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rvchima got a reaction from mtaylor in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 23, 2020

Hi Yves,

Welcome to the build log. It's a little short on detail but I wanted to get some information out there about the Aeronaut kits.

And thank you for the the welcome to Asheville. Our son lives in Apex so I am very familiar with the Raleigh area. I am always interested in finding new shops, shows, or museums related to aircraft or ships. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Rod
rvchima got a reaction from mtaylor in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 23, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from mtaylor in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 23, 2020

Catapult and Arado 196 Floatplane

I spent a full day building the brass aircraft stand that comes with the Pontos detail kit. They actually give you enough parts to build 4 of them although you only need 1. Good thing because I screwed up 2 1/2 of them before I settled on this one.

Then I built the catapult (from scratch) and the Arado 196 floatplane (came with the Aeronaut kit). Hey! what happened to my aircraft stand?

The real catapult rail is about 15 m long and the catapult launch speed is 130 km/hr. I did some quick calculations that show that the pilot would pull 4.3 g's at takeoff, about the same as an F-18 pilot on a modern carrier. Must have been quite a ride!
rvchima reacted to Ringadingdong in USS Thatcher DD-514 by Ringadingdong - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 22, 2020

I'll have to rework a few blemishes, but overall I'm quite pleased how it turned out:

I don't know what I'm going to build next, but one thing I know for sure: it'll have a far less complex paint scheme! 😉

Also, I got some valuable informations regarding the forward funnel, though I'm still short of appropriately sized ladders.

Thanks for watching!
rvchima got a reaction from Canute in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 27, 2020

Toy Boats
The Prinz Eugen carried 8 small boats on board, and the Aeronaut kit had ready-made plastic models of each. In fact my kit had 9 boats, but I think that one was a mistake.

You should always wash plastic parts before painting to clean off any residual mold release.
I think I'll just play with the boats like this for a while.

So far I have completely ignored the ships boats. When I looked at the plans I found that 6 of them were on racks on deck 2, right where my railings were. So time to construct some racks and deconstruct some railings.

This rack holds 2 boats.

This rack holds 1 boat. The boats look pretty dirty close up. That was another good reason to wash them.

Those racks are duplicated on each side, accounting for 6/8 boats. The remaining 2 boats hang from davits. As usual, there is nothing in the kit for the davits so I soldered a pair up out of brass. Spent a few hours today painting toy boats.
rvchima got a reaction from mtaylor in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 23, 2020

Dazzling

I bit the bullet and painted the dazzle camouflage. It took a full day to mask and paint each of the diagonal stripes. I stacked all the components with 3-M double-sided tape to hold them in alignment. I made a skinny pencil by gluing a bit of pencil lead in a 1mm brass tube. Then I used a thin ruler and my skinny pencil to mark the diagonal. Very difficult to keep the pencil perpendicular to the ruler as it stepped over each layer of the superstructure. Lots of Tamiya masking tape and several hours later I was ready to paint each stripe - by hand.

I also painted the tops of the turrets red. They were painted red briefly for recognition by German aircraft.

I didn't realize that this overview photo was so grainy until now. I'll try to get a better image later. Here are some other shots that look better.

Forward superstructure

Funnel

Aft superstructure and mast

Aft end with painted turrets

All the components are stacked temporarily in position. I have been adding railings to the second and third levels. More on that in the next post.
rvchima got a reaction from hexnut in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from hexnut in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Catapult and Arado 196 Floatplane

I spent a full day building the brass aircraft stand that comes with the Pontos detail kit. They actually give you enough parts to build 4 of them although you only need 1. Good thing because I screwed up 2 1/2 of them before I settled on this one.

Then I built the catapult (from scratch) and the Arado 196 floatplane (came with the Aeronaut kit). Hey! what happened to my aircraft stand?

The real catapult rail is about 15 m long and the catapult launch speed is 130 km/hr. I did some quick calculations that show that the pilot would pull 4.3 g's at takeoff, about the same as an F-18 pilot on a modern carrier. Must have been quite a ride!
rvchima got a reaction from mtaylor in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 23, 2020

Toy Boats
The Prinz Eugen carried 8 small boats on board, and the Aeronaut kit had ready-made plastic models of each. In fact my kit had 9 boats, but I think that one was a mistake.

