chrispisme Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I was innocently browsing topics wondering if Moa had started another build thread somewhere...when I came upon the subject of a aircraft I hadn’t heard of with a name I couldn’t pronounce and new it had to be him! a day late getting here and the model is already moving along at a pace! With a humorous master at the helm building muscles as he goes! Beware the sanding event horizon (Beware the sanding Jaberwoke!) I will admit to looking like the guy in the pile of plastic sanding dust after building the ATR 72 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) On 12/18/2020 at 1:46 PM, Moa said: Well, I heard Marcellus said long ago that Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark, but he may have been referring to other matters. I shall ask the Space Rangers to investigate. I don't trust those Vikings. They may be building a Draken ship in disguise for all we know. Next thing they are landing on your stretch of shore and plundering your kit stash. But thanks for the heads up, I shall follow that lead. I can confirm that the Danmarks Tekniske Museum (Danish Museum of Science and Technology) in Helsingør is building a replica Friedrichshafen F.F.49c, but I am constrained by the Convention on the Sharing of Alien Military Technology of the United Worlds of the Solar System from posting any images of said replica, lest the technology fall into the wrong hands/tentacles. I can also confirm that the Something Rotten is nothing more than a container of yogurt which reached its sell-by date several months ago and is now stinking up the refrigerator in the Museum's workshop. Edited December 19, 2020 by Space Ranger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Space Ranger said: I can confirm that the Danmarks Tekniske Museum (Danish Museum of Science and Technology) in Helsingør is building a replica Friedrichshafen F.F.49c, but I am constrained by the Convention on the Sharing of Alien Military Technology of the United Worlds of the Solar System from posting any images of said replica, lest the technology fall into the wrong hands/tentacles. Indeed! I have seen during the research phase before opening the thread that there are some photos online. They will be useful to an extent, but I am going for the cabin versions. Machines also differed from each other (different canopies, float struttery, tail, etc.). Appreciate the survey and no doubt you took pleasure in the probing too as you researched the site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Moa said: Appreciate the survey and no doubt you took pleasure in the probing too as you researched the site. Probing aliens is what the Space Rangers do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Yikes, I'm way behind on this one. I almost once applied for a Charles Atlas course, but failed, so remained the wimpy kid. What a fabulous collection of early Airliners that you have done. Your prolific modelling is a thing of beauty, and supports my theory the more you make the better and quicker you can do them, but these days I slip so far behind so fast I wonder where the time went, but following this one, and amazingly I didn't know of the existence of this Sierra Scale Models kit, my memory must be failing. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 34 minutes ago, Graeme H said: Yikes, I'm way behind on this one. I almost once applied for a Charles Atlas course, but failed, so remained the wimpy kid. What a fabulous collection of early Airliners that you have done. Your prolific modelling is a thing of beauty, and supports my theory the more you make the better and quicker you can do them, but these days I slip so far behind so fast I wonder where the time went, but following this one, and amazingly I didn't know of the existence of this Sierra Scale Models kit, my memory must be failing. Thanks, very kind words. It is true, the more you make, the faster you make them, and you accumulate more resources and techniques. But you have to allow yourself to make mistakes, and never let go. We impose ourselves such unreachable standards and goals, we forget how fun it used to be. We have top recover the fun, and still match the challenge, but joyfully. Or bitchingly, whatever works for us. It took several tries -and hours- to get my first carved laminated wood prop right, now I can make one in minutes, yawning. I could (anybody could, actually) make more detailed models slowing a bit down, but I like the balance point I am in now, a good, sustained, consistent output and reasonable detail. Fun and challenge nicely in some sort of equilibrium. Ommmmmmmm!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 The spares cornucopia may provide something useful for the exhaust, absent in the kit: And as I have suspected, the tail needs to be enlarged (up to the red line): No marks or good, clear indication of where the struts precisely go in the kit's plan, so their location is measured and marked: The surface under the wing has of course no detail. I found several methods to add "rib tape", today I used a two-blades-together approach: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Photos show that at least some of the civil planes had a different cutout on the lower wing, marked here with pencil until I determine the specific plane to be modeled: All the "rib tapes" were engraved: It's not easy to go half way into a thin styrene sheet to mark the position of the struts, and here I went through. A plug is in place now until I can redo the spot. On the lower wing, the struts positions closer to the fuselage were intentionally drilled through, as they connect with the floats struts and I plan to go all the way with a single length. The wing fuel tank position, absent in the kit, and most plans, and inaccurately indicated in the only plan that has it, is marked following photos. The cutout in the center section leading edge for the water radiator is done at this