Bleriot XI 1:48 Inpact
Comments
26 3 February, 14:14
Alex KSo good to see one of those old kits of early birds being built... And nice result too...! Congrats! 👍 👍
3 February, 14:46
Thomas WirschingJoachim "The Spider" - Großartige Arbeit mit den Spanndrähten! Mit den Fingerfertigkeiten könntest Du auch noch Gehirnchirurg werden 🙂👍
3 February, 16:09
Ben MHow did you shade the ribs like that? Beautiful build of an old kit. The wheels are a remarkable illusion. Did you 3d print them?
8 July, 23:11
Joachim SeidenbergThank you guys! The wings were just painted one colour, the "shading" is the surface detail of the kit. Wheels were transparent mouldings with the orignal Inpact boxes and I painted only tyres.
Later reissues moulded them opaque.
Inpact was high-tech of the sixties and I still rate them among the best fabric covered model airplanes.
Cheers Joachim
10 July, 11:09
Album info
Vertical fuselage frames were sanded with flexipads to square section, cross members replaced with 1x1mm Evergreen.
Wooden parts got a coat of clear orange. Wheels are clear plastic, spokes were NOT painted. Skids were bound with sewing thread.
Rigging is 5 thou (0.125mm) surgical steel wire
