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    Any Roland CII experts in here?

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    There is a thread in the RFI section by AdrianMF of the Airfix 1/72 Roland CII. The photos show a good example of the improvised mounting the Germans used with captured Lewis guns. I believe one early practioner may have been MvR.

     

    Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Thank you Gentlemen for the encouragement. Been a rush but finally got her together. Pictures are in the Gallery but to sum up I scratched the struts from Contrail and used rod for the outer supports. The wings are three quarters rigged as the rear wires were too difficult to get at after the dropping incident and rebuilding. Managed to squeeze some metallic painted masking tape above the exhaust as the heat shield and made a trestle for the front end. Hasn’t come out too bad so can live with it but may try to add some additional rigging later. I’m sure I’ve got some copper wire somewhere.

     

    Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Solved the problem by dropping it. One of the lower wings detached and the rest came adrift with a little pressure. Current status has the wings reattached with a longer rear strut of an inch as against 0.9 ins. Hope to get it at least respectable by Sunday. Front strut and some simplied rigging will have to do as I have other projects ongoing.  Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Thanks Steve, Torbjorn and Toby.  The wing struts are the likely culprits as the top wing looks ok when compared to photos and the box plans. They are kit supplied and were impossible to cut short so are either lacking in height or is it possible that earlier machines had increased dihedral. I'm thinking out loud only because the wing floats are of the early type. If not, the lower wings were attached with CA gel. If memory serves I think the solution involves nail polish remover?

     

    Regards, Steve

    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

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    Thanks for the comments. 

    Initially tried to cement a lower wing with polystrene glue. Intended it to almost set then install the strut when there was still waggle time. The glue did not like the plastic and resolutely refused to set at all so I eventually gave up and did what I’d been told to do. The white metal struts were CA’d to the top wing then the lower wings were glued into the fuselage locating slots. This worked but I seem to have more dihedral than expected. Wasn’t sure what has gone wrong as the support trestle is attached using the appropriate panel line as the guide. However, logic says the engine must be too high. With hindsight I think building the engine supports from scratch would have been better. Nonetheless it looks like an M5 so I’m going to leave it as is for the time being.  Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Thanks All for the comments. The engine support structure is white metal and therefore flexible. The fuselage struts are at the correct angle and the nacelle is CA'd to the flat cross support. Then you glue the strut with the engine attached, try and support while remembering this superglue, attach the other strut with a dab of glue on the cross support and let them come together. That's the theory and I'm sure you can all imagine the fun and games I had trying to bring it about. Suffice to say the engine is not as straight as I'd like but nowhere near as wonky as the photo suggests and the centre section strut holes do not match up. Serious enlargement of the latter will solve that problem and as the engine nacelle is under the wing I can live with the slight angle. I haven't needed a jig so far. The recommended method is to install the top wing and the struts, then add the lower wing and bring them together. Probably upside down seems best but time will tell. As for the support trestle I think a scratched one may have been better but this one is OOB.

    Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    A quick update. I’ve decided to paint the national colours on the undersides instead of using the roundels. Engine nacelle is made up and the floats are the earlier encased version. This made them easier to use so I’m going to leave them be. Next phase will be to build the engine support struts to hold the engine set up in place. Pegasus have supplied a pair of white metal struts which require the upper struts to be bent to the correct angle. Whether before or after the nacelle has been trapped between I have yet to decide.

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    Steve

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    Avro 504 bomber

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    Just seen this re-opening of an old thread. Mainly in reply to Paul H but I did convert the Airfix 504K to an early 504B.  Very similar to the A I believe. There are no WIP photos I'm afraid but a description of the work methods. Didn't alter the cockpits which are within my tolerance levels but the fuselage mods are worthwhile and the re-modelled cowling is a must. Hope this is of interest. The thread contains several other uses for the 504 kit.

    https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=41111&p=780805&hilit=avro+504#p780805

     

    Regards, Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Hi Stuart,

                  No specialist source I'm afraid just discards that a few folk have collected for me. I usually reduce the modern bone domes by filing and cover up Mae Wests etc with filler to try and make a leather jacket. Got a bit more done. The fuselage has a few gaps that need filling and one of the wing roundels broke up and will require touching up.

     

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    Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    I'm going to build this OOB with an added pilot to fill the hole. The kit supplied cockpit is a simple floor, instrument panel, control stick and seat. The latter two parts are white metal.  There are two fuselage sections which are separate because they are slightly concave and difficult to incorporate into the mould. Dry fitting indicates filler will be required. Once the fuselage is joined and the upper wing glued together painting will be next.

     

    Steve

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    Pegasus 1/72 Macchi M5

    in Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB II

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    Hi,

         Late on parade again but as my Dad used to say We've arrived and to prove it we're here. Been after this kit for years and finally nabbed it a few months ago. It's smaller than I expected but as it's a single seat fighter that's not surprising. Looks nice on the sprues and have started cleaning the parts up.

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    Regards, Steve

     

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