Jochen Barett
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Make that "Hupen", Hupen is the noun, "hupen" is the verb. Egészségére! Or as our friends from the other side of the pond say: "Honk if you're horny!"
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On 16/04/2024 at 16:49, Lummox said:
Methinks I'm overdue an update. I can't believe it's two weeks since the last post - where on earth does the time go?
First some belated responses to comments... +++
Cheers Jochen. As ever, thank you for all the additional info. I might have known you'd come up with the goods, though if you'd provided those links earlier I might have made a better job of the voltage regulator.
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Paul.
Sorry I was so late, but I needed the third party input "voltage regulator". Before that I thought it might be some sort of relais.
Anyway, late again: German Hupen (Hupe one single klaxon, Hupen more than one) come from Bosch (not from Klaxon) and in case you search for or talk about "Hupen" be advised it is a German slang word like "bristols" (referencing precisely those, but not in the sense of helicopters or cars).
The real things for example (go grab the pics before the auctions are gone)
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https://www.ebay.de/itm/296353943534 (12V)
https://www.ebay.de/itm/385917198372 (12V)
https://www.ebay.de/itm/126351208603 (12V)
https://www.ebay.de/itm/384694814804 (6V)
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https://www.ebay.de/itm/394021009801 (6V)
https://www.ebay.de/itm/285806204929 (6V)
Oh, "Great work as always!" (makes me feel small and dirty watching you build)
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They have a promising part 1 but I'm missing part 2 (or any other continuation)
and there seems to be a parts list (GO AND GRAB THE PICTURES!) for sale
(but I don't see the date of print and it seems to cover a civilian version. Anyhow, it doesn't hurt to grab the pics).
And a cheaper offer with less pics BUT THAT IS THE Zusatzliste FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVE version of the L-4500 from 1954
A Lichtmaschinenregler / voltage regulator for a generator ("generator" as "opposed to an alternator") would belong "between generator and battery" and would have 4 contacts, 2 towards the generator, 2 towards the battery.
Exmaples for refurbished parts (they look spot on!):
And NOS (no cross slit screws!)
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15 hours ago, Pig of the Week said:
There was a point a few years ago as I recall, when Bovril was apparently made in a faux version that was meat free..
There is a vegan alternative to Easter eggs
https://www.der-postillon.com/2024/03/osterkartoffeln.html
Hope google translate will do the job for you ... and please do note: Der Postillon is a complete fake and fun website.
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17 hours ago, Philly1860 said:
Not just in Saudi Pete also in Bahrain & Qatar. Spent time in all 3 and wild horses could not drag me back to Saudi and I was in Jeddah! Having said that we all have a price and when approached a few years ago by a recruiter I explained you couldn't offer me enough to go back to Saudi he said "give me a number". So I told him 500k plus package. He said Stirling and I said yes, I was in the USA and was thinking $. He didn't react so I said I would be willing to negotiate....no surprise I did not hear back. I was really broken up about that one 😄😄.
All that aside you can't beat real bacon.
Regards
Colin
In case he had said "OK." you could still have added "That is per week naturally, not per month."
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On 25/03/2024 at 17:57, Seb.Ace said:
+++ To be honest, at this point I don't yet even know what I don't know. While I ran into several issues and would describe the result as rather shoddy I've had lots of fun and am severely hooked with the next few kits on order. I'll appreciate any and all feedback.
You knew how to push the build over the finish line! 👍
Sorry I can't help regarding a Kleer/Future substitute. I got a small jar when Jonny Kliesch still ran Rettkowsky. All floor polish products available around here look "unsuitable" so I never tried any of them.
More things to know about? The forum has more than enough. Just keep going and tackle one improvement after the other.
- After market parts (cockpit, wheels, gun barrels, you name it - they charge it)
- Filler (and sanding paper / sticks)
- More expensive brushes and other tools
- Masking tape and masking sets for canopy frames
- More authentic paints, and "better paint than the stuff included in the kits"
- Weathering and panel lines
- (Rigging and antenna wire when applicable)
- Airbrush
- Decal setting magic potions
- Clear (flat or glossy) coat
- Photo background
- DO NOT COMPARE YOUR MODEL TO OTHER BUILDS! "Das Vergleichen ist das Ende des Glücks und der Anfang der Unzufriedenheit."
- Do not turn into a tool collector
Just keep going!
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The video shows holes and offsets in the sheet metal 1:43 front, driver's side
and at 3:38 the front on the passenger side
who knows if that is original, repaired post war or restored in the museum?
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13 hours ago, Lummox said:
Cheers
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It's unclear whether the hanging off bit in the last picture is the strip itself or some kind of additional rubber seal:
I pondered how best to replicate the strip, fleetingly considering brass strip, but opting for thin styrene strip for ease of bending/drilling/attaching. The task ending up being as awkward as I feared, especially the tight bends around the firewall corners. We got there in the end though. It's not perfect but I think it will look OK under a coat of paint:
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That's it for now. Cheers, and thanks for looking,
Paul.
