Marklo Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I have far too many WIP threads on at the moment, bu t this is so wierd/Cute/straightforward that I couldn't leave it to languish in my stash so this will be a fairly quick (dare I say it) mojo restorer,, so without further ado. Not a lot to the kit, one sprue, a PE fret an instrument panel film and some decals. Interior PE folded, glued and painted a nice woody brown. And there we have it for the moment. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 You had me at 'wierdest WW1' ! Following Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 One of my favourites, I will be following with interest. Are you using any references for interior? I found them to be non existent and I wonder how they decided what the cockpit looked like. I have the drawing of this already printed in 1/144 scale for scratch building, which will be a hilariously small 4cm span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Can't beat a bit of offbeat stuff. To be honest when I first saw it I thought it was one of those Hasegawa Egg Planes. Truth that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Tomoshenko said: Can't beat a bit of offbeat stuff. To be honest when I first saw it I thought it was one of those Hasegawa Egg Planes. Truth that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction! It would be interesting to see what this would look like if Hasegawa did it as an Egg Plane. A good start and as a completely barking mad subject, I clearly have a duty to add my support to your endeavours Marklo. Dutiful of Mars 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I’m in! I was only looking at one of these with my figure hovering over the “Buy it Now!!” button the other day. I didn’t, as I’m rather pink lint, so this build is perfectly timed. Did they use many of these in action during the war? A wonderfully unusual design. Thanks for sharing here. Great stuff 👍 Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 2 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said: Did they use many of these in action during the war? No, it never went into service and only existed as a prototype AFAIK. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) Quote Are you using any references for interior? I found them to be non existent and I wonder how they decided what the cockpit looked like. Zero so far. I will go for plausible and use the likes of Albatros and Roland interiors to ground it. Quote Did they use many of these in action during the war? As far as my (limited ) research goes there were two prototypes built, both were flown but never armed. They were fast but difficult to fly and land due to the very poor forward visibility. Quote It would be interesting to see what this would look like if Hasegawa did it as an Egg Plane. If this looks like an egg plane of a Roland/Albatross then an egg plane of this should look like this (hmm far too many this's in that sentence) :- I see no flaws in my logic (ahem) Edited February 6, 2019 by Marklo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I can't comment as I haven't seen the logic. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Quote I can't comment as I haven't seen the logic. Probably for the best. I'm working purely from the basis of a mathematical transformation such as P(X) =Y where P is a transformation to an egg kit, X is the initial state and Y the final one. so P(Xfloh) =YFloh and P(XAlbatros) =YAlbatross now since the initial state of the Floh looks like and egg kit we can say the XFloh= YAlbatros making the end state of the albatross interchangeable with the initial state of the Flow thus XAlbatross =YFlow And thus P(XFloh)=XAlbatross QED Simple eh. also works for the Roland. This kind of thing keeps me sane (I think) Edited February 7, 2019 by Marklo 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I'm not confused At least no more not confused than usual Which may mean I'm not conf... Ah the hell with it, I'm riding along at the back Just... 'Cos. 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Quote I'm not confused At least no more not confused than usual Which may mean I'm not conf... Welcome to my world. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Anyone for a biscuit 🍪? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Paracetamol AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Professional help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Got the interior finished and the fuselage zipped up as well as the lower wings fitted and some filling and sanding. A funny kit, needed to have all the attachment holes drilled as they were just molded dimples and needed a bit of filler even though the moldings look quite crisp. Still not a lot of building to be done before painting and rigging can commence. I must admit everytime I look at this thing it makes me smile, it' so odd looking. Edited March 25, 2019 by Marklo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The mighty Floh! I love the Floh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Progress. Almost built now, just the wheels, prop and a few photo etch bits as well as the rigging (all holes drilled) This is it next to my FW190 (same scale btw) for comparison, staggering to think that just over 20 years of aircraft development separate the two, I always find the pace of technology development in the 20th and 21st century amazing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Excellent !! Just keep going with the floh.......... Rog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbagger Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Hi all, The DFW T.28 'Floh' (Flea) was designed as a high speed fighter, which proved to be the case during test flights of the prototypes, as its speed was better than most at that time. A single machine gun was to be installed inside the forward fuselage. A second prototype was made with a redesigned elevator. However pilot visibility was bad and a test flight ended up with the aircraft undercarriage being damaged, it was dropped and never made it into operational service. I built the resin 1:32nd scale model from 'Planet Models', with a few modifications. Photos and PDF build log are at: Mikes WW1 aircraft models Edited March 27, 2019 by Sandbagger 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 That is a lovely build Sandbagger. Hopefully mine will come close Quote going with the floh Well it is definitely one of my favourite songs ) ( Queens of the Stoneage that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbagger Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 You have the disadvantage of working in a smaller scale, but you are making a great job out of the kit. I'm looking forward to the final reveal, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Quote You have the disadvantage of working in a smaller scale, but you are making a great job out of the kit. I'm looking forward to the final reveal, Thank you. I have noticed that my undercarriage is a bit eccentric (like it's builder) , so may need some surgery this evening and I'm in the process of scortchbriting off the grey paint that went on extremely patchily and with extra hairs from a new brush (grrrr) so so far so good. Actually I'm in the process of making my default scale 1/48 from 1/72 (only two complete builds so far and one of them (my scratchbuilt Pup) is back on the bench owing to act of Cat) so it seems (comparatively) huge to me. I'm saving 1/32 and 1/24 scale for my latter years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) Paint started. After much deliberation I ended up using AK interactive RFC Battleship grey as it has a nice blue hue to it ant is relatively pale, and is the closest (i think, possibly a l;ittl e dark, but it looks nice) to the required colour without making up a mix, I did also consider Testors Light ghost grey and Compucolour RLM 74 Hellgrau, but neither really did it for me. The AK paint is a bit funny, It's nice to brush paint, but it took about 4 coats to get a good finish, now I didn't exactly help myself here because I was using a new bristle brush at first and it kept shedding, so lots of scraping and scotchbrite was needed between coats to remove blemishes and drips. I changed to a decently large synthetic brush for the later coats and it made things much easier. I also started lining out the black wing edges. Using a cunning tool made from some sheet and a polythene tube and a paint marker. The inner line is good the outer one messy so that's ok, once I've filled in the lines and done the corners. All told shaping up well. Once the lining is finished I, just need to rig it and do the decals and it's just about done. Edited April 1, 2019 by Marklo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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