You should always wash plastic parts before painting to clean off any residual mold release.
I think I'll just play with the boats like this for a while.

So far I have completely ignored the ships boats. When I looked at the plans I found that 6 of them were on racks on deck 2, right where my railings were. So time to construct some racks and deconstruct some railings.

This rack holds 2 boats.

This rack holds 1 boat. The boats look pretty dirty close up. That was another good reason to wash them.

Those racks are duplicated on each side, accounting for 6/8 boats. The remaining 2 boats hang from davits. As usual, there is nothing in the kit for the davits so I soldered a pair up out of brass. Spent a few hours today painting toy boats.
rvchima got a reaction from Canute in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 27, 2020

Railings
The Aeronaut kit came with 14 pieces of prefab railings, each 250 mm long. I knew that would not be enough but I wasn't sure how much I would need, so I avoided using it for miscellaneous railings. The 14 pieces circled the 1st deck completely and finished the second deck with inches to spare. One deck to go. A couple of stores in England sell the prefab railings but I was in a hurry, so I made my own using the brass stanchions and music wire included in the kit. I decided to use a shorter double railing on the 3rd deck, so I cut the 3-hole stanchions down a notch and sanded them smooth. I made this jig to solder the railings together.
rvchima got a reaction from hexnut in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Dazzling

I bit the bullet and painted the dazzle camouflage. It took a full day to mask and paint each of the diagonal stripes. I stacked all the components with 3-M double-sided tape to hold them in alignment. I made a skinny pencil by gluing a bit of pencil lead in a 1mm brass tube. Then I used a thin ruler and my skinny pencil to mark the diagonal. Very difficult to keep the pencil perpendicular to the ruler as it stepped over each layer of the superstructure. Lots of Tamiya masking tape and several hours later I was ready to paint each stripe - by hand.

I also painted the tops of the turrets red. They were painted red briefly for recognition by German aircraft.

I didn't realize that this overview photo was so grainy until now. I'll try to get a better image later. Here are some other shots that look better.

Forward superstructure

Funnel

Aft superstructure and mast

Aft end with painted turrets

All the components are stacked temporarily in position. I have been adding railings to the second and third levels. More on that in the next post.
rvchima got a reaction from hexnut in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Toy Boats
The Prinz Eugen carried 8 small boats on board, and the Aeronaut kit had ready-made plastic models of each. In fact my kit had 9 boats, but I think that one was a mistake.

You should always wash plastic parts before painting to clean off any residual mold release.
I think I'll just play with the boats like this for a while.

So far I have completely ignored the ships boats. When I looked at the plans I found that 6 of them were on racks on deck 2, right where my railings were. So time to construct some racks and deconstruct some railings.

This rack holds 2 boats.

This rack holds 1 boat. The boats look pretty dirty close up. That was another good reason to wash them.

Those racks are duplicated on each side, accounting for 6/8 boats. The remaining 2 boats hang from davits. As usual, there is nothing in the kit for the davits so I soldered a pair up out of brass. Spent a few hours today painting toy boats.
rvchima got a reaction from yvesvidal in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Toy Boats
The Prinz Eugen carried 8 small boats on board, and the Aeronaut kit had ready-made plastic models of each. In fact my kit had 9 boats, but I think that one was a mistake.

You should always wash plastic parts before painting to clean off any residual mold release.
I think I'll just play with the boats like this for a while.

So far I have completely ignored the ships boats. When I looked at the plans I found that 6 of them were on racks on deck 2, right where my railings were. So time to construct some racks and deconstruct some railings.

This rack holds 2 boats.

This rack holds 1 boat. The boats look pretty dirty close up. That was another good reason to wash them.

Those racks are duplicated on each side, accounting for 6/8 boats. The remaining 2 boats hang from davits. As usual, there is nothing in the kit for the davits so I soldered a pair up out of brass. Spent a few hours today painting toy boats.
rvchima got a reaction from yvesvidal in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 22, 2020

Dazzling

I bit the bullet and painted the dazzle camouflage. It took a full day to mask and paint each of the diagonal stripes. I stacked all the components with 3-M double-sided tape to hold them in alignment. I made a skinny pencil by gluing a bit of pencil lead in a 1mm brass tube. Then I used a thin ruler and my skinny pencil to mark the diagonal. Very difficult to keep the pencil perpendicular to the ruler as it stepped over each layer of the superstructure. Lots of Tamiya masking tape and several hours later I was ready to paint each stripe - by hand.

