The group build to end all group builds - THE GREAT WAR

Then a Whippet it shall be.

now whip it
into shape
shape it up
get straight
go forward
move ahead

And I don't care how easy it is it takes some onions to make WWI rag wing your 1st aircraft build.

the list has been updated.  "Let it be written, let it be done"

Hey wing_nut, I finally figured out what to to build.  Being a treadhead I have to build a tank so add a 1:35 Emhar MkA Whippet tank to the list.   I saw that some on the GB  had already listed the Emhar Mk IV as their builds so I decided to go with the Whippet!  

I'm also doing a second build!   I finally decided to try my hand at building an airycraft thingy! !!

YEP!! Add a 1:48 Glencoe Models Pfalz D.III  !!  I was at Military Hobby in Orange County a couple of weeks ago and the owner convinced me to try the Glencoe kit as a inexpensive, easy to build, easy to paint WWI aircraft.  We'll see how it turns out

I won't get started on either for a couple of months yet as I have to finish some kits for other GBs! 

Aaronw

 

Bockscar:

Hey and now you and Doogs got my little brain thinking about aircraft....I wonder if there are any Zeppelins around....or a Handley Page bomber....

 

 

 

Airfix reissued their 1/72 H.P. 0/400 earlier this year. I'm quite sure it will be a beast to build, but what a cool model to have on the shelf.

 

There are models of the Hindenberg and Graf Zepplin, but I don't know of any WW1 zepplins.

Thanks Aaron;

I''ll take a look Monday, maybe one of our remaining HS's has it. If all else fails, I found a couple of 1/35 scale Skoda shells...

Hi everyone...
Well I thought better post something before this becomes an exclusively aircraft group build - /jk.
Seriously though, with about six weeks till official start date, I didn't want to wait any longer to avoid losing momentum or forgetting any  info I've read up on the subject of my build.  Plus I've no projects on the table, so I've started on the Austro-Hungarian lieutenant.

Zebrano is a Russian company and is the first time I have dealt with their kits.  The sculpting looks really good but the same can't be said for casting quality.  It required quite a bit of clean up, filling in holes and there was numerous rough and uneven surfaces.  The left armpit had a huge mass that had to be remove, which could have been avoided had the arm been cast separately.  When cleaning up the bread bag hanging at his left hip, the straps broke off so these were replaced with scrap brass cut to size. 

The handgun was also a bit lacking in detail.  Some brass was cut to represent the cocking lever, trigger finger guard  and a raised piece for aiming.  A very short piece of round plastic was cut and attached to the front end representing the barrel.

Originally I had intended to group both figures together, but from research I've learned the Austro-Hungarian uniform went through numerous changes during the course of the war.  So I've decided to complete these figures individually to illustrate some of the differences ( I'll delve into that in future posts - right now I see some more clean-up is required).

regards,

Jack

Bockscar

Hey and now you and Doogs got my little brain thinking about aircraft....I wonder if there are any Zeppelins around....or a Handley Page bomber....

Airfix reissued their 1/72 H.P. 0/400 earlier this year. I'm quite sure it will be a beast to build, but what a cool model to have on the shelf.

There are models of the Hindenberg and Graf Zepplin, but I don't know of any WW1 zepplins.

ruddratt

(soon, as in today!)

WOOHOO

Doogs, ya got me antsy to see some WIP pics!

...and now that the Pfalz is complete, construction should soon be beginning on the SE.5 as well (soon, as in today!) Really looking forward to this GB!

wing_nut

Bockscar, don't be put off by detail.  One step at a time.  Parts are parts.  Remember the time frame so a post war re-fit won't be eligible.  Surely there must be some WWI artillery out there. No?

Yeah Wing_nut, that's kinda what I meant. I promise not to build the Bismarck either! Hey and now you and Doogs got my little brain thinking about aircraft....I wonder if there are any Zeppelins around....or a Handley Page bomber....

DoogsATX

Hey Marc - can I add a second build? 

Just picked up the 1/32 Academy/Hobbycraft/whatever Nieuport 17. 

Wish I had more choices on the markings front...but the kit looks like a clean, easy build.

I believe those markings would be for Charles Nungesser, one of France's top aces. It they don't do anything for you though almost everybody flew the Nieuport 17, French, British, Russians, Italians, Belgians, even the Germans had a few.

If you are still worried about building a biplane this would be an easier plane to build than the Pup, as a sesquiplane, the struts come to a V on the lower wing making them much less fiddly to assemble than the individual struts on the Pup. The rigging should be simpler too. 

So...I ALMOST started the Pup last night. Pulled out the instructions, looked at the cockpit build-up, and saw about a dozen pieces, two different stains of wood that need to be done, along with some metal, and decided to drybrush the Achilles instead.

