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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
The next step according to the instructions! I guess this is the equivalent to rigging a ship model
It is very nice to read all the different posts here. I learn a lot about WWI planes in general and the Fokker in particular and specifics, such as machine-guns and constructing rotary engines in 1/16 scale
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Torbogdan got a reaction from PeteB in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
The tail assembly has been glued into place! And although it is difficult to see the tail skid has also been fitted. I started on the machine-guns a few days ago. It is a much later step but there was not much else I could work an a few days ago as I was waiting for glue to set and time to get the nylon thread to replace what was "missing" from the kit. Now I have 220 yards of grey nylon thread thanks to the local supermarket...
The tail assembly in place! It is difficult when large subassemblies are put together as all the small little mistakes made earlier "gets multiplied" and things are/look out of joint or not perfect matches. All angles that were 89 degrees instead of 90 suddenly gets noticeable as all small mistakes are "added" together. But all in all, it looks good, I think!
On the tail skid a bit of bungee cord is not yet added. The cord in the kit was a bit too thick, I´ll replace it with thinner black thread/rubber band.
The Spandaus, quite "iconic" German MG from WWI. The casting is not such good quality. I´m spoiled by crisp resin and hard plastic model kits so soft Britannia metal does not impress me (it can only be matched by my inability to take sharp pictures...). I have added some putty as there was large gaps between the pieces. This will of course be sand papered. A lot would have been won if the cooling mantlet had been made in photoetch I think. The MG:s will of course get some more work done on them, painting and such.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from coxswain in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from mtaylor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from coxswain in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Engine so far. It has taken a lot of grinding and sanding to get the extra flash of the parts. There are some mould marks on the cylinders that I would like to get rid of. It is probably the two halves for the mould that was not perfectly aligned and tight enough together.
I can´t finish the landing gear until I get my silver spray paint can back from a friend that borrowed it. Going to him tomorrow to reclaim what is rightfully mine! Unless he finished it... There are a few parts that needs to be silver instead of brass, thats where the spray paint comes in.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Jack12477 in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from aviaamator in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
It is done! Basically all the internal bracing is done. There are four more (two on each side) where the cock pit is but those are added in a later step. I have also added the in step for the pilot and two handles towards the tail of the aircraft. That was step no 4 according to the instructions. It was a step in my taste, find three parts, polish them a bit, glue them in place and done! The will get a coat of steel paint to match the rest of the airframe.
I´ve started on the landing gear, which is the next step.
And now for something completely different...
At a yard sale I found a RC aircraft, I could not resist buying it. It was supposedly easy to fly. I have never flown a RC aircraft in my entire life but figured "how hard can it be?". Well after the first flight which lasted all of approx 4 seconds I crashed and the tail broke off. Well it will be easy to fix with some tape basically. It proves that I might be able to build a fighter but cannot fly it
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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Almost all parts for the landing gear have been identified, just need to figure out what some "spacers" are. Can´t really tell if they are pre made parts or if I have to make them myself. Anyway I have started to spray paint the landing gear and wheels. I paint them red of course, I will post some pictures to see what you say about the color. I´m not dissatisfied with the color but not really content either... I feel it is a tad too "orange" and bright. But I want to use a spray can as it gives a much smoother layer than brush painting so I might stick with it. when it is dry I´ll post pictures of course.
So while I´m waiting for the paint to dry I have started a bit on the engine. Identifying parts and cleaning parts from flash with sand papper, sand disc on my proxxon and files. The parts have quite a lot of flash. I have found some pictures of the engine on the net so I know what the parts should look like which is lucky as some of the parts are almost indistinguishable from what they should look like. But with sanding they start to look rather ok. Feels like I´m chipping out a statue from a piece of rock. From a blob of white metal I slowly grind out the engine part
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Torbogdan got a reaction from coxswain in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
A quick photo and as I noticed now slightly out of focus. The problem with taking pictures with one´s phone is that on the small touch screen on the phone the photo looks sharp, but on this page with a much larger picture you notice that it is slightly blurry.
Anyway, here are the wheels and the color. It is red, very red. It works, I would have preferred a slightly darker red but this will do. It will not be easy to find a darker hue of red in a spray can.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Engine so far. It has taken a lot of grinding and sanding to get the extra flash of the parts. There are some mould marks on the cylinders that I would like to get rid of. It is probably the two halves for the mould that was not perfectly aligned and tight enough together.
