson Posted May 3, 2021 Posted May 3, 2021 That's so cool. Nice to have a project to work on until the plane arrives, really like the look of the raily dolly. Interesting idea for them to use rail cars to move the planes around where needed. Can't wait to see the FF33 perched on it. Matt kkarlsen 1
kkarlsen Posted May 3, 2021 Author Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: Interesting idea for them to use rail cars to move the planes around where needed. The rail cars are a distinct Zeebrügge feature. The Zeebrügge harbor was a outer harbor on the Belgian coast (called " Zeebrugge ", meaning "Bruges-by-the-Sea"), or 'Zeehaven van Brugge' in Dutch. Completed in 1907, it had a sea channel from the outer harbor to Bruges, and an inner harbor in Bruges itself. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the Zeebrügge Mole not being a natural harbor, virtually situated In the middle of the North Sea. Aerial of Zeebrügge after the Raid in April 1918. Seaplane Hangers, rail lines & cranes to lower the planes into the sea. A nice shot of Friedrich Christiansens FF.33 L being hoisted... Can't wait to get my hands on the Lukgraph kit! Cheers: Kent Edited May 3, 2021 by kkarlsen Alex, LSP_Kevin, Greg W and 7 others 10
kkarlsen Posted May 4, 2021 Author Posted May 4, 2021 The finished rail car... Cheers: Kent BradG, Lenny320, KiwiZac and 15 others 18
kkarlsen Posted May 6, 2021 Author Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Still waiting... TIme to do another Rail car, a different type. This simpler one is used together with the previous one, transporting HB W.12's at Zeebrügge. This is a much simpler version, I suspect it to be an earlier version of the Rail car. Wooden wheel covers. Here's another nice aerial of the rail cars being in us at Zeebrügge. Do not challenge me on the Crane!! BTW, I've isolated some of the footage from Zeebrügge: FF.33 l's being rolled out at Zeebrügge Cheers: Kent Edited June 9, 2021 by kkarlsen Wouter, Kagemusha, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9
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