Allen's 1/32 WnW Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 (early)

[Mark1]

All taking shape very nicely.

[Neil Merryweather]

That's all looking VERY sexy Mr Dewire !

[Ian M]

Looking very nice indeed.
I can afford one or thee, the biggest issue is where the hell to put them once built. I already have a serious shortage of room. I fear that a donation to the recycled plastic container is on the cards.

[yak face]

Beautiful work allen , its coming along great now. The lozenge decals look superb , as does the guns and engine , keep at it matey , and glad youre feeling better , cheers tony

[Allen Dewire]

Afternoon Folks,

Please don't ask as I will explain my absence below. Andrea, Mark, Neil, Ian, and Tony, Thank you so much for the kind words and support and sorry for the late reply. Table time has been NULL, but can only get better each day.

I don't know why 2024 is such a crappy year and I surely don't know who I PO'd either. There are 2 possibilities...

1. The 'Modelling Mafia' has it in for me and put out another "hit" contract on my butt, and got lucky......Or,

2. Someone generously gave me a free years subscription to the 'Illness of the Month Club', and it's working....

After the January nonsense with the sinus infection, February started with the 'Flu from Hell' and a touch of pneumonia thrown in too!!! It has knocked me flat for the past 16 days and yesterday was the first day I could actually sit at the table and play. My Mojo was in the toilet and I couldn't even hold a part in my fingers without it falling out of them. I at least tried to ketchup on here, but to no avail. I'd log on, read a few posts , and when I went to comment, I passed out at the table for 3 hours. For a week, I was sleeping 16 or more hours a day and couldn't hardly eat anything. It was really a great time, to say the least. It's over now and time to get cracking on with the Hansa W.12...

The last thing I accomplished, before the gorilla flu was adding the decals to the underside of the bottom wing. 2 black crosses and they proved to be fun,


As you can see, there is virtually no carrier film on the Cartograph decals, so when I went to apply them, they weren't that easy. I slobbered Micro Set on the area, soaked them in water and then tried to slide them in place. They wanted fold/go in all directions while trying to do so. You need 3 to 4 hands to do it. Eventually, with lots of water, I got them to line up, lay flat, and snuggle down. I let them dry and one coat of Micro Sol did the rest. They came out better than I thought they would...

So yesterday, I got the wild hair up my butt to add the naval lozenge to the topside of these. I set everything up and went to it. Slobbered the Micro stuff on the wing and went to place the first one on. It gave me a bit of a prob and while moving it into place it tore a piece off. More water and a bit more playing around, I finally got it on the wing,


If you look real close, you can see the tear of the decal on the front wing root, out to the second rib. I put it aside to let it dry and moved onto the other wing decal. I had the same prob getting this one in place too. It fit around the compass mount okay. but did tear a bit too. In the end, I got them both done and put away to dry,


The decal around the compass mount needs a little tweaking into place, but for the most part, they're on the wings. When dry, I wanted to hit them with a coat of Micro Sol to get them to snuggle down on the ribbing and front curve of the wing. I reached for the bottle and came up with the Micro Set bottle in my hand. WTF!!!.........You guessed it!!! Dumb bunny had smeared Micro Sol on the wings instead of the Micro Set to apply them, DOH.......I guess I got away real lucky on this endeavor and that the decals didn't tear up even more from the Sol. I just put these away for overnight and went on to filling the fusi seams with dabs of Mr Dissolved Putty,


The seams weren't too bad, but in a few places they needed some love. The other side,


Again, the join isn't too bad and very little putty was used. The seam behind the observer's station is fine and with a quick sand down, it will be covered with a naval lozenge decal after the base coat is sprayed on...

I does feel good to be able to play at the table again, with the Mojo rising back up. I did lose about 4 weeks of table time though and this project is way behind. My ketchup here is also way behind and I apologize for that too. Thanks for looking in and please stay healthy everyone...

Prost
Allen

PS, I can't wait to see what March has for me...........................................

[scottie3158]

Hello mate really sorry to hear you have been under the weather. Hope your on the mend. Despite the issues with the decals you have made a great job of them.

[Steve-the-Duck]

As long as things are moving forward, however slowly and whatever circumstance throws up, it's really all good

And what you have here is ALL good!

[yak face]

Good to see you back at the bench allen and hopefully the illnesses are behind you now , decals are looking great btw , cheers tony

[Mark1]

Glad to see the mojos coming back and your feeling up to it :thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

It's all looking good Allen and looks like you've had some good karma at last from the micro sol/set gods!
All power to your elbow and looking forward to seeing this puppy on the finishing line

[Andy T]

Cracking work Allen.

