Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Dr. YoKai on December 22, 2014, 10:21:45 AM

Title: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on December 22, 2014, 10:21:45 AM: I'll be mining the Great War for build concepts for a while yet -figured I'd group them under
appropraite banners. First up, the Bristol Triplane is coming along. I need to finishe the rigging,
(and re-do a bit of it :icon_crap:) touch up the paint, and see if twenty or thirty year old Airfix decals are still viable.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10357530_10205225471305888_2696343115203676073_n.jpg?oh=c4449a5c1b32800b323ca2b73a2a72ab&oe=550705B6&__gda__=1426280649_d569a9c447f6137bf05e0e692212ae92)
One curious discovery while build this - I had gotten two different boxings of the kit, and some time
between the two releases, they pilot figures were resculpted.
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Something I started on, and leap-frogged to finish first, was this Hansa-Brandenberg.
Sporting the designation G.III, it comes from the notion that Heinkel started thinking about he monoplane formula before the creation of the W.29, and applied it to a twin engine bomber.
This is mostly the old Meikraft kit, with wing inserts from the Pegasus kit. The latter's wings
were the right shape, but only about half the thinkness, so I laminated them up with strip and
shaped them to match. The nose section, which mounts a 5 cm cannon in addition to the
parabellum, came from a cast off section of the Bristol fighter fuselage. ( The cannon was inspired
by reports that the Hansa-Brandenberg G. I, though unsuccessful in service, was used as a
testbed for a variety of heavy cannon. The tailplane also derives from the shape of the G. I )
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10367132_10204855123767431_4074490322573109250_n.jpg?oh=29f6a15aa5713f038ba767c04bdc1d61&oe=5503555B&__gda__=1430284606_dfadf6cf85915d69d967fa3c0c51368d)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/15273_10204855119607327_1944885385437359573_n.jpg?oh=812159030fccfaacdcfceca730ca3515&oe=554517E7&__gda__=1429817894_edc1d254b7ae77612c4857e4f851e05a)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10410417_10205109159918176_8466918500814279200_n.jpg?oh=21a2b18111280f08e20dc9d908689992&oe=5501AE24&__gda__=1425763890_60f24684d9c8592683c9d6a1f21eb3b3)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1549459_10205225473705948_2372819976837585943_n.jpg?oh=80fc30cc974c701512ede22e57691abb&oe=5535EB0D&__gda__=1430417030_3ea1d0b8b407e8436ea539d4310c1b84)
Something I picked up at the Austin show in October was a Merlin Fokker D. VIII. Floats from the
Brandenbergs were starting to to pile up, so...
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(https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10624668_10205225686631271_5657925508113007823_n.jpg?oh=0fd573008a526240189e04f23c0dcfbc&oe=54FDDA59)
I need to find a sheet of late-war crosses, but the Fokker W. VIII is pretty much done as well.
On the morrow, pics of the AEG DN. IV, from the Classic Airplanes vacuform kit.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: finsrin on December 22, 2014, 10:44:19 AM: Hansa-Brandenberg comes out so well in that blue and top of fuselage finish :)
Tail surfaces appear to have much higher critical Mach than main wing ;D
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Rickshaw on December 22, 2014, 10:47:34 AM: I must admit, I do like the Lozenge camouflage finish. 8)
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on March 26, 2018, 06:36:01 AM: My interest has revived as the centennial of the War's end approaches. Two quick recent projects - a Toko Pfalz D XII, and a whifed Roland C IIdr. I had picked up a pair of Airfix C IIs for two dollars apiece, and the triplane just seemed obvious.
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29542241_10215274369962074_5534788702554698058_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=c3148bb49009eaa4a55dafcfa6950c2e&oe=5B351208)
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29572325_10215274370002075_6100970972617921309_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=7e9be36ef0094b8f58c888d5b0711945&oe=5B279625)
More notes anon.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Frank3k on March 26, 2018, 07:13:18 AM: Great job on both! The camo colors look great.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 26, 2018, 05:37:00 PM: Well done, Doc! Those look every bit the business!

Nice work on the camo which looks spot-on!

