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Broplan vacu duo: Ripon and MF 11 plus Douglas DT 2 sctrach conversion


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Hi Jerzy,

 

Nice work on the rigging. A very useful tip with the sprue glued on the end – I may need that kind of help later!

 

Regards,

David

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3 hours ago, Dazey said:

Nice work on the rigging. A very useful tip with the sprue glued on the end – I may need that kind of help later!

Thank you David. I invented this trick lat winter, when I met static electricity problem doing Ardpol Douglases (O-39E or O2MC) - the resin kits which were charging more strongly than styrene ones would. However I found another advatage of this method very soon, while building (and re-shaping) in this spring Polikarpov R-Z  by SH (thread was on Work in Progress). I made a mistake and I  have to cut two cables and move them about 1 cm on side. Due to elastic nature of E-Z I have found that I can cut it, drill a new hole and use such "needle" to extend the lenght just for a while before final glueing. The E-Z was at end more streched but I did not need to re-work riging: in case of R-Z from single a hole three cables were going (also this my wrongly positioned) so if I would have to cut on second end it will end in very massive re-riging...

Cheers

J-W

 

 

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Hi,

Report from what happend during week-end. 

MF 11 Hoever:

I glued floats . I gave some puty on junction to make it later sharpen from bottom and smoother on top:

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I started work on exhaust pipes. Two parts of collector are visible behind engine

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I've used Revell Lancaster decal for set belts

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Douglas DT 2

I made resin copy of Fokker CVD propeller and doubled it for 4-blades prop (the diameter is Ok within uncertainty of calculation from photo)

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Engine has 28 camshaft rods added (as in case of Hoever was). As you see engine is drilled out to make prop rotable.

It was then painted and mounted

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The floats were glued in positions:

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The oil coller for both AS Panther engines (DT2 and MF11) I will copy from cooler of LF Fokker CVD (Norwegian, AS PAnther)

Here it is immersed in silica

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Blackburn Ripon

Detailing includes ledder, paddles, anchor, bomb racks and pehaps also bombs themselves (German deep charges I think)

I started from ledder and paddles

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Here ledder after some cleaning on position

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As you see decals were appaied 

Some more viewes:

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A close up into cockpit

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Cheers

J-W

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Many thanks, Jaime.

I am just back home from work - the eveving can bring some progress on deteiling: gunner infrastructure, bomb racks, windshield, anchor...

cheers

J-W

 

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Some results of Ripon detiling

Bomb racks

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(meanwhile I tried to soft decals, therefore some looks not OK)

 

Navi lamp (drop of resin glue, to be painted ) and pitot on strut

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Anchor with rope and paddle

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Ledder

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Windscreen, gunsight and petrol pipe (left from windscreen, from bottom of tank and along the strut)

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MG (under construction)

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To be cont

J-W

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13 minutes ago, jrlx said:

Great detailing! How did you do the bomb racks?

Thanks! I glued each one from  6 pieces of stretched sprue: two long, two short and two bound. On a flat piece of silicon I glued with Tamiya low viscosity glue vertical short pieces between two long stretched sprues. After cementing I was adding two bounded on top. 

I hope it recalls what should be 

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Cheers

J-W

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Hi,

Many thanks, Gents for comments.

Next detail - MG.

I took MG from old KP Letov 328 (a bit modified). Rest is scratch (from streched sprue and plastic tool for tea mixing :) )

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to be cont.

Cheers

J-W

 

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I always enjoy your WiPs J-W and this one is no exception, I missed the beginning but am thoroughly up to speed now. Nice use of plastic coffee stirrers; everywhere I go now has wooden stirrers, I must find a café that uses plastic ones.

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 Many thanks Jaime, Beard and Phoenix! I appreciete. 

This is I think 13th (or 12th?) vacu form I did in my live. The Broplan set is nicely done, in hard plastic, surface details almost does not need to be corrected. In my sheets I have only to sharp edges of tank on upper wing. I have some ten Broplan kits in stash - I have to made them soon, since all are of very unique and tasty beasts. 

RFI with more photos is here

Cheers

J-W

 

 

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Gents, many thanks for comment on Ripon. Appreciated :)

 

I continued work on Hoever MF 11 (small progress on floats and DT 2. 

The upper wing of Douglas on position:

 

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Riging on half-way

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To be continued

Cheers

J-W

 

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