time: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Because of the nature of the molding process no detail is imprinted on one side of the parts, thus the aileron outlines have to be engraved on that "blind" side, being the wings just one surface, not upper and lower parts as usual. The positions for the aileron connector struts are marked at this stage, and metal control horns added: The new, larger vertical stabilizer is fabricated, and the elevators separated to be posed a bit deflected. All are given metal control horns, and rib detail under the horizontal stabilizer engraved: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Now a note on the meandering and ever-forking paths of subject-choosing: As I mentioned at the beginning, a large number of FF49c were converted to civil use, and therefore are eligible for any more-or-less straightforward civil conversion from any of the kits on the market (there are several) without having to deal with cabins and canopies. But if you want a cabin as I do, there were the LFG conversions and a few others. Having consulted the modeling underground in the form of fellow Ornithopters (a secret modeling organization), friends Sönke, Alain and Tracy came up with some additional information. Sönke pointed out that the LFG conversions involved widening the fuselage, thus requiring even more kit modification. I think that he is correct in regards to the 5-passenger conversions, but not the 3-pax ones, but there is no confirmation of this. Then we have a few other machines for which, as usual, the colors are a veritable nightmare, opening too widely the gates of speculation. The only firm grasp is so far on the Tiedemann machine, for which friend Sönke found the color: silver -with the Norwegian flag colors on the rudder and wooden floats-. Online https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QBCXvKC5-451ckOmObKL2z2sexcaM0a_KNtESEgQV8HTIbY5AEBaDrwrzFGmxLNeNX35QCyhb68yqror2JsfSgtlnCetU15JnojoYKUiPPDZb8kDwbvrCIHO3g you may find a drawing of the machine christened "Max" in red, but that is a questionable choice as the hue -being much lighter- has very little to do with the red on postal flag on the side (inaccurately rendered in the drawing as a spurious window, by the way). https://www.dauntless-soft.com/AviaQuiz/images/setN18_0275_a.jpg We keep mulling... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbob12 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Brilliant intro! Buckling up for the ride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, chrisbob12 said: Brilliant intro! Buckling up for the ride 🙂 Thanks, Chris. Besides buckling up, please wear a lifesaver, as this is a seaplane. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 The LFG V.1, V.2 and V.4: http://www.airwar.ru/enc/cw1/lfgv1.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Nice work! Once again nice model in making. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Such attention to detail and watch making skills, inspires me to try to strive to a higher level in my own work...I’ll never do it but it does inspire! seat belt and life vest on... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said: Nice work! Once again nice model in making. Thanks! We will try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, chrispisme said: Such attention to detail and watch making skills, inspires me to try to strive to a higher level in my own work...I’ll never do it but it does inspire! seat belt and life vest on... Chris, we don't believe you: you are already there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Moa's plastic therapy for us. There is something very satisfying watching your marvels come together. Great tip for the rib tapes . I had not thought of that, I have used two blades taped together , to use the p cutter with two blades in, inspired. Great work as usual Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Moa, A saucy thread with a bit of modelling on the side. SUPER start. Looking pretty impressive. Look forward to the next chapter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 The fuselage halves are taped together to be able to work on the pilot and cabin openings. I am going for a 3-pax version, of which seem to be more adaptations than for the 5-pax: Hardened, trained real modelers should be always on the look for useful stuff. I was doing my daily 7.000 kilometers run when I found this street iron lid, and I thought: "Why, this will be good for sanding the bigger parts". So I ripped it off from the sidewalk and brought it home. It's only 150 kilos, and probably needs a handle added, but hey, it was free! So you, wimps, with your sanding sticks and fancy sanding pads, take note!: 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said: Moa's plastic therapy for us. There is something very satisfying watching your marvels come together. Great tip for the rib tapes . I had not thought of that, I have used two blades taped together , to use the p cutter with two blades in, inspired. Great work as usual Chris Thanks Chris! Glad you enjoy the builds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, HOUSTON said: Moa, A saucy thread with a bit of modelling on the side. SUPER start. Looking pretty impressive. Look forward to the next chapter. Thanks Houston! For too long have modelers been pampered with nice kits that fit properly, have good instructions and impeccable decals; it's time modelers remember that this hobby is about tempering the soul through suffering! Per aspera ad astra! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 The kit's interior goes through its dry-run trail: Unlike every resin interior I have built on my entire modeling life, it fits: 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Measure twice and cut once... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 You may call a kit "optimistic" when you are given this.... ...to do this: 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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