PrzemoL Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Taube produced in 1914 but still flown in 1917 by the test pilot Emil Wendler at Berlin-Johannisthal. And with the plastic painted propeller replaced with wood carved final version. Uncarina, kensar, Dpgsbody55 and 39 others 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Excellence in modeling. KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Well done! Great work from top to bottom no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Stunning in intricacy, beauty and detail. One is awaiting for me, if I can ever get there. Hope it turns out nearly as good, if I do. Is that a painted prop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrzemoL Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, bobster said: Stunning in intricacy, beauty and detail. One is awaiting for me, if I can ever get there. Hope it turns out nearly as good, if I do. Is that a painted prop? Thanks. The main photo session was done with the painted prop. But then I replaced it with a carved one Edited February 10, 2022 by PrzemoL Uncarina, Tnarg, scvrobeson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Nice! A study in rigging! May I post it on the website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaro Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Great model! Congratulations! Ph.D. degree in rigging deserved. I like your interpretation of the surface finish on the engine sheet plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrzemoL Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 7 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: Nice! A study in rigging! May I post it on the website? Thank you. And, yes, please post it, iit will be an honour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Stunning build! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Excellent ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I would not know where to start, beautifull model and that rigging Wow. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 It looks gorgeous! I recently acquired one of these and am studying the rigging before I start building. Are there any tips or hints you can provide regarding the rigging in general? The area at the back on the tail scares me to death. Any information you can provide or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrzemoL Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 15 hours ago, ringleheim said: It looks gorgeous! I recently acquired one of these and am studying the rigging before I start building. Are there any tips or hints you can provide regarding the rigging in general? The area at the back on the tail scares me to death. Any information you can provide or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your kind words and the interest in my build. As for rigging, some years ago I have made a presentation of my way into rigging. It is available here https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=7902.0 There you can see that I recommend fishing line for 32nd scale. Yet, the delicate elements on ailerons, tail and engine bay in this Taube would not survive large forces from it. So here I used the elastic Uschi line instead. I struggled to use it in the same manner as I use the fishing line - i.e. eyelets and tubes. I do not like the look of the line just glued to the drilled hole. Well, it is doable but tricky, the line likes to be attracted to anything around, especially another sections of itself, it is not so stiff so pushing it through the polyimide tube is not easy. I reckon it all took me 3 times more time than it would have with fishing line. Besides it is evident that Uschi is not round in cross-section, the flattness of the section is evident under magnifying glass. Also it is clearly thinner than 0.12mm fishing line. Yet, I saw no other choice to rig the delicate structure of this bird with those flexible pylons at the wing tips and the tail. The main structural rigging is from 0.12 fishing line as the main pylons over and under fuselage were very solid. There is also a build log if you are interested https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12650.0 If you have any other questions I will be glad to answer. Uncarina and Stefano 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Absolutely amazing work. I bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 A true work of art in all respects. I can only dream of being able to hand carve a wooden prop. Top shelf sir! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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