Bonhoff Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Hi all, my (First, there may be more) effort for this GB is Eduard's "Weekend Edition" DH-2 in 1/48th scale. Apparently not for beginners, before starting this my sum total of experience with biplanes is one Matchbox Walrus, a Frog Gladiator and a Revell Fokker DVII. The Walrus remains on the shelf of doom as all the single struts scared me.... Still, there are a couple of Airfix's recent biplane efforts in the stash for another day but I'm looking forward to the challenge of this one. If not the rigging.... Edited July 12, 2017 by Bonhoff Completed 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Nice looking kit. The 1/72 DH-2 I am building is rather crude. Greg in OK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hi Bonhoff, Great choice! I am going to do one of these as well, but the Profipack version for the extra added torture perhaps we can nudge each other along? Christian. exiled to africa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Excellent,this has been one of my favourite aircraft since building the old Revell kit centuries ago! Looking forward to this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Very nice! Good luck with the build. And the rigging! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre_days Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Great kit, best of luck with the build! I pulled my copy out of the stash but I think I'll hold off on building it until after I've practised rigging on something simpler...several possibilities for that which might fit with From Russia With Love or Matchbox II... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Spent a bit of time on it over the last couple of lunchtimes at work and this is where we are.... Couple of quick coats of Humbrol acrylic primer thinned with Vallejo thinners followed by Vallejo Dark Sand for the linen, Humbrol 110 for the wood and Vallejo London Grey for the metal bits, all with a hairystick then followed by a citadel brown wash. It'll do. The instruments are individual decals and they're tiny, fortunately they come with spares. Enjoying this. Although I've found a rigging guide online and it looks quite intimidating so the enjoyment may stop at some point. Quick addendum to original post: Remembered that I've built some more biplanes - Airfix Albatross, Walfisch and Sopwith Camel. When I was seven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi Bonoff, Looking good! You are doing better than me; I have just washed the plastic and started working out where to drill to place the eyelets for the rigging, (). I have been looking at photographs of the cockpit and am now in a quandary as how to paint it as there seems to be some that are in a light tonal finish, (grey), bare wood and differing points between. This is not helped by the WNW instructions that say either grey or wood. On-On! Christian, exiled to africa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 With regards to the cockpit I just followed Eduard's instructions and then reconciled their colour call out with what I had in my travelling toolbox. This fits in with my thinking of it was 100 years ago, no colour film then and no-one else in the family will question the colour scheme chez Bonhoff. Good job you mentioned drilling for the rigging - I was just going to add the wires to where the struts meet the wings and ignore the lack of turnbuckles in the Weekend version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I think that we are all going to enjoy this one Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Well if you need some practice rigging a biplane there's no better choice of subject than this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Minor annoyance averted!! You see the rod directly in front of the control column? Eduard supplied a beautifully delicate part for this which I think would be connecting the column to the elevator horns on the real thing. So delicate that it was all mishapen and in fact snapped in two when I removed it from the sprue. Fishing around for something to go in its place I found a pin, this then pinged off when I tried to cut it to length. Fishing once more I realised that the propelling pencil had a lead that would do the job. The lap strap is made from foil from the top of a big can of coffee from the office kitchen. View of the instrument panel. The cockpit is all buttoned up now and has been attached to the lower wing - Looking at the overall construction I think that this will turn out to be a model made up of various sub-assemblies - Engine next. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 This one is going well for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Still enjoying it. Have now primed the nacelle / lower wing and used a very fine brush along with a rather unsteady hand to give definition to the ribs, no way I was going to mask all that up. Hopefully a couple of thinned coats of my chosen Linen colour will still show the ribs afterwards. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Looking good, good initiative for the control column (you'd never know ) Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Top work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Looks good. I will be interested to see how your linen ribbing turns out. I masked up a Bleriot earlier this year for the same thing and couldn't really tell I'd done it when I took the masking off at the end! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Looking good so far. I shall attempt one of these in 1/32nd scale some time, in 1/48th all that rigging would give me nightmares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 3/11/2017 at 6:29 PM, AdrianMF said: I will be interested to see how your linen ribbing turns out. As it happens it's rubbish - I put most of the blame down to me deciding that I'd paint it at my desk with lots of thin layers of paint. Just can't get the paint to lay down consistently. Changed brushes, thinner for water and vice versa, Vallejo or Humbrol, Looks bl00dy awful now. Can't really see the ribs but even after 6/7/8 coats of paint I can still see the primer. Arrghh! Then I took a couple of photos to illustrate a modification to the plastic which I hope will help others - I thought the forward cabane struts (If that's not the correct term please let me know - The ones from the fuselage to the upper wing centre section) would end up splayed out as they were catching the raised plastic lip outlined in red. So I simply trimmed the lip off and now the struts can go vertical..... However - Upon inspection of the full size photos taken with the macro function on my tablet, the paint finish looks like the surface of the moon! Not just the linen but the Vallejo London Grey too. Tempted to take it home and see if I can't strip the paint back and use the airbrush instead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Before doing anything too drastic try a light rub with micromesh, that may tone down the effect to an acceptable level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 On 21/03/2017 at 6:42 PM, AndrewE said: Before doing anything too drastic try a light rub with micromesh, that may tone down the effect to an acceptable level. Followed AndrewE's advice and purchased some micromesh. Although it had a slight effect on the grey (rubbed down and varnished now) it just seemed to make matters worse on the linen. Ho hum. Back home it was then where I elected to respray the linen using Tamiya Deck Tan. Result! The highlights still showed through which isn't immediately apparent so hopefully can now get on with it again. Until next time, IanJ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Sorry! Although it looks nicely weathered now in the photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 1 hour ago, AndrewE said: Sorry! Although it looks nicely weathered now in the photos. Hardly your fault I did the sanding bit all by myself and managed to rub the paint off the ribs on part of the lower wing, that's when I took the decision to spray a patchy covering over it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 It's all gone quiet @Bonhoff! Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Sort of but am approximately 1390 miles from the Iancave so unable to do much involving pictures on this tablet. Will post when back in UK. IanJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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