Greif8 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Your wood replication is top notch Mike, right along with the rest of your build. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hi all, The underside if the upper with has been pre-rigged with the flying, landing, incidence, drag and cabane bracing wires. For rigidity the landing gear has been final rigged with its bracing wires. Mono-filament of 0.08 and 0.12 mm diameter used with 0.4 and 0.5 mm diameter blackened Brass tube. The turnbuckles on the landing gear are 'Gaspatch' 1:48th metal Type C for strength. Now it's onto fitting the upper wing, Mike scvrobeson, Sasha As, patricksparks and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 That undercarriage rigging looks great Mike as does the camp on the wing. I like the GP 1/48 scale turnbuckles and think they add a lot to a build's looks. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Hi all, Upper wing now fitted including the two radiator coolant pipes. Just needs a bit of weathering then it's final rigging, Mike Sasha As, TheBaron, Landrotten Highlander and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 7 hours ago, Greif8 said: That undercarriage rigging looks great Mike as does the camp on the wing. I like the GP 1/48 scale turnbuckles and think they add a lot to a build's looks. Ernest Hi Ernest, The metal 'Gaspatch' turnbuckles are good for strength but many have to be thrown as the 'eye' ends are blocked and can't be easily drilled out. I've started using the 'Proper Plane' 3D printed resin turnbuckles, which are pretty strong and never suffer blocked 'eye' ends. Although at the moment they are just the double ended type, Mike John1, Landrotten Highlander and Greif8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightofthesky Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Hi! I like your projects very much, it's always a pleaure to look at your craftmansship. Here is a little greeting from Germany. Today, we took a trip to our "neighbourhood" from Lower Saxony to Saxony-Anhalt. The city you can see in the far, is Halberstadt. Perhaps you can recognize the Cathedral. Greif8, LSP_Kevin, europapete and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I'm always impressed by the speed in which you're able to build Mike. I need to test out pre-rigging one of these times to see if it makes life easier. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Knightofthesky said: Hi! I like your projects very much, it's always a pleaure to look at your craftmansship. Here is a little greeting from Germany. Today, we took a trip to our "neighbourhood" from Lower Saxony to Saxony-Anhalt. The city you can see in the far, is Halberstadt. Perhaps you can recognize the Cathedral. Thanks - that's an interesting photograph - although I'm not familiar with the area, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: I'm always impressed by the speed in which you're able to build Mike. I need to test out pre-rigging one of these times to see if it makes life easier. Matt Hi Matt, Pre-rigging as much as possible before the wings are fitted makes life easier as half of the final rigging has already been done. It also reduces the amount of handling of the model when final rigging, Mike scvrobeson and MikeMaben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Hi all, Apart for some areas of weathering needed, the aircraft model is finished. The last parts have been added: Wheels ('Proper Plane' 760x100 'Continental') Propeller ('Proper Plane' 'Garuda') Windscreen Aileron controls Observers Parabellum machine gun, Flare ammunition rack, Grenades rack, Flare pistol. All structural and flight control rigging completed. This was 0.08mm and 0.12mm diameter mono-filament and 0.4mm and 0.5mm diameter tube. Also 'Gaspatch' metal and 'Proper Plane' resin turnbuckles. Below are a few shots. Now it's onto the figures, Mike TheBaron, Iain, John1 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I can't believe how quickly you're motoring through these high-quality builds, Mike! Terrific work as always. What's next? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: I can't believe how quickly you're motoring through these high-quality builds, Mike! Terrific work as always. What's next? Kev Hi Kevin, That's the perk of being retired I guess Not sure what's next, but I have 41 in my stash to choose from, Mike LSP_Kevin and Paulpk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Outstanding Mike! Neat as ever. There is a Halberstadt CL.IV in the National Air and space museum which I always admire when I go. I was lays mildly irritated that WnW didn’t do the CL.IV but, the Cl.II is actually the better looking airframe. I do like the markings you have chosen. I have to agree with Kevin: the speed you build at and with such quality and attention to detail puts the rest of us tortoises to shame! Keep it up! Kind regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Top quality work Mike! I hope my Halberstadt (early) turns out half as nice when I build it. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbagger Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Hi all, Pilot and observer/gunner completed They are the ‘Model Cellar’ WW1 German two seater crew (MC32016). The finished model shots will be posted soon, Mike blackbetty, scvrobeson, Jim Barry and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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