spiton Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 !!!!! You are really sick !! ,-))))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 13 hours ago, waylandsmithy said: It looks great. Maybe add a money spider? Money spider Inspecting the wheels. Zoomed in I think they look a bit crappy now, opinions? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylandsmithy Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I misjudged the scale, a money spider is too big! I think they look good, particularly at that scale. Trying to add more spokes might lead to madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 I re-built the wheels anyway lol. I've done the canvas texturing, frame shading and also built a tiny Spandau LMG 08 with ported barrel shroud which was a hell of a task. Still lots of little details to go on the gun now it's in position. Starting to look alright. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very nice work! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylandsmithy Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Beautiful! I'm in awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Catching up with this one - I agree with others that you must be mad to work in this scale (and even madder to attempt a strip-down). But you are still producing a first class model. With the wheels I would make one with covers... You might find it helpful to refer to ww1.aircraftmodels.com - a modeller called Ondra scratch builds in this scale and he has made a Fokker EIII. You might get some useful tips from him. (His models are in the under construction section - not scratch builds on the contents page). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, pheonix said: Catching up with this one - I agree with others that you must be mad to work in this scale (and even madder to attempt a strip-down). But you are still producing a first class model. With the wheels I would make one with covers... You might find it helpful to refer to ww1.aircraftmodels.com - a modeller called Ondra scratch builds in this scale and he has made a Fokker EIII. You might get some useful tips from him. (His models are in the under construction section - not scratch builds on the contents page). Just found his model, hats off that's good. I may have to join that forum as I definitely have the bug for WW1 aircraft. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 How the dickens did you do that MG??! Amazing. My chosen scale but I’ve never dared attempt spoked wheels! Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 33 minutes ago, ajmm said: How the dickens did you do that MG??! Amazing. My chosen scale but I’ve never dared attempt spoked wheels! Bravo. I used a peice of polyethylene backed aluminium foil from a scalpel blade packet. I first painted the foil side black polyurethane primer and left to dry well. I used the tip of a fresh 11p scalpel to push elongated slots in a cooling jacket pattern. I then scraped off the polyethylene layer with a fresh blade so that the holes remain without closing over too much. Then I cut the piece of foil to length and diamater x pi (3.14) and rolled around one of the tiny drill bits I have. I glued a small piece of 0.3mm kanthal wire into the end for the barrel. I didn't attempt to have a hollow bore because that really would get me locked up. The belt was made from a tiny piece of brass that I used gentle pressure on the snips to make 'bullets' In rolling it lost some definition of the ports but certainly much better than the kit part. I will attempt to a front sight, cocking lever and feed mechanism on other side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Working on the undercarriage frame tonight. I did the spatter of crap from the engine on the cowling underside. The wings are also attached, I have not shaded the underside wings/fuselage to keep it lighter in colour and no one will look underneath at this scale when it's based up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) Progress has been slow recently, me and the wife have been ill so I've done nothing for a week. I tried to do some work on it whilst ill but had shaking hands and buggered a few things up. I managed accidently to strip off my fine shading on the rear fuselage by stupidly mounting it on blu-tac, but no worry I will re-do it. (See pic below for the damage) Lesson: don't try modelling if you are not 100% Anyway feeling much better tonight so I did some more work, I'm feeling very enthusiastic to finish it soon. A few more details and it'll be at the final stage, rigging, which I'm really not looking forward to on this kit due to long thin lines in exposed places. I am particularly pleased with the compass on the root of the right wing. Edited June 19, 2018 by SUB-SAM 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 That’s looking fantastic, hard to comprehend how tiny it is in reality! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 This is stunning work indeed. I occasionally do 1/144, mostly airliners, but am drawn to such miniature things! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Looking very good! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 I've rigged the underside and managed to attach those spoked wheels... Getting close to completion now. The rigging is with 0.05mm Kanthal A1 wire which I tempered/dulled with a cigarette lighter prior to use. To put size into perspective: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Very nice work! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 🤯 Mindblowing how small this is and the detail you’ve put into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 And again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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