Junkers J.1 (Blechesel)
The main pieces showed some mould misalignment, which needed filling with putty followed by sanding to shape
Same issue on the other side
Some dials added to the blank dashboard that comes with the kit - pure conjecture as I couldn't find any references
Unfortunately the side walls warped and I couldn't straighten them, and get them to stay straight
I ended up cutting them out and replacing them with some sheet styrene - much more stable!
Some structure detail added to the insides of the side walls
Interior painted and seats, control panel wheel and rudder pedals added, everything given a light wash and then the top deck added and the joints filled
Drilled 0.8mm holes in the fuselage, wings and tail parts to accept 0.8mm copper wire pins
Wings and horizontal tail surfaces glued in place
Tidied up the vertical tail and added a support rod so it doesn't have to be just glued to end of the fuselage
Tail just put in place at the moment without glue
One of the axles on the spreader bar was broken so I channelled my inner Bughunter and replace the whole axle with a 1mm brass tube
Added control horns (from Part) and glued undercarriage in place
Primer on - just a couple of pin holes needing a bit of filler
All painting done now and wheels, radiator, tail, engine and propeller in place
Started decaling - the kit only came with the black crosses so I cut some squares from a sheet of white decal
Comments
14 18 September 2021, 06:45
Uwe KaedingThanks guys - finally got back onto this. Started back by finishing the interior (kept it quite basic)
26 April 2022, 13:24
Uwe KaedingThanks Michael. It's moving pretty fast now - wings and horizontal tail attached
27 April 2022, 03:30
Bruce HuxtableShe's taking shape really nicely, Uwe, this is going to be superb 🙂
27 April 2022, 13:54
Uwe KaedingThanks everybody for looking in. Construction is pretty well done now, ready for primer!
28 April 2022, 03:25
Uwe KaedingSo this one is finished, although I might go back some time and replace the nylon thread rigging with elastic thread - some of the control cables refused to straighten and after the final photos were taken I noticed (in the photos!) that one of the rudder cables had come loose... Otherwise quite happy with how it came out.
4 May 2022, 07:23
bughunterNice little Junkers 👍
Oh, it seems that I have provided a tiny bit of inspiration here 😎
As far as I see there is not kit in 1:48 🙁
4 May 2022, 08:48
Uwe KaedingThanks guys - much appreciated.
Bughunter - more than just a bit of inspiration, I seem to get something new from each of your builds.
4 May 2022, 13:26
Album info
This is a build of the Junkers J1 prototype 2 seat, all-metal, monoplane of WW1, based on the Classic Plane resin kit