I can´t finish the landing gear until I get my silver spray paint can back from a friend that borrowed it. Going to him tomorrow to reclaim what is rightfully mine! Unless he finished it... There are a few parts that needs to be silver instead of brass, thats where the spray paint comes in.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from CDW in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from thibaultron in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Landing gear and engine. The brass rod at the rear of the "wing" will be repainted. The paint was scrubbed loose as the fit between the rod and the hole was too tight. The wheels have a small access hatch on them. I outlined it in black but it did not turn out particularly well. I will repaint that as well.
As for the engine it says that the push rod for the valves should be 1.6mm thick brass rod. 1.6mm in 1/16 scale seems awfully thick. Checking with pictures on the net they are nowhere that thick. I will use much thinner brass rod instead. Probably .8mm. That looks much nicer. The 1,6 mm looks very massive.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Eddie in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from thibaultron in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from vossiewulf in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from CDW in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Engine so far. It has taken a lot of grinding and sanding to get the extra flash of the parts. There are some mould marks on the cylinders that I would like to get rid of. It is probably the two halves for the mould that was not perfectly aligned and tight enough together.
I can´t finish the landing gear until I get my silver spray paint can back from a friend that borrowed it. Going to him tomorrow to reclaim what is rightfully mine! Unless he finished it... There are a few parts that needs to be silver instead of brass, thats where the spray paint comes in.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
A quick photo and as I noticed now slightly out of focus. The problem with taking pictures with one´s phone is that on the small touch screen on the phone the photo looks sharp, but on this page with a much larger picture you notice that it is slightly blurry.
Anyway, here are the wheels and the color. It is red, very red. It works, I would have preferred a slightly darker red but this will do. It will not be easy to find a darker hue of red in a spray can.
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Eddie in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Almost all parts for the landing gear have been identified, just need to figure out what some "spacers" are. Can´t really tell if they are pre made parts or if I have to make them myself. Anyway I have started to spray paint the landing gear and wheels. I paint them red of course, I will post some pictures to see what you say about the color. I´m not dissatisfied with the color but not really content either... I feel it is a tad too "orange" and bright. But I want to use a spray can as it gives a much smoother layer than brush painting so I might stick with it. when it is dry I´ll post pictures of course.
So while I´m waiting for the paint to dry I have started a bit on the engine. Identifying parts and cleaning parts from flash with sand papper, sand disc on my proxxon and files. The parts have quite a lot of flash. I have found some pictures of the engine on the net so I know what the parts should look like which is lucky as some of the parts are almost indistinguishable from what they should look like. But with sanding they start to look rather ok. Feels like I´m chipping out a statue from a piece of rock. From a blob of white metal I slowly grind out the engine part
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Gerhardvienna in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
It is done! Basically all the internal bracing is done. There are four more (two on each side) where the cock pit is but those are added in a later step. I have also added the in step for the pilot and two handles towards the tail of the aircraft. That was step no 4 according to the instructions. It was a step in my taste, find three parts, polish them a bit, glue them in place and done! The will get a coat of steel paint to match the rest of the airframe.
I´ve started on the landing gear, which is the next step.
And now for something completely different...
At a yard sale I found a RC aircraft, I could not resist buying it. It was supposedly easy to fly. I have never flown a RC aircraft in my entire life but figured "how hard can it be?". Well after the first flight which lasted all of approx 4 seconds I crashed and the tail broke off. Well it will be easy to fix with some tape basically. It proves that I might be able to build a fighter but cannot fly it
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Torbogdan got a reaction from mtaylor in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!
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Torbogdan got a reaction from Nirvana in Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
Thanks for all the advice. I will use the engine in the kit for this model. One of my "worst" traits, is that I´m a bit impatient and like to build and finish things. It would delay finishing the model quite some time if I would try to manufacture the engine with a 3D printer. The engine in the kit is in no way perfect but it will do. If I would correct all the discrepancies in the kit I fear I would never finish it.
Anyway, I´m working on the engine, all the cylinders are in place and its going fine so far. The reason that I started on the engine was that I needed the silver spray to start putting together the landing gear. Well, the silver spray is salvaged so I will stop with the engine and finish the landing gear!
No pictures today but some pictures by the end of the week will follow!