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Part of the PE set is a drilling template, to create spacers from 1.0mm thick material. But I found 1mm too thick and us...

That is my candidate H322 with a little bit H308 gray.

Close but not exactly there.

The airscrew looks nice and can rotate.

After some painting as preparation I started to apply HGW 3D decals for the rib tapes. After some hours the carrier has ...

There are little light bulbs provided for the head lamps (y) Be careful, no spares!

The kit part has only the big instruments so I added some HGW frames. Also no instrument decals provided. I used the ver...

Silver Medal in Master at the Mosonshow 2024.

This model won a silver medal in the category "Planes 1:48" at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

This biplane pusher DH-2 won a bronze medal in the category Planes 1:48 at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

This model won a bronze medal in the Egg-Planes category at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

The last pic of this build is the closed cockpit cover with Vickers MGs. I have no pics from the mounting and rigging pr...

This church was always shown on the different logos of the "Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke".

After painting the covers black I'm happy with the look.

The airscrew is finally finished, with painting, metal parts on the hub and decal.

And with side cowling removed. Also all the window masks are removed - ok so far.

And back to normal. This has significantly increased the robustness! The whole plane flew off the table onto the floor t...

There is now a turnbuckle in front of the wood of the undercarriage.

I painted the smooth new sheet metal inside alu and black outside with a brush, and after hardening the cushion with lea...

The front view shows the nice little tooth wheel. On the prop boss two little PE rings from a Part set covers the wood i...

Sync gear, airscrew, hub are finally mounted. A valve (part of the kit) painted brass and added.

A final look at what made this project so special.

A trained spider is a big help!

fake ...

This bird is finished!

That is the result after shaping and primer, the front side ....

The parts together. Two control wires comes from the cockpit, runs over the pulley on the strut and comes to the turnbuc...

This model won a gold medal in the category Civil cars in 1:24 Master class at the Euro Model Expo 2022 in Lingen. Here ...

This model won a gold medal in the category aircraft in 1:48 Master class at the Euro Model Expo 2022 in Lingen. Here to...

Now the airscrew. There are 4 little white stripes in the kit as decal, but they are not long enough to go around. I ass...

I started the weathering with little oil paint dots, then added oil and pastels. More later in a new album.

After mounting the upper wing (Did I mention that there are moments when I hate superglue? What do I say moments, I mean...

For a used look I used some polishing wool.

The same in front view. The wheels are also on. So that is the last picture.

After some paint I added the same wire as on the spool with a drop of solder as weight. Nice detail ;)

I used the upper sides of the second "U" as mounting points for the tailplane struts, since I was not able to cut and be...

The last picture of this build report shows the weathering, mostly some oils below the engine. Here you can see the rota...

The rigging is finished, as far as I'm aware of wires.

I also noticed a funny effect on the model! If you lift it with the skis on, the skis are tilted by the center of gravit...

Already some time ago I made a outragous error, a big mistake and you were kind enough not to point it out to me. When I...

And that is the view from top. I hope, the sprue can hold the heavy model! I secured it with CA.

And a final view! The scratches on the vickers was fixed with painting Alcalds with brush, other scratches fixed too. Th...

Additionally a copper wire, wheels are in place.

St Valentine's Day - flowers added!

Axle glued in with CA gel.

Looks good

New tires and remaining parts mounted.

Top view

A turned adapter for engine start was the last part!!!

I tried to avoid hiding such nice details below a layer of paint, so I used different kind of chemical bowns. One exampl...

A fresh detail added :)

This could be a stage coach in a lobby of a Wells Fargo bank.

Actual state

Rigging to fuselage

My main interest was, of course, in the U.0 rotary engine. It is in running order, and there are traces of castor oil.

To get a template I glued one clamp with CA and sawed, filed and drilled new clamps.

It looks nice with varnish. Of course it have to go upwards!