I also painted the tops of the turrets red. They were painted red briefly for recognition by German aircraft.

I didn't realize that this overview photo was so grainy until now. I'll try to get a better image later. Here are some other shots that look better.

Forward superstructure

Funnel

Aft superstructure and mast

Aft end with painted turrets

All the components are stacked temporarily in position. I have been adding railings to the second and third levels. More on that in the next post.
rvchima got a reaction from Fernando E in Perseverance 1807 by Fernando E - Modellers Shipyard - 1:48 scale - Colonial Brig June 21, 2020

I just got back to MSW after a long absence. Your Perseverance model is beautiful! I love the natural wood. Keep up the good work.
rvchima got a reaction from yvesvidal in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 19, 2020

Hi Yves,

Welcome to the build log. It's a little short on detail but I wanted to get some information out there about the Aeronaut kits.

And thank you for the the welcome to Asheville. Our son lives in Apex so I am very familiar with the Raleigh area. I am always interested in finding new shops, shows, or museums related to aircraft or ships. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Rod
rvchima got a reaction from lmagna in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 19, 2020

Hi Yves,

Welcome to the build log. It's a little short on detail but I wanted to get some information out there about the Aeronaut kits.

And thank you for the the welcome to Asheville. Our son lives in Apex so I am very familiar with the Raleigh area. I am always interested in finding new shops, shows, or museums related to aircraft or ships. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Rod
rvchima reacted to cog in Nieuport Ni-17 by cog - Eduard - 1/72 - PLASTIC and PE June 19, 2020

Glueing it together is not an issue, mostly making the glue points clean so it will stick was my issue!

Final result
rvchima reacted to cog in Nieuport Ni-17 by cog - Eduard - 1/72 - PLASTIC and PE   June 19, 2020

So much for the first out of the dual combo box.

Nieuport Ni-17 build 2

Since I am waiting for a few parts and decals for the Messschmitt Bf 109G-6 Swiss scheme, I took the box for the Nieuport of the shelve. Since it is a duocombi you get a second plane to build. Eduard has some nice kirs like it.

Some interior desig ...

Not a lot of PE, but what's there for small pieces is hard enough to work with

and after that getting the paint on the fuselage, and wings. I will build this one in the colours of the Escadrille N.57 as it was in December 1917

The plane will be painted all aluminum. I will use AK Xtreme Metal paints. Giving it the Black base colour ...

Aluminum cover

I like the way you can just poor the paint in your airbrush and paint straight away. I have used Vallejo metal paints but those didn't give the same metal look as these AK paints do. The Vallejo metal paints look rather artificial, eventhough they are quite nice to use especially with a brush

Paint:             AK Black Base & Light Aluminum
Airbrush:       Bulson double action 0.2mm nozzle
Airpressure: 18 PSI
rvchima got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 19, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 19, 2020

Catapult and Arado 196 Floatplane

I spent a full day building the brass aircraft stand that comes with the Pontos detail kit. They actually give you enough parts to build 4 of them although you only need 1. Good thing because I screwed up 2 1/2 of them before I settled on this one.

Then I built the catapult (from scratch) and the Arado 196 floatplane (came with the Aeronaut kit). Hey! what happened to my aircraft stand?

The real catapult rail is about 15 m long and the catapult launch speed is 130 km/hr. I did some quick calculations that show that the pilot would pull 4.3 g's at takeoff, about the same as an F-18 pilot on a modern carrier. Must have been quite a ride!
rvchima got a reaction from lmagna in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 18, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from ccoyle in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 18, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from yvesvidal in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 18, 2020

Oops, I Put the Platform on Backwards

I've been standing the mast on top of the plans for a month and just realized that I installed the lower platform backwards. So how to fix it? I broke off 3 triangular gussets on the bottom, then gently twisted the platform until it broke loose. Cleaned up the glue, rotated the platform, glued everything back together, and touched up the paint. 15 minutes tops.

And while I was fixing things I installed the rear anchor. Well, you can't see the anchor, but it's there.
rvchima got a reaction from yvesvidal in Prinz Eugen by rvchima - FINISHED - Aeronaut - Scale 1:200 - WWII German Heavy Cruiser June 18, 2020

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