| Subject: Wingnuts Junkers J.1 build |
 | Des Delatorre
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:14 AM UTC |
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   Here are a few pics of my Wingnuts Junkers build. It's been interesting but I will have to admit, it sure is one ugly looking aeroplane. The huge slab of a top wing takes over everything, makes all my other 1/32 scale WW1 aircraft look small. I hope to have the top wing on next week. Cheers Des. I will be leaving the engine cowls open to show off the engine so I added the bracing and drilled the strengthening frames on the inside of the cowls. I also removed the plastic hinges and replaced them with metal.  |
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 | terri werner
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:48 AM UTC |
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Most impressive Des , been following your build over on the Drome and the engine can be on display just on it's own ! Fantastic work ! |
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| Des Delatorre
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 08:34 AM UTC |
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Thanks Terri for your nice comments.
I decided to post the pictures here at Kitmaker because there seems to be a huge following for Wingnuts models. I have the complete build photo record over in the Drome.
Cheers
Des. |
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 | Jean-Luc Formery
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:29 AM UTC |
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Hi Des, Quoted Text
the engine can be on display just on it's own ! Fantastic work !
Fantastic build indeed! Did you build the model out of the box or did you add something? The engine looks terrific...  Jean-Luc  |
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| Des Delatorre
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 02:02 PM UTC |
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Thanks Jean-Luc for your comments.
Most of the build is out of the box. The engine received a bit of extra including valve springs, rocker arm supports, push rods, plug leads, plug lead conduit, extra plumbing, hollowed out exhaust stack. In the cockpit I replaced the instruments with scratch built brass ones and added more wiring and plumbing. I reshaped the cockpit padding to give it more appeal. Apart from that everything else is pretty much as Wingnuts supplied it. Even though it is not what you call a pretty aircraft it builds to be a nice looking model.
Cheers
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| Mike Sawicki
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 02:03 PM UTC |
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This looks great. |
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 | Andy Appleby
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 09:33 PM UTC |
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Wow Des ,very very nice,I love the engine,looks superb  |
Major Caryle,
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Lt Colonel "Johnny" Frost,
"Having a go,is hardly text book terminology Harry"
Major Caryle,
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| Des Delatorre
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| Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009 - 05:21 PM UTC |
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Removed by original poster on 10/20/09 - 06:21:40 (MST). |
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| Des Delatorre
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 10:37 AM UTC |
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Here are some photos of my completed Wingnuts Junkers J.1. It is a big model with a wing span of 50cm, but it doesn't look out of place with my other 1/32 scale WW1 aircraft. I am very happy with this kit, Wingnuts have produced a kit that has excellent detail, well fitting parts, very good decals and ease of assembly, as good a kit as my earlier build of the LVG.     I hope you like the end result, my next project is the Wingnuts Bristol. Cheers Des. |
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