Triplaning that Roland was truly inspired.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Old Wombat on March 26, 2018, 07:30:31 PM: Great W.W.1ders, Doc! :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on March 26, 2018, 10:01:50 PM: Thanks for the compliments. colleagues! The paints a re from a new AK interactive set - WW ! German colors - and while they are pricey, they
are pretty good when airbrushed. The Roland scheme is bit whiff - while the more common image of the C II is in all white, some were given a
two tone brown/green upper surface in the 1916 period. Since the purple/green combination started showing up in 1917, I blended two slightly
different patterns for a purple/ brown combination, reasoning that it might have suited the mud of the trenches a little more effectively. The
'canopy' was inspired by some closed and partially closed cockpit experiments carried out on some other C-class observation planes.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: stevehed on April 17, 2018, 07:07:00 AM: My first post and as a WW1 afficianado I had to make it here. Love the Roland but wondered if the 2014 photos could be resurrected.

Regards, Steve
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on April 17, 2018, 09:31:27 AM: I had noticed they had gone missing - thanks for the reminder. it will probably be a day or two, but I'll put them up. thanks for asking.
Or I could just go ahead and do it now...
This is the other Hansa Brandenberg W.29 whif, a single engine reccon/close support land version. The observer's gun is supposed to be a Becker 20 mm, but I think it's a little overscale.
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16298_10204281875076572_3182954395013699051_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=2cc3469187b4c3d036d1d35293dbe35c&oe=5B609E28)

And the twin-engine version described above

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Looks like I'll have to take some pictures of the finished Fokker D. VIIIW
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 17, 2018, 05:31:13 PM: Those are just great, Doc!

I especially like that twin-engined beauty!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: finsrin on April 17, 2018, 05:33:29 PM: Quote from: Brian da Basher on April 17, 2018, 05:31:13 PM
Those are just great, Doc!

I especially like that twin-engined beauty!

Brian da Basher

Ditto
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2018, 01:16:29 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: stevehed on April 18, 2018, 06:33:36 AM: Thanks Doc, two beauties.

Steve
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: ysi_maniac on April 18, 2018, 09:53:55 AM: Every WWI subject look a whif ;) 8)

WWI monoplanes are so cool! :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Camthalion on April 24, 2018, 05:31:19 AM: very cool. nice work
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on June 03, 2019, 07:26:40 AM: The Moeller I, one of a trio of prototypes for the Imperial Russian Air service built in 1912-13. Far as I l know, none were successful. Hlaf-tone plan views in 1/72 are in Nowara and Duval's Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-11969. Mostly Evergreen sheet and rod stock so far - details will largely come from a Sopwith Triplane that I will have to turn into a glide bomb or something.
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(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/61589296_10218398471422658_9221346843810594816_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=AQmXc-b30YV4bngeaZPfxA1fzhwQUK-B6L6zwLCbcaWz6kp2vMZq6_2zzRMBXWJBNomwYMll-CuFYJAy87URFTXf&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=b42c4c69af281b2ae2a69d7df58a77be&oe=5D991103)
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 03, 2019, 07:53:48 AM: That's some fantastic scratch-building there Doc!

I never heard of this aircraft before. That lattice-like tail assembly reminds me of the DH-2.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Frank3k on June 03, 2019, 09:49:50 AM: Craig - looks like a great start! Are you using the Harry Woodman book? (http://web.archive.org/web/20080122044909/www.wwimodeler.com/harry/woodman.html) He suggests the same technique for making the airfoil.
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: elmayerle on June 03, 2019, 12:04:22 PM: Beautiful!!
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 04, 2019, 02:05:56 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on June 04, 2019, 07:47:48 AM: Quote from: Frank3k on June 03, 2019, 09:49:50 AM
Craig - looks like a great start! Are you using the Harry Woodman book? ([url]http://web.archive.org/web/20080122044909/www.wwimodeler.com/harry/woodman.html[/url]) He suggests the same technique for making the airfoil.

I remember you mentioning the book awhile back - but I've been studying the techniques Gabriel Stern uses in his builds at ARC. I would
not be surprised if he uses the Woodman book. And I'll probably start reading it myself - I keep finding WW 1 subjects that either don't have
kit, or are too bloody expensive for something I'm probably going to give lasers and an FTL drive.... ;)

Thanks all!
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on June 17, 2019, 07:11:25 AM: Progress continues - I would have gotten most of this done last weekend, but yard work and a necessary second viewing of Godzilla, King of the Monsters intervened...
I need to dig through the tools and see if I can find my micro bits, and then off to the fabric shop for a spool of 'invisible' sewing thread to do the rigging. Paint next weekend, I hope.

