Work in Progress of a Junkers F-13
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OMG! How this little axle pin should be glued into that HUGE hole of the wheel?
All very flexible. The left V strut breaks easily. Strong doubts that it will hold the relative big model.
All very flexible. The left V strut breaks easily. Strong doubts that it will hold the relative big model.
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After some hours a metal replacement.
Upper right: The axle is 1mm nickel silver rod, the V-strut 0.7mm nickel silver rod. Squezzed brass pipes 2.0/1.2mm are the covers.
The legs are 0.8mm brass rod, again covered with squezzed brass 1.4mm pipes.
Upper right: The axle is 1mm nickel silver rod, the V-strut 0.7mm nickel silver rod. Squezzed brass pipes 2.0/1.2mm are the covers.
The legs are 0.8mm brass rod, again covered with squezzed brass 1.4mm pipes.
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Plugged together. Since all connections are going into the lower wing kit part this can be built alone.
I like the look and the rigidness!
I like the look and the rigidness!
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A picture from below shows the aerodynamic covers better.
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As I modified the wheels heavily with a turned plastic part I drilled completely through for new 1.2mm brass bushes. The kit part showed a securing pin so my new bushes now also (0.15mm wire).
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I had run out of veneer from my beloved "Buchsbaum". So I have sawn new ones.
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After sanding the veneer thinner I glued a new wooden airscrew and shaped it.
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The back side looks more interesting.
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A bearing was turned from brass and thick piano wire. Little brass plates are soldered on.
The kit only provides a airscrew with a clamping cone. I do not know the other markings, but "my" don't have that cone!
The kit only provides a airscrew with a clamping cone. I do not know the other markings, but "my" don't have that cone!
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After wood primer the airscrew is painted. That is the second try of painting it - my first one was to dark and too orange.
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The bearing fits into the kit part.
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Back.
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I don't have the correct prop boss, but this one nearly matches.
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A second type of F-13 airscrew. I turned a cone and a plate from aluminium and a bushing from brass on the lathe. The shaft is made of steel wire with a soldered-on plate.
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The shaft is now secured with a plate on the back so the bearing is complete.
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After more sanding towards the final shape that is now the back side.
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On the front side the middle part is more free of the dark wood - a very special shape.
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All plugged together.
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The airscrew is now painted and got a metal protection on the leading edge.
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A side view with cone and shaft.
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The kit part has only the big instruments so I added some HGW frames. Also no instrument decals provided. I used the very nice dial decals from Tom Anyz 👍 and some spares. The glass is Kristal Klear. Need some more detail painting.
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🙁 Have the designers lost their appetite? The sofa is too big or the seats too small!
The left seat is mounted as it is intended -> the arm rest is much too low! I modified the seats then (then also the left one).
The left seat is mounted as it is intended -> the arm rest is much too low! I modified the seats then (then also the left one).
Kommentarer
54 10 April, 17:15
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Welcome Marcel!
I'm not really leave the WWI path. I built the Junkers D.I already, a type from 1918. This F-13 was build one year later and I was fascinated by pictures of the internal structures - the principles are nearly identical.
After I noticed the kit with the nice box art (painted by Eugeny Knupfer - the guy behind Small Stuff) on the EME for a fair price I had to take it.
The box is somehow big, so I need to build it to save space 😉 Another reason to start it was a chat with Christoph, because he had trouble with the undercarrige in his build. So I spend today some hours for a new undercarriage.
10 April, 17:37
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Thank you very much for your interest! A warm welcome to each one of you!
I was hoping for a quick project as there are not many parts, but it will take a while due to it's size.
11 April, 09:50
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The fit is different, from perfect to ugly deformed parts. At least the provided masks cut form ORAMASK fits on the cabin windows inside and outside.
11 April, 20:06
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A warm welcome mates!
@Martin I will put it aside to the other Junkers Junkers D.I - Short fuselage | Project by bughunter (1:48) so together they have two wings 😉
@Christoph No need to apologise! Your build invited me to look into this type and finally to buy the kit!
16 April, 15:23
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I want to have a rotating prop as on my other models, so I made a new wooden prop with a little bearing.
Over the time the F-13 used different airscrews and mountings. Wood or later also metal was used.
The kit provides only a airscrew with a clamping aluminium cone but a check of original photos of my marking do not show one (I have not checked the other possible markings). It looks exactly like the one in the Budapest Aviation Museum: [img1]
So I tried to replicate that one.
The airscrew of the F-13 in the "Deutsches Museum" München with a aluminium cone looks beautiful too, but has a different shape and metal leading edge.
16 April, 16:25
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Thank very much for your nice comments - highly appreciated!
Now the build is hold for some days, due to the famous Mosonshow. My first visit there. CU!
18 April, 10:11
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The trend is towards a second air screw so I made another airscrew of a different type. New pictures from 14.
I used the F-13 of the Deutsches Museum as a template, see the great pictures here: igor113.livejournal.com/180302.html
Yesterday I made the airscrew, today the metal parts, final shaping and painting.
This special shape was a bit demading, but I wanted to see if I'm able to replicate it.
@Christoph(Postbote), you will need a 2.4mm drill to open the kit mount for the bearing, and a 3mm for a little recess on the front, And CA of course.
And I need your address. Please send me a Private Message.
I hope you will like this airscrew!
23 April, 20:11
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Thank you mates, I like it too. Now only the new owner of this second propeller needs to pop up ...
25 April, 19:56
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Not much happened the last days. At least I worked on the instrument panel (not sure what will be visible later).
The dreadful interior design has robbed me of my desire. What is this? Maybe I should have waited for MiniArt.
30 April, 19:30
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Carve it out and scratch build. I know it's a lot of work, but once we accept what we are faced with, the journey begins much better! I feel your pain!
30 April, 19:43
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Nice progress Bugsy!
The people that'll sit on the side are from a higher stature and as such are larger than life. Hence the big sofa 😉
30 April, 21:40