fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 For some reason I forgot to upload this one, built about 2 years ago. It is related (a post war cabin modification of an existing type) to my current build of the LVG C.VI in passenger carrying guise too, posted as a WiP here at BM. In this small way, I would like to honor Edmund Rumpler, the creator of the plane. His contributions to aviation were vast and significant, and he also created a car that is a delight to contemplate, the Rumpler tropfenwagen. Because Rumpler was Jewish, he was later imprisoned by the despicable and moronic nazis, who destroyed his life and tried to ruin his legacy. This little and attractive bird was the cause of an enormous (and unexpected) amount of research. I am deeply thankful for the help received from Mr. Günter Frost and colleagues at the ADL site (Association of German Aviation History): http://www.adl-luftfahrthistorik.de/deutsch/adl_start.htm Their input was invaluable. Needless to say, any rights are theirs, and if any wrong was included, it's only mine. Their site has a plethora of interesting articles on Golden Era civil planes, mixed up with other subjects. My gratitude also goes to Sönke Schulz and Alain Bourret, indefatigable Ornithopters. Needless to say without the wonderful set from Mika Jernfors of Artic Decals there would have been no model. The Rumpler C.I (or 5A2) was converted to a limousine by the simple procedure of adding a cabin where the second position was, like putting a hat on, if you will. It was used by a short-lived German passenger airline know as Rumpler-Luftverkehr, or "that airline" for us not ready to venture into German pronunciation. My above-mentioned dear friend from Marzipanland, a province of Volkania, Sönke Schulz, and your humble have been interested in this machine for some time. Beware that at some point in the 30s a spurious hybrid (also named D290) was concocted for Lufthansa propaganda purposes and exhibited at a German museum, easy to tell apart from the original for many details, the most obvious perhaps a strange vertical stabilizer that has nothing to do with the Rumpler C.I, and wings that belonged to a C.IV. Painful and slow research provided now with data enough to build a model of the original. Many of you know my love for vacuum-formed kits. I got a quite nice Joystick Models (England) Rumpler C.I The kit is interesting, and as vacs go quite good. There are a couple things, though: the plan included in the instructions doesn't match the kit parts (or vice-versa), sometimes for more than a 1/4 inch. Those instructions do not have an exploded view or any indication as to where things go, but it's easy enough to guess. How the aileron works, different from the usual horn and cable or linkage: I carved a real laminated wood prop, only to realize that no photos showed a laminated prop (the laminations were not visible and the color was uniform): The decal sheet from Arctic Decals (I commissioned two subjects): 35 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Stunning is what I say, stunning. With those decals, you must be wanting/ building '103'? Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprue Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Beautiful 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Sweet machine and amazingly lovely model! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Very nice, Moa .... as always!! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 splendid work... and a true jewel (as with the others I must admit.... ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 And another stunner from the “MOA” Everytime you know to amaze me.... cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Ahhhh Moa - I have missed your many extraordinary models for a while. This is an absolutely stunning little model and shows more of your vac-form and scratch building skills. Interesting conversion, in real life as well as model form (and a very sad story regarding Edmund Rumpler). Another of those comfort for passengers and to hell with the pilot contraptions. Very neat looking aircraft though and a superb colour. Top notch as usual Moa - thanks. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Courageous said: With those decals, you must be wanting/ building '103'? Stuart 7 hours ago, sprue said: Beautiful 7 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Joachim 6 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: Martin 5 hours ago, Silenoz said: splendid work... and a true jewel (as with the others I must admit.... ) 5 hours ago, Silenoz said: 1 hour ago, janneman36 said: cheers, Jan 1 hour ago, Baldy said: Malcolm You are all very kind, glad you en joyed it. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Can't believe it is 1/72. A beautiful result. The gloss finish is superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmatt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Incredible skills you have! Bravo B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I am really pleased that you found that you had not posted this and rectified the omission as your models are such gems. Thanks too for the construction photos - always of great interest to see how you work. The photographs are, as usual, excellent and make the model look very realistic. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, pheonix said: I am really pleased that you found that you had not posted this and rectified the omission as your models are such gems. Thanks too for the construction photos - always of great interest to see how you work. The photographs are, as usual, excellent and make the model look very realistic. P You are as usual extraordinarily kind, P. I wish the models would be at the height of your praise! Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Master Class, truly a work of love. Thanks for sharing here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 38 minutes ago, tomthounaojam said: Master Class, truly a work of love. Thanks for sharing here. Always a pleasure. love, yes. master...nay 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 True beautiful result! I admire how neat are your builds. And the finish! Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Another very nice build. Thinking of your early post war builds, I was lucky enough to visit the Deutsche Technikmuseum in Berlin a couple of years ago where they have some very nice pre and early postwar WW1 Civil aircraft that have been beautifully restored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Very nice model, well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr T said: Another very nice build. Thinking of your early post war builds, I was lucky enough to visit the Deutsche Technikmuseum in Berlin a couple of years ago where they have some very nice pre and early postwar WW1 Civil aircraft that have been beautifully restored. There are indeed many beautiful planes there of the kind you mention, unfortunately mixed with despicable nazi junk, which I utterly despise. I will now digress a bit: Al least there is in that museum some balance regarding the many aspects of aviation, and not the all too common overwhelming glorification of war (in spite many are titled "Aviation Museums", and not "War Museums"). Modelers (this is a note in general, a reflection on the hobby) puzzle me. On one hand they seem to love the golden age and the pioneer periods, they get excited when they see the types, love their glamour and feel the wonderful nostalgia they evoke, many times commenting on the achievements of those eras, the beautiful lines, or charmingly odd designs, etc. On the other hand, at the time of sitting on the building board, yet another killing machine -and many times nazi junk- comes out. This is not intended to pontificate about anything (well, I hate nazi stuff of all kinds), and of course we should build whatever makes us happy, whatever gives us pleasure, a sense of accomplishment, and joy. The point is not that we build what we build (and here everybody is king or queen of his/her building board kingdom), the point is why. Oh dear, I am in trouble again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 What interested me about the museum was it dealt with, what for some visitors might have been uncomfortable, some of the issues around the past. For example in the railway section, there was a display about the role of the German railways in WW2 that made for unsettling reading. For anyone visiting Berlin I would recommend a trip here if you have most of a day spare. The DDR Museum is also worth it, if you are of a certain age, anyone remember ORWO film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phat trev Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 What a beautiful model! How did you cut out the parts so neatly? Have you any tips to share, I am about to start a 1/72 Joystick AEG C.IV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, phat trev said: What a beautiful model! How did you cut out the parts so neatly? Have you any tips to share, I am about to start a 1/72 Joystick AEG C.IV Hello I take it that you have built some vac kits before. Nothing really arcane, the usual way: using a fine permanent marker to follow the contour of the parts, score carefully repeated times with a new blade, bend gently back and forth the backing sheet until the part snaps clean, and the begin the general sanding, and thinning of trailing edges, checking that black line repeatedly. I think I posted here several builds in progress of vacs, in case the construction photos are any help. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Very nice indeed! Congrats on the finished piece. Did you throw it up in the air for the air to air shot? 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 30 minutes ago, mark.au said: Very nice indeed! Congrats on the finished piece. Did you throw it up in the air for the air to air shot? 🙂 It has a functioning 1/72 engine and programmable auto pilot, with a real pilot as a backup: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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