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Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Frank3k on June 17, 2019, 07:36:29 AM: Wow - that's coming along! Are you using wing warping on the main wings?
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 17, 2019, 04:18:27 PM: That's some fine progress Doc and I can't fault you about taking time out for Godzilla. Never argue with the King of the Monsters!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on June 17, 2019, 11:41:50 PM: Quote from: Frank3k on June 17, 2019, 07:36:29 AM
Wow - that's coming along! Are you using wing warping on the main wings?

Yes - from the drawing, it's fairly clear that the main wings were controlled that way - though the cables are not nearly as complicated
as a Taube. This should be a good way of easing back into the most daunting part of any early aircraft build. I'm probably going to go with
one or two more whiffs before I tackle a big project - either the Linke-Hoffman R I or R II.
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Camthalion on June 20, 2019, 08:42:46 AM: looking really good
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: taiidantomcat on June 23, 2019, 04:29:06 AM: WOW!! :o :-*
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on July 08, 2019, 06:25:40 AM: Thanks for the kind words - here's the finished build. ( Two months start to finish - I really should start entering Group Builds again... ;) )
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(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66233091_10218665295693098_6952580938643537920_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQldzDDapdn8okzRF275ydvB5nKp-HTpQ5vcTYHbUeE_IY06ggx6Ly8RbD4j2fMIX_tGY4SSFpceZtqj3Xrhw0qn&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=3519a18956057ff24f61847033edb82c&oe=5DAC860B)

(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66134708_10218665295773100_4337066178888335360_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQngJuVVt4W82hlJ7RLhSt5DoqO_HisKpXpWvkD9raJcg87zSnkJUz0UO6lSuov55qzHXEl5fQPWz3jQkG-2p7hL&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=5aa0be72e007150746b389965d670777&oe=5DA8FC4C)

Next up will be a Whiffed Salmson-Moineau SM 1.
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Old Wombat on July 08, 2019, 11:13:17 AM: Great build, Doc! :smiley:

Given the weird & wonderful designs that emerged during WW1, I could see some "experts" being taken in by this. ;)
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: finsrin on July 08, 2019, 12:45:28 PM: Quote from: Old Wombat on July 08, 2019, 11:13:17 AM
Great build, Doc! :smiley:

Given the weird & wonderful designs that emerged during WW1, I could see some "experts" being taken in by this. ;)

Completely agree.
Looks like a RW possibility to me.
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 09, 2019, 03:47:57 AM: The cool concept, the rigging, the representation of CDL, it's all simply exquisite!
:-* :-* :-*
The only thing that could make it any better would be spats.
:-*
Ahem.

Quite the stunner there, Doc!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's (Pre- ) World War Oneders - Air
Post by: Dr. YoKai on July 10, 2019, 09:01:50 PM: Thanks all - took me a minute to figure out 'CDL' ( Clear Doped Linen, yes? ) but thanks! ( And I have to note that the CDL is actually a shade of
Model master acrylic called 'flesh'... ( Mwahahah ) But it looks a bit better than the sand yellow/light grey mix I tried first.

I should also note this was a real aircraft - the only liberties I took were with the wheels, which are a bit larger than the ones shown in the drawings.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on July 25, 2019, 11:47:54 PM: A long time favorite, the British A D Scout was intended for Anti-Zeppelin duties.
(http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/Fighters/8-1.jpg)
It never carried its intended armament of a 2 pounder
Davis recoilless gun, and probably just as well. What little information remains about the plane indicates it was rather flimsily constructed,
and tricky to fly in the bargain. But I like the look of the thing, and where there's a whif, there's a way. Build pictures this evening.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Frank3k on July 26, 2019, 01:27:51 AM: I somehow missed the finished plane - it looks really good!
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on July 26, 2019, 11:20:29 PM: Thanks, Frank - for a first attempt, I think it went pretty well. Here's the progress on the scout.
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That Sopwith Triplane will provide the wheels, and since this is a whif, I'm giving it a larger Lisbona-Svenska engine, beefing up the structure a bit, ( which will mainly consist of a lower crossbar strut for the tailplane, and slightly altered landing gear. ) More on the backstory of this
surprisingly-successful-in-another-reality interceptor as the build advances.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 27, 2019, 04:24:51 AM: This one looks like great fun and you're off to a wizard start, Doc!