Don't shoot the messenger! But maybe you will get the urge to fill those holes some day (either with some kind of seal or cushion on top of them or with rivets holding the seal).
The "Popnieten" (or "Blindnieten" or "Ziehdonrnieten" = "pop rivets") in the front look "postwarish" to me, the Popniete was introduced in Germany in the 50ies (yes, it was known in the UK well before the war).
http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/Mercedes_4500.html
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6 hours ago, Mike said:
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The pic really shows up the imperfections, doesn't it?
Imperfections? What imperfections? Hans Müller (the painter) violated some LDV in order to get the plane back into service ASAP and he did a great Job.
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Avoid the Airfix 1/72 DH 88 by all means.
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Going by the proportions (fixed/moving part, fixed end thin/wide) and comparing to pics in this thread
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/ebay-heinkel-he162-salamander.42489/page-2
I wonder if there were (at least) two versions of the Heckleitwerk
another interesting pic
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/img019-jpg.702429/
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"Why do good guys typically move left to right and bad guys right to left?"
was he the good guy in the movie?
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PS and a Japanese site
https://m.blog.naver.com/gunny0134/221843287635
is giving a link to youtube (check exhaust stack at 0:09)
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I came across a nice still on this site: https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2023/01/einer-kam-durch/
Rudder looks a bit strange, a lot of stencils missing and the hole (in the Gruppe-bar) to push a bar through to jack up the rear end, canopy framing on the thin side flaps(?)
still not bad, it could be worse.
Check:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205223068
and
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On 29/02/2024 at 12:28, Vesa Jussila said:
Hi Folks!
Somehow I haven't managed to find proper hobby shop in Hamburg. So I try forum. So any ideas if there is good shop to get paints, kits etc. I believe there must be at least one.
The good old days are long gone. Butzi, Rasch, Rettkowsky, Feldmann, Dluzak, Modellbau Müller they all are history.
You may try Hartfelder, esp. the shop in the AEZhttps://www.hartfelder-spiel.de/hobby-und-technik/
and https://www.harburger-lokschuppen.de/
(despite "Harburg" in the name now located in Wandsbek)
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If I look at my historic wheelbarrow tyre (old, German, runs on grass and dirt ground) I'd go for a brownish cast in the black rubber and a light coat of dust and dirt on top of that. Moist grass cleans and blackens the running surface not the tyre walls. And it seems the Luftwaffe didn't clean and repaint the tyres more often than I do.
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On 19/01/2024 at 09:21, Sabrejet said:
We did that one already!
That one is so ugly, it does not hurt to mention it twice.
Another "non success" the Mitsubishi Lancer turbo 2000 ECI
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hasegawa-21138-mitsubishi-lancer-ex-2000-turbo--1308973
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/beemax-model-kits-10608-mitsubishi-lancer-turbo--1223698#
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In case it is an antenna (or it's dielectric cover) my guess: Bakelit (dark brown).
To my support (well, maybe we see it maybe we don't):
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I think mine (finished some 45+X years ago, probably painted with Humdrol 30) was one of the few Airfix kits (if not the only one) with "running" rubber tracks (maybe a Matilda was the other one).
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For some reason or the other Hr. Messerschmitt chose to use "primer" on those 109Gs anyway - at least for these propaganda shots (maybe just to confuse the Russians) - maybe nobody told him he didn''t need to use primer anymore since 1939 - maybe it was leftover RLM 78 that had to be used up (on aluminum parts only not on the tails supplied by a subcontractor), maybe.
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On 03/02/2024 at 20:58, Mark Proulx said:
The later "square" canopy could be retro-fitted to the earlier versions which is why it can't be an identifying feature.
Mark Proulx
Yes and no.
To me "E3" and "E4" are like shorthand for "an E already with wing canons but not yet vith ze Zusatztank and round canopy if you can't see ze Werknummer" and "an E already with wing canons but not yet vith ze Zusatztank and squarish canopy if you can't see ze Werknummer".
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Life is a long series of missed opportunities [Francis of Assisi]
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I considered buying one when it was new, "235000,-DM" said the price tag in the year 2000 (including hard top and the hard top storage thingie!). I should have, they go for 150000,- to 300000,-€ these days (1,95583 DM to 1€) check https://suchen.mobile.de/auto/bmw-z8.html
I wonder why I didn't buy one, probably spent the money on a house or some other foolish thing. Maybe I was just unhappy about the money they offered for my '87 e30 3-series BMW.
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Mercedes L 4500
in Work in Progress - Armour
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Learning German is probably a pain in the neck for some, but once you got used to capitalization of nouns you don't want to miss it. It helps to identify subject and object in a sentence fast(er). "time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" would be "Time flies like an Arrow, Fruitflies like a Banana" (still funny when spoken, easily understood when read in a book).
Before saying "Hupen" say "Streichholzschächtelchen" a few times.