1:32nd scale Halberstadt D.II

Started by Mike Norris · 72 · 7 months ago
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    Mike Norris said 9 months, 1 week ago:

    Hi all
    To reinstate the sanded off wing rib tapes
    Strips of 1.0mm wide plastic card of 0.2mm thickness were cut
    These were secured onto the wings using thin CA adhesive
    They were then sanded to reduce their thickness and to blend them more to the wing surfaces
    The wings were grey primed, as this shows any high spots or ridges
    Where necessary I sanded again and re-primed until the desired effect was achieved

    The wings will be painted later in this build

    Mike

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 9 months, 1 week ago:

    Great job on the wings, my friend @sandbagger!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 9 months, 1 week ago:

    Quite some work done on those wings, Mike @sandbagger
    Looking forward to the paint session.

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    Mike Norris said 9 months, 1 week ago:

    Hi all,
    More preparation before assembly.
    The fuselage cabane struts and interplane struts were all drilled and pinned for locating.
    The forward 'feet' of the rudder support frame and the tail skid assembly were also drilled and pinned for locating.
    The opening in the upper wing was chain drilled and shaped to accept the 3D printed radiator.
    The four 'feet' of the landing gear struts were drilled and pinned for location.
    The kit supplied Steel rod was cut to length for the axle.
    The kit supplied photo-etch cooling cover and front cover for the 3D printed machine gun were added,

    Mike

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    John vd Biggelaar said 9 months, 1 week ago:

    Some amazing detailing, Mike @sandbagger
    Especially the gun looks fantastic this way.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 9 months ago:

    Excellent preparation jobs, my friend @sandbagger!

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    Mike Norris said 9 months ago:

    Hi all
    The fuselage halves have been painted with Raw Sienna oil paint for wood effect
    The basic cockpit assembly is complete with added pipe to the hand pump and throttle and spark advance control rods
    The engine is complete, including added:
    Ignition leads
    Carburettor fuel supply pipe
    Cam shaft oil pipe
    Throttle control rod

    Now it all needs to be weathered before rigging the rudder, elevator and aileron control line and fitting the control column and rudder bar

    Mike

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 9 months ago:

    Wow! Super job as always, my friend @sandbagger!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 9 months ago:

    Really impressive, Mike @sandbagger
    Your detailing skills are incredible.

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    Mike Norris said 9 months ago:

    Hi all
    I've added the rudder, elevator and aileron control lines to the cockpit
    These are 0.5mm diameter blackened Brass tube with 'EZ' stretch line (Fine), as that line is more visible inside the cockpit

    Mike

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 9 months ago:

    Excellent job, extremely realistic, my friend @sandbagger!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 9 months ago:

    Truly beautiful, Mike @sandbagger

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    Mike Norris said 9 months ago:

    Hi all
    I added the machine gun trigger cable on the control column and weathered the cockpit and engine
    Then the fuselage was now closed up with the support rods for the lower wing fitted
    One thing to be careful of is to not break the bottom of the control column, which protrudes from the underside of the fuselage
    That shouldn't be a problem once the landing gear is fitted

    Now its onto cleaning up the fuselage seam joint

    Mike

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    John vd Biggelaar said 9 months ago:

    Fuselage looks nicely closed, Mike @sandbagger

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    Mike Norris said 8 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Hi all
    The fuselage and upper and lower wings have been cleaned and primed, ready for painting
    I've added most of the kit supplied photo-etch parts, except for the rigging brackets for the interplane struts
    The aircraft did not have these brackets and the angle required for some of the rigging tabs will not align with the fitted rigging lines
    The fuselage had pre-molded raised 'strips', intended as a base for the photo-etch stitching lines
    Adding the photo-etch onto those strips would make the stitching appear too thick
    Therefore, I removed the raised strips and added the photo-etch directly onto the fuselage

    Mike

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