I don't think anyone can match your talent for finding such esoteric pieces of aero ephemera.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: apophenia on July 27, 2019, 07:18:11 AM: Quote from: Dr. YoKai on July 25, 2019, 11:47:54 PM
... But I like the look of the thing ...

How could you not! It looks back-to-front and upside down. A Real World WHIF ... love it :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on January 25, 2021, 11:14:14 PM: A year and half later, I pick this up again -
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50871377148_f7b9c3b2bd.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kvk76s)DSCF0340 (https://flic.kr/p/2kvk76s) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr

The white, or otherwise unpainted portions of the build are the results of the last couple of weekends. I had the bad luck/good fortune to pick up an Airfix BE 2c early last year, mainly because another modeling acquaintance had mentioned it came with Le Prieur rockets. Got home and discovered that the box was missing the pilot sprue, so I got in touch with Hornby's USA, and they very kindly sent me an entire new kit. The rockets, to my mild exasperation, were molded to a set of struts, but with a little trimming, they were just fine for the Scout. More about the build after a bit - got to get started on the work day. ;)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50872182392_d796667ca9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kvpesY)DSCF0341 (https://flic.kr/p/2kvpesY) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Frank3k on January 26, 2021, 05:37:21 AM: Coming along nicely! If it weren't for the pictures of the real thing, I would have thought it was a product of Dr. Yo Industries. That prop will look great on it, too.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Buzzbomb on January 26, 2021, 01:55:02 PM: Oh, yeah.. this was looking great.

Good to see you back at it
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 27, 2021, 01:49:53 AM: Quote from: buzzbomb on January 26, 2021, 01:55:02 PM
Oh, yeah.. this was looking great.

Good to see you back at it

Ditto
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on January 28, 2021, 12:21:44 AM: Thanks, friends - glad to be back at it myself. I should be able to hit it with some primer this afternoon, if the weather holds good. Next up will be finally finishing the AEG G IVn, which along with the Vezdekhod Bolshoi, have been stuck in box I just got around to unpacking over the weekend.

I have also started a couple of really ambitious projects, master patterns for a vacuform of the BFW N. 1, and the Dornier/Zeppelin RS. III. I hope to have the latter done by the time the Nationals roll back to Texas in 2024.
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Old Wombat on January 30, 2021, 02:37:35 PM: Coming along well, Doc! 8)
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on January 02, 2022, 08:16:14 AM: And not quite a year later, not quite finished, but mighty close. It all came together nicely I think - when I summon the courage to
tackle the rigging, I think it'll be pretty good.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51793660535_10d02a7459_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mUQ3Pa)DSCF0645 (https://flic.kr/p/2mUQ3Pa) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51793660860_ef18b4d2ab_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mUQ3UL)DSCF0649 (https://flic.kr/p/2mUQ3UL) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Old Wombat on January 02, 2022, 08:21:49 AM: :D :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 03, 2022, 01:03:59 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Frank3k on January 03, 2022, 01:45:46 AM: That's a bizarre looking plane! With the exhaust stacks pointing up, it reminds me of a beetle or similar insect. Great scratchbuild!
Title: Re: The YoKai's World War Oneders - Air ( A. D. Scout III )
Post by: Dr. YoKai on January 04, 2022, 01:09:55 AM: Quote from: Frank3k on January 03, 2022, 01:45:46 AM
That's a bizarre looking plane! With the exhaust stacks pointing up, it reminds me of a beetle or similar insect. Great scratchbuild!

Thanks, Frank & all - I am slowly getting better, but I still have some room for improvement. The engine, prop and wheels came from the recent Airfix BE 2 Nightfighter, along with the wing struts and Le Prieur rockets. I added a small scoop to the top of the engine, representing some kind
of supercharger. While the engine alone represents a 30% increase in power ( the original used an 80 hp Le Rhone, while the BE2c had a 115 hp*
Royal Aircraft Factory 1a engine. (I think the Airfix instructions list it as 120 hp. harumph.), I figured in it's intended role as an interceptor, it might have benefitted from a bit more oomph.