8 partly rolled - I then completed each one to a 180 degree roll, so their tabs would fit the receiving slots, and also (just because) put in a tighter roll on the cylinder necks.........
Here's the 8 cylinder heads fitted to the backing plate - Hey, it looks as good as any photo-etched radial engine in 1:72 scale. You'll have to zoom in closer to see that tighter roll I put in.
Fuselage bending & joining time - I got a bit over-enthusiastic on the bending & had to back-it-off a bit! Vary careful crimping around the rudder, to keep all that paint intact. The pilot's seat is installed at this stage.
Time to attach the bottom of the "middle" wing to the fuselage - I decided to strengthen this with a couple of dabs of CA Superglue. Also, remember to fold up the wing edges at this point.
Also attached is the elevators & fuselage top - I decided to use hidden tabs/eyes for these 4 connections. Looks better, but quite fiddly.
next to make the machine guns to fit the top of the fuselage/middle wing.
You'll need your finest width pliers here - around 1mm should do it. some very tricky fold & connections.
Machine guns mounted - this firms them up a lot.
On to the upper wing brackets......
There's a little-known Star Wars quote to be applied here...
"Don't use the force here, Luke - There's no strength to be found here!".......!;^)}
ALERT: don't forget to mould the upper aerofoil shape into the top of the wing. If you don't do this (like I just did!!) it wont fit into the eyes on the under-wing section in following steps.
building the aerofoil shape into the upper surface undercarriage "winglet" - use the lower surface as a guid to how much aerofoil you need to put in place.
Page 4 of 4: Preparing the aerofoil curve for the upper surface of the lower wing - used a 5.0mm dowel to start the curve, then matched it with the bottom surface of the lower wing
wilky I wonder what Manfred would think of the metallic duco?
28 May 2021, 06:30
Roger Trewenack I'm sure he'd love it!! - Hey, there's enough reason to paint all you German armour & aircraft in metallic finishes!!!!! - hmmm...... Tiger I in Metallic Green - Wow!!
Yet another new pre-painted "model" from Fascination - I say "model" because this one actually shows a scale of 1:70. So lets see how that compares with a 72nd scale model of a Fokker DR.I (Not that I've built one, but I have 1 in my stash, so I can compare a little.)
Looks pretty good from the outside....................let's go inside
Completed - Loved it!! - Magnifying lenses all the way on this one, and small pliers, and BIG patience!!
And read and UNDERSTAND the instructions, including not forgetting the basics of flight - aerofoil!!!
Roger Trewenack
