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| edtherenderman, Image # 42203 | 26 May 20 11:54 |
Starboard view |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42202 | 26 May 20 11:54 |
Port side view. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42201 | 26 May 20 11:53 |
Got two solid days of modeling in over the long weekend. Attached the bottom wing and filled in the fuse bottom. Painted fuse and applied decals. Attached rudder and bottom elevators. Building up landing gear. Finished, but have not installed the engine cowlings. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 42180 | 18 May 20 08:57 |
| That worked very well. I'm thinking that you may be glad to go to work today and rest a bit. Nice job.
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| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 42178 | 18 May 20 08:46 |
| like the detail! |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42181 | 18 May 20 08:34 |
bottom tail feathers |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42180 | 18 May 20 08:33 |
Top of tail feathers. Only the tail feathers of the fuse will have visible camo. The rest of the fuse will be painted a dark gray-blue. The aircraft came from the factory with hand painted lozenge camo over the entire fuse, but most Jastas painted over it. That’s what I’m going to represent here. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42179 | 18 May 20 08:30 |
Underside with rib tapes |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42178 | 18 May 20 08:30 |
Finished all the camo decals this weekend. Rib tapes are strips 1/16” wide cut from a large block of camo printed for that purpose. It took a LOT of time to do them! I could have faked them and just added them to the larger decals, but I was afraid it would be difficult to align them with the ribs, so I opted for this method. It actually worked better because I didn’t have to worry about being precise in decal placement, and I was able to cover the seams where I had to split the decals One lesson learned. Paint the entire model with white gloss instead of clear. Even printed on white background waterside paper, the decals are a little transparent and lose some vibrancy. Putting them on a white background would help a lot. There is still some touchup to do with paint, but I’m happy with the results. I couldn’t imagine trying to paint that many lozenges! |
| edtherenderman, Comment for image # 41973 | 15 May 20 15:15 |
| Thanks for the comments! I didn't know that Williams Bros, are still in business. I used their kits all the time for r/c aircraft. Good stuff.
@Biplane Guy: I sure hope we never get to that reality! I probably put in 80 hours just creating the 3D model for the engine, not counting printing, painting, assembly, etc. But to me, its the same love of modeling, just a different media. I love it all. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 41973 | 15 May 20 11:28 |
| In the last couple of years I had emailed the owner of Williams Bros. and asked if they were going to make engines in different scales, particularly 1/16 scale. He said he was looking into 3-D printing. Maybe soon...? Ed, this is really awesome. Looking forward to seeing this one completed. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 42161 | 14 May 20 10:07 |
| That's really something! Your details are terrific, not to mention the plane itself. Looking forward to seeing hou the decals work out.
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| edbecky, Comment for image # 42157 | 14 May 20 09:49 |
| Nice job. I also, really like the motor. |
| edtherenderman, Comment for image # 42157 | 14 May 20 08:12 |
| Thanks for the comments! I getting down to the last of the work. I worked on putting more of the camo decals on and should have those done this week. After that, just a few more parts to print, then paint, assembly and weathering! |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 42157 | 13 May 20 19:55 |
| Great building going on here - and a nice tidy work area too - all part of the enjoyment of this site and it's members! |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 42157 | 12 May 20 23:54 |
| oh this is just awesome! look at that motor! Fuselage gunner position 'swell' around the opening looks just perfect. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42161 | 12 May 20 21:52 |
And the Parabellum. This will have the round magazine attached with a short belt of rounds running from the mag into the receiver. If you look at the trigger and trigger guard, you can see the fine detail I can get with a 3D printer. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42160 | 12 May 20 21:50 |
Close-up of Spandau machine gun. This is mounted in the right hand side upper fuse. It fire through the curve of the exhausts and is partially faired in by the cockpit combing and the engine cover. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42159 | 12 May 20 21:48 |
I’ve also been busy modeling and 3D printing parts: The upper row are he engine covers. Left is on the left, right are the two pieces to the right and a small piece that goes in between Middle row: Wheels (printed halves and glued together), Observer gun ring with Parabellum machine gun and mount Bottom row: Spandau machine gun, round magazine for Parabellum, and two throttle quadrants I need to add inside the cockpit. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 42158 | 12 May 20 21:44 |
Fuse underside |
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