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13 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

A masterclass in scratch building. I wasn’t aware of the CII being a pusher!

 

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Adrian

Nor was I Adrian until I happened to discover it when searching for something else a couple of years ago. I had long wondered why the Albatros CI was followed into service by the CIII - never considered that there might have been a prototype between them.

 

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Evening All,

 

Thanks Col and Adrian for the kind comments - much appreciated.

 

I added the radiator between the pilot's cockpit and engine compartment and painted the model light blue - I am not certain that this is the correct colour but as I only have black and white images to work from I am happy with my interpretation. The machine seems to have been of a uniform colour except for the white squares for the background to the wing and rudder crosses:

 

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The next step was to fit the upper wing. The procedure is simple enough: I cemented the four outer wing struts to the lower wing and CA'd the bottom of the rudder post to the end of the V of the booms attached to the lower wing. While the cement and CA had a little wriggle room I put cement into the strut holes of the upper wing and a drop of CA on to the upper part of the rudder post, and gently lowered the top wing and boom assembly so that the struts and rudder post could be put into place. To add additional support I inserted the rear inner wing struts and jigged the structure with paint pots and left it to harden overnight. I forgot to take the photos with the paint pots for these pictures, but they will appear later:

 

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The remaining wing struts were fitted when the structure had been left overnight: here the complex jig arrangement has been set up to illustrate exactly how it works:

 

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To finish the struts I added the cabanes first, and then the boom struts. All of the wing and cabane struts were cut from 20 x 30 thou Evergreen strip and sanded to aerofoil section. The boom struts were slightly larger so they were cut form 20 x 40 thou strip:

 

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Thanks for looking.

 

P.

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While I've not the first clue about appropriate colours for German aircraft of this era your choice certainly looks 'right' and a single colour displays the complex nature of this machine's structure and the quality of your work off in fine style.

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Evening All,

 

Many thanks gentlemen for your positive comments - they are much appreciated.

 

I have completed the last parts of this build and the model is now complete. The first step was to make the main undercarriage which was fashioned from 30 thou card which was cut to V shape: well not quite a V as it has a short horizontal section between the legs. An axle was cut from 30 thou rod:

 

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A strip of 20 x 30 thou strip was filed to aerofoil section and attached to the forward parts of the legs to form a spreader bar. The tail skid was constructed from 20 thou rod and was a rather complex affair but was straightforward to construct:

 

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A propellor was carved from some hardwood strip and a boss made from a disc of 20 thou card:

 

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With the final painting completed, wheels fitted to the axle and propellor in place the model is finished. I have not put on the serial number or the coloured stripe on the nose as seen in some photographs: I have gone for the simpler finish:

 

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I will post more photographs in the gallery shortly.

 

My thanks to Col for suggesting this GB which has been great fun to follow and participate in. Thanks too to the moderators for keeping all of us who are participating in line!

 

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Saw the photos in the gallery - congrats on a finished lovely model! The blue finish is great, I think it’s even better without serials, makes it more prototype-y.

Would never have guessed it’s an Albatros - despite the typical Albatros land-brake!

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