Five seats in one stroke!
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64 23 June 2023, 19:08
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Many of the British types need those wicker seats, and the 3D-printed seats that Eduard has come out with for their Camel have wonderful details. To save effort, I painted five in one go. 😉
23 June 2023, 19:17
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Yes Alec, but it do not sell it's products! 🙂 Will be used for own projects.
The parts of the brand new Eduard Ship's Camel arrived, so I can show the differences.
24 June 2023, 15:32
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Welcome Villiers and Robert!
I made a new undercarriage from metal and wood. That type I have not yet done before.
27 June 2023, 17:30
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Witnessing the workmanship in even just the undercarriage makes me smile with pleasure 🙂 It's a joy to behold!
27 June 2023, 18:02
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No Greg, I'm not a tailor but just a lazy bastard!
Doing similar parts in one go save the efforts around like cleaning airbrush and brushes ...
Don't you do something similar with more than one racer at a time?
29 June 2023, 12:29
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16 Spandau MGs in one blow!
Albatros Dr.I | Album by bughunter (1:48)
They already wanted to report me for violations of the War Weapons Control Act ...
29 June 2023, 14:39
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A lot of work was done for the cockpit. I used a Eduard SPACE set the first time.
Ben, the 0.3mm brass for the "turnbuckles" was cut with rolling scalpel.
29 June 2023, 18:02
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Fuselage is closed, wooden airscrew is prepared is raw shape and the Bentley B.R.1 rotary engine is done.
4 July 2023, 17:49
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Another interesting project from your workshop. I am following it with great interest.
19 July 2023, 13:46
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Sometimes I am remiss in noticing ongoing builds. Can't wait to see this one come together.
26 July 2023, 22:24
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Thank you mates!
@Lochsa What a great praise <red_face_smily>
@Kyle I want to see it also with all parts together ... Hope it will be a beauty!
May be I can show some more mounted parts later this day.
27 July 2023, 10:54
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Thank you Alec!
As promised there are new pics after a lot of work was spent on the front of the fuselage.
27 July 2023, 19:15
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Thank you Robert!
I found a working solution for the removed control wire guides on the fuselage.
28 July 2023, 19:33
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Thanks Ludvík!
I built a wooden ship platform. But how can you weather it? I have "medium oak" stain, but the color is not so nice and I was probably not careful enough with the wood glue to be able to use stain now. What can I use instead, oil paints?
31 July 2023, 08:35
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Servus Bughunter,
I bought this one Aerodrome Covering (Wooden B..W2 (DANmodels DM72281, 1:72)
And they suggest to use a firelighter for weathering. Maybe you want to try? 🤔
And the detail work is amazing. 👍
31 July 2023, 09:01
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MicroMark sells wood aging liquids. Unfortunately they are in US only, but maybe there is something similar available in Europe?
micromark.com then search for Age-It Easy.
31 July 2023, 12:55
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I have used Mig's oil and grease stains on wood before, picture 10 & 11: My son's F4U-4 Corsair (almost) solo build | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)
31 July 2023, 15:10
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Thank you very much for your recommendations!
I tried a washing with different dark oil paints, works ok so far - but problematic on the locations with wood glue. Should have done it before glueing! Ok, will now let it dry and then sand the surface.
1 August 2023, 09:08
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You're right, the only way to get rid of the glue is to sand the wood. Tinting wood with oil, water or alcohol based paints only works if the wood can absorb the paint. The glue on the surface of the wood prevents the paint from soaking in and these areas remain in the original color of the wood. But you've already figured that out.
1 August 2023, 09:32
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How on Earth did you wrap the PE around the tiny tubes? Piccie 64 shows how neatly you achieved this. Very impressed...
1 August 2023, 15:24
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Thank you mates!
Bruce, that is no tube - the axle is a robust 0.2mm nickel silver wire. The trick is to let the slotted brass sheet longer and put it into a PE folding tool. Then put the wire into the corner and bend one stripe after another around the wire until you have the hinge. Remove the wire, file it smaller/in good shape. Finally I added the control horn into the slot and feed the wire back. Secure it on the outsides with CA. So the hinge is still workable 😉
1 August 2023, 15:32
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The platform is prepared now. Not too old, but used. Maybe some more spots of engine oil.
Used what I had at home: oil paints, very strongly diluted, as wash.
2 August 2023, 17:05
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Thank you very much mates!
This project forces me to redo things often. The first engine oil looks nice, so I added yesterday evening some more. Over night it dried, but it looks horrible: The spots were too large and had a bulging edge. Hard to remove, but I had to fix it.
I added also a picture of the final airscrew - after redo it two times, e.g. the clear paints on the wood comes of after masking for grey. The a big splash of paint while I tried to fix this - I removed the paint completely.
Murphy and his law acts always in background!
3 August 2023, 15:25
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Now the big surprise: The Ship's Camel is finished!
All the little parts shown, and more, are merged to a wonderful model. Don't miss it:
Ship's Camel N6818 | Album by bughunter (1:48)
3 August 2023, 18:54
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This once more exceeds everything we saw you achieve up to now - to me it is utterly incomprehensive how you manage to attach all these superfine metal details ( lots of which you scratchbuilt of course) to your model in a superclean way, without ANY trace of glue remaining visible.
Admit it : You have a crew of quarterscale aircraft mechanics working for you in secret !
Phantastic modeling !
4 August 2023, 06:25
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Kyle, again Murphy was involved in the paint job. I was not happy with my first try on the fuselage after thinking a good while I used alcohol to strip the paint from the fuselage completely and start a new try. So I have not taken many pictures and then this surprising finish comes in my mind 😉
Hanno, thank you very much for such extensive praise! I must admit that I often hate CA but I don't know an alternative thing. I use in many cases a smallest drop with a wire, if needed multiple times. And clean the wire always with a candle fire. For bigger amount of glue I use a split needle. I hope you will be able to see some of my models with your own eyes. I think that is even more impressive as the live view cannot be shown with the best camera.
4 August 2023, 09:35
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I shouldn't be surprised at the quality of your work after the years I've been looking at your builds....but I still am. Every detail is exceptional.
22 August 2023, 14:42
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Thank you for your nice words and your continued support over the years 👍, also behind the scenes 😉
22 August 2023, 16:14