Junkers F.13 - Revell 1/72nd scale with tweaks

[bentwaters81tfw]

I may have to get one of these, I have it's bigger trimotor G23/24 brother in the stash. They would look good together, and I have the Ju52/3m and a Tin Goose just to add to the corrugated fun.

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

Corrugated panels are added to the cockpit sides as per @Properjob56 suggestion

 

 

[GrzeM]

Fascinating build. As usual.

I know you have lots of photos but maybe these you will like too (there are three pages of them):

 

https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/search/e6e46d90c15519035f846682732b3fab:1/

 

Example:

 

And another one:

Edited May 20, 2020 by GrzeM

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

40 minutes ago, GrzeM said:

Fascinating build. As usual.

I know you have lots of photos but maybe these you will like too (there are three pages of them):

 

https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/search/e6e46d90c15519035f846682732b3fab:1/

 

Example:

 

 

And another one:

 

I do have them, but thanks nonetheless for having the impulse to help.

Appreciated!

Besides, good for other modelers.

Cheers

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

52 minutes ago, GrzeM said:

 

Notice, since you posted it, the unusual triangularly-shaped windshields, perhaps a field modification.

 

[sjsald]

This is looking super good per your normal fashion! Looking forward to the build  

[72modeler]

On 5/18/2020 at 6:40 PM, billn53 said:

For penance I suggest you should open up the hood and super detail the engine

Nah- make the bounder build a Mach 2 kit! 

Mike

[upnorth]

Great build of a great subject.

 

Another notable historical aspect of the F.13 was that it was the world's first corporate aircraft. The Bata company, of Bata shoe fame, was the first company to use aircraft for business to shuttle their execs around and work as couriers.

 

Company founder, Tomas Bata, was killed in 1932 when the company F.13 he was flying in crashed on take off.

 

There is a full scale replica of Bata's F.13 on display at the Tomas Bata memorial in Zlin, Czech Republic, the ancestral home of the Bata company:

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

10 hours ago, upnorth said:

Great build of a great subject.

 

Another notable historical aspect of the F.13 was that it was the world's first corporate aircraft. The Bata company, of Bata shoe fame, was the first company to use aircraft for business to shuttle their execs around and work as couriers.

 

Company founder, Tomas Bata, was killed in 1932 when the company F.13 he was flying in crashed on take off.

 

There is a full scale replica of Bata's F.13 on display at the Tomas Bata memorial in Zlin, Czech Republic, the ancestral home of the Bata company:

 

Incredible agility for such an old design, to be able to fly between those columns!

[upnorth]

49 minutes ago, Moa said:

Incredible agility for such an old design, to be able to fly between those columns!

 

You give a Czech enough beer and amazing things happen.

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The interior is ready to go in:

 

But before that, the transparencies need to be glued from the inside. They are ok, but not crystal-clear:

 

 

I decided to keep things simple, because I really want to build that diorama airfield for this model, and that won't happen if I start opening the door, the hood, and such. The model will have a very vibrant paint scheme, and that shall do it.

I even found that I have two more Mercedes engines of different types from Small Stuff.

As we know, most photos show the BMW engine, but many F.13s had the Mercedes (and others).

 

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

Not many know that some Junkers and Fokkers had the traction axis off-set.

The noses are therefore asymmetric:

[sjsald]

2 hours ago, Moa said:

Not many know that some Junkers and Fokkers had the traction axis off-set.

The noses are therefore asymmetric:

 

The interiors of your models are absolutely something to aspire too! Great work

[TheBaron]

Positively delicious work Moa.

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

1 hour ago, sjsald said:

The interiors of your models are absolutely something to aspire too! Great work

Well, in this particular case all the merit belongs to Revell and a few small jars of paint.

Nothing to do with me.

 

1 hour ago, TheBaron said:

Positively delicious work Moa.

Thanks, Baron.

The plastic is a little bit crunchy, though. Me dentist is not happy at all.

 

[Pin]

Wonderful build, as usual.

