Roden 1/48 Junkers D.I - WWI corrugated fighter

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch up with this. Coming along well isn’t it......
I see you have downloaded the instructions for the wingnut wings version, but have you looked at the website? There are quite a few pictures on there as well.....

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3180

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Looks odd with the corrugations. Front end looks more like a vintage car. Must be one of the first monoplanes.
You're off to a good start although that framework must have been a bit of a tester.
Jim

[Dave Ward]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch up with this. Coming along well isn’t it......
I see you have downloaded the instructions for the wingnut wings version, but have you looked at the website? There are quite a few pictures on there as well.....

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3180

The instructions are comprehensive enough!, makes you wonder how long that site will be up, since WW ceased production.................

Last update for the day - primed and gave the internals a coat of aluminium - I'll give the frames & other parts detail paints tomorrow

Nasty ejector pin marks on the fuselage interior sides, but they won't be seen
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Detail painted the interior & added one fuselage side - I was worried about the fit, but it was spot on - as the corrugated fuselage is four separate sides, any mismatch is going to show, but so far...............

I'll see whether I can leave the engine out until later - this dictates the position of the front radiator, and I'd prefer the fuselage to be assembled & square before fitting engine & rad. Any jiggling & the corrugations will suffer & that wouldn't be easy to remedy.
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Fuselage all closed up - when the engine, blast troughs and machine guns are fitted, all that interior detail will be lost!

I'll make up the wings, and see if there any problems - the joint doesn't look that strong - the wing stubs lokk rather shallow........
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Wings & tail assembled & dry fitted...............

Like that wingform.
I may have to stay away from the bench for a day or so, my OA is giving me grief, and I'll rest it, rather than making it feel worse.................
Dave

[stillp]

Interesting wing shape Dave. That 'plane has very large control surfaces.
Pete

[colin m]

I'm liking the look of this one a lot Dave. Nice work.

[Dave Ward]

Back to the bench - got quite a bit done last night - luckily the wings & tail can be left off the fuselage.
The fuselage had one or two bits added -tailskid, crash pylon etc then given an overall brown finish

The wing had light blue applied to the underside, then light green to the upper surface. The next task will be to paint the purple patches on the green - by it's nature this has to be hand painted - I can't see any masking being better than the brush. The fuselage still has the engine to be fitted & other parts like machine guns & exhaust, but overall it has gone together pretty well. I just hope that the decals respond well to setting solution!
Dave

[adt70hk]

That's coming on very nicely Dave.

ATB.

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Good luck with the decals! Looks great so far though, and you could even work in some chipping if you were so inclined. Not often you can do that on a WW1 aicraft!

[Dave Ward]

An unexpected problem! I used AK3 Light Green as the base for the wings & tail, and I'm going to use AK WWI German Lilac over this - When I start to brush paint the Lilac - I get 'creep' along the corrugations!

The Lilac is a bit too thin - it's neat out of the bottle - usually I'd expect to have to thin the paint, but I really need to thicken it. I think part of the problem is that the AK3 Green is too smooth - it allows the brush paint to flow too easily. After a bit of deliberation, I decided to give an overall coat of Matt varnish, to try & stop that creep - otherwise, I'll be in the round of touching up green, then lilac, then...............
Dave

[Dave Ward]

After giving wings & tail a coat of AK Ultra Matt Varnish - I sat down, with a new brush & painted the purple patches!

The light was beginning to go - I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see where I need to touch up - quite a few, I think. Even though I have a daylight bulb in my work light, I still miss bits that are glaringly obvious when the sun comes up.............
Dave

[David Lovell]

Great job Dave coming along nicely, I always enjoy your builds from the more obscure manufacturers you know roughly whats in the box and what to expect with it rarely ever moan just crack on and tell it like it is ,almost there looking forward to the next instalment. Dave

[Defiant911]

An unexpected problem! I used AK3 Light Green as the base for the wings & tail, and I'm going to use AK WWI German Lilac over this - When I start to brush paint the Lilac - I get 'creep' along the corrugations!
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The Lilac is a bit too thin - it's neat out of the bottle - usually I'd expect to have to thin the paint, but I really need to thicken it. I think part of the problem is that the AK3 Green is too smooth - it allows the brush paint to flow too easily. After a bit of deliberation, I decided to give an overall coat of Matt varnish, to try & stop that creep - otherwise, I'll be in the round of touching up green, then lilac, then...............
Dave

I thought I was going to have the same problem when I painted my ju-88 but spraying in light coats with light pressure seem to work superb. Obviously a bit different with bristles. I presume you almost need the paint thicker so it doesn’t run?