This build is going to take some planning. Think I'm working out a plan of attack to tackle ALL the wood bits at once...I WILL get started tonight!

Bockscar, don't be put off by detail.  One step at a time.  Parts are parts.  Remember the time frame so a post war re-fit won't be eligible.  Surely there must be some WWI artillery out there. No?

wing_nut

I've been back to the WNW site to look at that Pup 1/2 dz times.  I may pull the trigger soon.

Wing_nut, saw that in FSM, that is about as cool as a plane gets. It seems so long ago, but then, the Buff has been around 60 years next year, give or take a generation.

I'm thinking of building the Konig in 1/350, but man, that detail is a bit over my head. I was going to build the Warspite, but I have the post WWI refitted single stack version, after they repaired all the holes the Kaiser put in her at Jutland.

I've got all of these buttons, a few spent cartridges, and regalia lying around from a sapper, my wife's grandfather, so maybe I should be thinking about a theme with bags and bags of Amatol.....

I also have that series on WWI by Hew Strachan, I think I need to go over that this summer. It's a slow start, but the topic is huge and full of potential.

Too bad it's not a very popular subject with model makers, it would be fun having to settle on an artillery kit.

I've been back to the WNW site to look at that Pup 1/2 dz times.  I may pull the trigger soon.

wing_nut

You can do an in-line too.  Just don't let your insanity take over like I do.  If it ain't inch long Tigers... it's stupid amounts of wiring.

Yeah...got my eye on a Junkers J.1 if the Pup and N17 prove as fun as I think they will:

You can do an in-line too.  Just don't let your insanity take over like I do.  If it ain't inch long Tigers... it's stupid amounts of wiring.

wing_nut

The cylinders are straight up and with the cowl on the first few are right out there and the other should still be seen through the gap.  And each cylinder has 2 plugs, 1 on each side.

So that's 6 cylinders, 12 wries. That's 24 connectors to make for the plugs AND magnetos. I counted 22 cables, not including the controls surfaces, so 44 turnbuckles with 44 connectors.  Then the control surfaces.  Jeez! Let's see.  I'm 55 and the avg. life expectancy of a male in the US is about 75... yeah, I think I can do it.

That right there makes me rather happy that I'm building a radial!

Cool, I may need them

Marc, but if you are 55 already, your avg life expectency increases to 79.  There you go, I got you another 4 years - time enough to detail a few more engines.

The cylinders are straight up and with the cowl on the first few are right out there and the other should still be seen through the gap.  And each cylinder has 2 plugs, 1 on each side.

So that's 6 cylinders, 12 wries. That's 24 connectors to make for the plugs AND magnetos. I counted 22 cables, not including the controls surfaces, so 44 turnbuckles with 44 connectors.  Then the control surfaces.  Jeez! Let's see.  I'm 55 and the avg. life expectancy of a male in the US is about 75... yeah, I think I can do it.

Hmmm...I might see some stuff show up from the fly-tying store today myself.

Freakin' sparkplugs? Being a biplane virgin I guess I'm not aware of how visible those probably are. We talking right out in the open?

ruddratt

 These bipes can be somewhat addicting.  

So that's the reason why I ordered so much of that Ultra Wire.

Doogs, nice pickup on the Nieuport. I did Eduard's 1/48 version in those same markings. These bipes can be somewhat addicting.

Marc, can't wait to see you incorporate all that into your build. Looks awesome!

Good score on the plastic eyebolts Marc. I like your sparkplug wire too.

Nate

Sure doogs go for it.  I'll update the list.

The eyebolts are .05" across the eye and the is .024'

I made a spark plug connect with the Lion Roar tubing.  Flattened the end, drilled a #80 hole then cut it off leaving a little tube to glue onto the end of some .01 lead wire... also from the fly tying store

Hey Marc - can I add a second build? 

Just picked up the 1/32 Academy/Hobbycraft/whatever Nieuport 17. 

Wish I had more choices on the markings front...but the kit looks like a clean, easy build.

How big are they?

It's never too late Tonka.  I've added you the the list.

I went to the train shop ISO of the eyebolts.  They had all the Detail Associates products from 2201 to 2221.  Then 2223 to the end whatever it was.  As you can see from Nate pic I needed 2222.

The guy hands me these and says, "Use those. Same thing just plastic." And just 3 bucks for 80.  Probably needed 6 bags of the 22's at 4/75 each.

And I found gray Ultra Wire WOOHOO.

If not too late I'd like to sign up. Have an old unidentified white metal 120mm WW1 US Army officer figure. Will convert to a Marine 1918.

Thanks

Thanks Nate.

Here you go Marc.

Nate