I thought that maybe you could be interested in a technique of making corrugated control surfaces such as rudders with thinnest possible trailing edge that Eugene Knupfer of Small Stuff has invented a while ago and that may be handy for your build

Here is the article, in Russian but with a lot of pictures so the idea is evident:

 

http://scalemodels.ru/articles/2850-izgotovlenie-gofrirovannykh-rulevykh-poverkhnostejj.html

 

 

 

[Properjob56]

Well that was frustrating. I could not get the wing and fuselage to fit together. Now normally that would be as a result of my bungling but not this time as the wing and fuselage insert are not made up of pieces that have to be cemented and/or filled with a subsequent risk of misalignment. They are both unbroken. The discrepancy was 2mm which in the smaller scales is significant. So I've sanded ...and sanded, taken off the locating pins in case they were snagging, ...sanded, taken slices offf with a knife ...and sanded. They just about fit now but of course there are gaps that have to be filled.

I suspect the problem was that Revell have carried the corrugations across the wing unbroken and that discrepancy has resulted in the misfit. 

I'll be interested to see if you have that problem and how you resolve it. I've done it through brute force and ignorance otherwise known as bodging.

 

Karma's a wonderful thing. Found that the painting guide drawing is the exact same size as the model. So, for those like me who are using the kit decals, this is a huge plus as 1. The markings, esp the wing bands, can be placed precisely with no guesswork, and 2. The curved demarcation line between the black and aluminium at the front, which I was not looking forward to, can be done by photocopying the painting guide and tracing the demarcation line onto masking tape. Prob not exact due to the corrugations on the fuselage but good enough, for me at least.

Edited May 21, 2020 by Properjob56
update

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

8 hours ago, Pin said:

Wonderful build, as usual.

I thought that maybe you could be interested in a technique of making corrugated control surfaces such as rudders with thinnest possible trailing edge that Eugene Knupfer of Small Stuff has invented a while ago and that may be handy for your build

Here is the article, in Russian but with a lot of pictures so the idea is evident:

 

http://scalemodels.ru/articles/2850-izgotovlenie-gofrirovannykh-rulevykh-poverkhnostejj.html

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Alexey.

Hey, Eugene is a genius with Superpowers, I am just a plain plastic bricklayer.

The talent of Eugene is beyond this world, I have many of his creations.

Now I will go and do some gardening until I forget what I just saw.

 

[Planebuilder62]

Hi Moa

Look out for putting spacres in the top of the fuselage before the roof goes on. The stoppers moulded in are not quite right.

 

Doing it right will give a nice roof to fuselage longitudinal join.

 

regards Toby

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

56 minutes ago, Planebuilder62 said:

Hi Moa

Look out for putting spacres in the top of the fuselage before the roof goes on. The stoppers moulded in are not quite right.

 

Doing it right will give a nice roof to fuselage longitudinal join.

 

regards Toby

Thanks, Toby, I will keep an eye on that.

Cheers

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

I am taking a little break as I just completed, and posted, one of the two Ju-86 airliners, and want to have a bit of time off to see if my butt gets back to its original rounder shape, instead of the flattened one that has now due to so many sitting building hours.

More to follow

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

 

The transparencies went on, a few curtains, and the fuselage halves were then united.

The nose piece was also glued to add rigidity and alignment, as well as the nose floor (still not attached in this photo, but glued later). No issues to report at the moment, save that the engine stands a bit proud (the angle is given by default by the cockpit/cabin pan kit part, but this is easily remedied):

 

 

Photos show ceiling lights, so those are added (I know, who will ever see them):

 

And look what Santa brought! (I will build this one on a different civil livery):

 

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The top fit is not good, and needs correction.

In that regards, this particular piece of advice from @Properjob56 did not go well.

The bulkhead between cockpit and cabin also has to recline.

The instructions clearly (and wrongly) show them vertical:

 

Now everything fits perfectly:

 

[billn53]

40 minutes ago, Moa said:

 

 

 

And look what Santa brought! (I will build this one on a different civil livery):

 

Wisconsin Central Airlines started with two Bobcats, before purchasing their Electras. I believe they were painted red overall, but have no idea of their specific markings, else I’d be sorely tempted....

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

No gaps to speak of: