AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32

wefalck · May 2

You have the propeller-makers decals - I was about to ask

DocRob · May 2

1 hour ago, wefalck said:

You have the propeller-makers decals - I was about to ask

Yes wefalck, port is a Behrend prop, starbord is a Wolff prop, the latter rotating counter clockwise.

Cheers Rob

Danstream · May 3

Your propellers look terrific too! The overall composition with the rest of the airframe is just spectacular.

Cheers,

Dan

DocRob · May 3

Final steps ahead, luckily. The huge airframe and the delicate details make working on the big bat more and more difficult. The issues fixed to parts torn loose ratio turns worse .

I assembled the elevators and the rudder and added steering cables for the rudder. the fittings were made from split brass rod to add some more detail.

Finally, I reassembled the guns, the worst part of the build and installed them into the gun mounts onto the gun rings.

There will be a lot of final touch ups and then the big bat is finished.

Cheers Rob

DocRob · May 3

Done so far, phew. I have to continue to paint the figures and to clean up my bench, which I guess will take longer than the build itself .

Cheers Rob

Egilman · May 3

Stubby sucker wasn't she? All wing, no wonder they had a habit of nose diving on landing....

Beautiful model Brother.... Absolutely outstanding....

chadwijm6 · May 3

Fantastic model Rob. And a fascinating build log, I learnt a lot! 👍🏻

RGL · May 3

Absolutely marvellous mate!

DocRob · May 4

19 hours ago, Egilman said:

Stubby sucker wasn't she? All wing, no wonder they had a habit of nose diving on landing....

Beautiful model Brother.... Absolutely outstanding....

Thank you Egilman.
He he, indeed, the design is a bit strange. The commander normally left the front cockpit through a crawling tunnel for start and landing, to not get smashed, when nose diving. In general, I read, that the AEG was superior to the more famous Gotha.
I have a soft spot for lozenged planes and consider buying the early day bomber variant as well.

Cheers Rob

DocRob · May 4

18 hours ago, chadwijm6 said:

Fantastic model Rob. And a fascinating build log, I learnt a lot! 👍🏻

16 hours ago, RGL said:

Absolutely marvellous mate!

Thank you James and Greg, I learned a lot too through that build. I really like to replay the work I´ve done and write it down in a halfway structured form. This way, I can think about the used techniques and try to do better next time, when I reference at my build logs.
I learned so many things through build logs, it´s a pleasure to give back in form of some lessons learned posts. I live a bit isolated, so no model shows, hobby shop talk or even fellow modelers around, which leaves the internet as my only connection to the modeling world.

Cheers Rob

gsdpic · May 6

Wonderful result! All the details and minor weathering look great. But it really is a strange looking bird, or should I say bat. Long wings, stubby fuselage, big engines, short propellers, cartoonish tires. I assume it is an accurate representation of the prototype, but it still looks odd.

DocRob · May 6

54 minutes ago, gsdpic said:

Wonderful result! All the details and minor weathering look great. But it really is a strange looking bird, or should I say bat. Long wings, stubby fuselage, big engines, short propellers, cartoonish tires. I assume it is an accurate representation of the prototype, but it still looks odd.

Thank you Gary, I like the look of the AEG somehow, but I have a soft spot for quirky designs. The really interesting fact is, how advanced this plane was, about a dozen years after the Wright Flyer.
From a modelers standpoint you couldn´t ask for more, the wide fuselage allows for equally wide cockpits, which show a lot of detail. The engines were often flown without the cowlings, again a possibility to show a lot of detail work.

Cheers Rob

king derelict · May 6

Absolutely spectacular. Congratulations on a wonderful creation. I thoroughly enjoyed the build log and it has been a great teaching opportunity. I learnt a lot of techniques that I hope I will be brave enough to try in the future.

Alan

mtaylor · May 7

Great looking build of an interesting aircraft. The infant industry really produced some interesting aircraft (and sometimes really bizarre looking) in the early days of flight.

DocRob · May 8

On 5/6/2024 at 9:52 PM, king derelict said:

Absolutely spectacular. Congratulations on a wonderful creation. I thoroughly enjoyed the build log and it has been a great teaching opportunity. I learnt a lot of techniques that I hope I will be brave enough to try in the future.

Thank you Alan, glad you enjoyed the log. I benefitted so much of forum input myself, it´s a pleasure to give back a little. It´s not completely altruistic though, as it helps me to keep track of my builds and enhance learned techniques for myself as well.
If you are about to enter the WWI plane building universe, I can tell you, it´s quite rewarding and not as complicated as it first looks. Kits of WNW quality help a lot due to thorough design. If you haven´t started exploring these kind of builds, it might be best to start with a German WWI fighter. Less rigging and colorful liveries do help.

Cheers Rob

DocRob · May 8

15 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Great looking build of an interesting aircraft. The infant industry really produced some interesting aircraft (and sometimes really bizarre looking) in the early days of flight.

Thank you Mark, quirky as the AEG looks, it was a successful design, meaning, I saw stranger things flying, like pancakes (Chance Vought V-173) or the like. I can only admire the courage it must have taken to fly with these wood/tube/cloth/string crates with relatively unreliable engines in the dark of the night.

Cheers Rob

Baker · May 8

A very beautiful model.
it was great to follow this build.

DocRob · May 8

19 minutes ago, Baker said:

A very beautiful model.
it was great to follow this build.

Thank you Patrick, the ´Finished´ in the header was sneaked in by a moderator, but I have to continue to paint the planned figures, which are only started now. That my take a while, as I´m out of my comfort zone.
Anyway, it was great to have all of you around with likes, encouragement and input.

Cheers Rob

ccoyle · May 8

1 hour ago, DocRob said:

the ´Finished´ in the header was sneaked in by a moderator

Guilty! I needed to pump up our stats -- at least, that's the excuse I'm going to use! 😳

DocRob · May 8

3 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Guilty! I needed to pump up our stats -- at least, that's the excuse I'm going to use! 😳

No harm done, Chris. With my expertise in figure painting you may did me a favor, but I will try anyhow .

Cheers Rob

Canute · May 9

Another beautiful job, Rob.Thank you for sharing your techniques. 👍

DocRob · May 9

32 minutes ago, Canute said:

Another beautiful job, Rob.Thank you for sharing your techniques. 👍

Thank you Ken, I learned so many things, during my first wooden ship build here on MSW, it is a pleasure to give something back, where I´m in my comfort zone.

davec · May 9

Rob - your AEG came out great! I learned a lot from your log.

DocRob · May 10

Well, here are my feeble attempts in figure painting. I try to do one or two figures per build, but often shy away, because painting these is always like a burde for me. Nonetheless, i try to improve my skills and sometimes force myself to finish the figures.

The mechanic is painted with acrylic colors from Scale75, except for the skin, which was painted with oil colors.

Cheers Rob

chadwijm6 · May 10

Your mechanic looks great Rob. That moustache is fabulous!

DocRob · May 10

4 hours ago, chadwijm6 said:

Your mechanic looks great Rob. That moustache is fabulous!

Thank you James, I still need a lot of experience to develop my figure painting skills. I´m not able to blend the colors to my liking, specially with acrylics. With oils, it´s much easier, but they dry forever, sometimes not at all, that´s why I had to strip my second figure, featured in the next post.

Cheers Rob

DocRob · May 10

The big bat is finished now, that I found the courage to paint the figures. The young boy with the broken toy plane is exclusively painted with Scale 75 acrylics. I had to strip the oil colors off his skin, because they never cured and I couldn´t touch the figure for further painting.

Thank you all again for participating in this log, which helped me a lot in form of encouragement and practical information.