Let's hope you have had this year's quota of illness all in one go and it's well & truly behind you.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Allen. Hope you’ve kicked the bugs into touch as well.

[Allen Dewire]

Afternoon Everyone,

Life goes on in the big city and some work is getting done. I've also been out walking a whole bunch trying to get the old bones back into shape too. First,

Hello mate really sorry to hear you have been under the weather. Hope your on the mend. Despite the issues with the decals you have made a great job of them.

Thanks Bro! I got real lucky with them. If I had messed them up, I would be up the creek without a paddle as replacements are non-existent Paul. It could take weeks to try and make/match a new base coat paint on the wings so I might be able to use my Lukgraph naval lozenge spares...

As long as things are moving forward, however slowly and whatever circumstance throws up, it's really all good

And what you have here is ALL good!

Thank you so much Chris! Lately, pond water is moving faster than I am I'm afraid. I can't believe how quickly you are knocking out your kits of late. I can't keep up with you...

Good to see you back at the bench allen and hopefully the illnesses are behind you now , decals are looking great btw , cheers tony

Thank you Tony! I truly hope I have better luck in the coming months too. So much I want to build and yeah, I defo got lucky with the decals...

Glad to see the mojos coming back and your feeling up to it :thumb2:

Much appreciated Mark and the Mojo is flying high again!!! It's just the brain farts that keep slowing me down Sir...

It's all looking good Allen and looks like you've had some good karma at last from the micro sol/set gods!
All power to your elbow and looking forward to seeing this puppy on the finishing line

Thanks Neil! Funny thing is, I didn't even look at the bottle after I was ready to go. I was more worried about the water temp being too warm for the decals. Unscrewed the top, dipped the brush in and slobbered it all over the wing. After I got it on, I just went ahead and did the second one. A really royal brain fart from hell...

Cracking work Allen.

Let's hope you have had this year's quota of illness all in one go and it's well & truly behind you.

You and me both Andy! I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired my friend. I hope you are feeling better too. It's looking up though and thanks for your support...

Looks great Allen. Hope you’ve kicked the bugs into touch as well.

Thank you Tim and I've had enough from bugs kicking my butt for at least a year or two...

I don't have any pics, so this isn't really an update. Yesterday, I started playing the masking game on the fusi. Foam squares, blu tack, tape and it's a real PITA. Luckily, I can install the motor afterwards, but it really makes masking/filling the front of the fusi even harder. I also masked up the floats and all the strut work for them too. I am going to need a pretty big batch of color to shoot it all with the hissy stick. Then there are all the other tidbits that need a shot too. Isn't life grand!!!...

Thanks again for all the support and hopefully the next update will have pics and paint in it. Stay healthy...

Prost
Allen

[Allen Dewire]

Evening Ladies, Germs and Children of all ages,

No, I'm not sick again. Actually, I feel really great and the Mojo is soaring. You can't imagine how good it feels to be back at the table and playing with plastic again. After masking up all the thangs over the past 2 days, I figured I had better get some paint on them before the tape and the rest got wonky. It was around 4 PM today and I said it's now or never to get it done as I've lost enough time of late. Clipped all the tidbits in clamps on skewers and stuck them in my big foam block. The fusi was a pain, but I used a piece of the wood from my crane model to hold it. I mixed up a batch of Tamiya using 45% X-22 clear with 55% XF-83 gray/blue, and thinned it with 40% X-20A thinner. It was kind of dark all day as the sun still doesn't want to shine here, but what the heck. Threw the hose out the window and yeah, the wind was blowing in, as usual. fired up the compressor and had a go with the hissy stick...

I was totally amazed at the results. The paint went down like butter and the wind kept most of the fuzzy's off my work too. Enough blabber and here are some pics,


I'm not 100% happy with my fusi gap work on the 2 places between the observer's station and the motor, but it will be hard to see with the top wing and the windshield in place. The spine to the tail wing will be covered with a naval lozenge decal, as will the rear wing top. The bottom of her,


The same with my gap work between the window and the round inspection cover. Time to go to Fielmann's for some glasses I think. With the fusi and a few tidbits done, I looked in the cup and saw it still had paint in it as well as my syringe which was still 1/2 full. Snagged up the floats and all the struts, quickly clipped them up on skewers and shot them too. Here's everything all hissy sticked up,


There are a couple of edges that need some touch up, but for the most part, everything came out great. The MG is still steel color, but looks like it got sprayed. It's just my poor pic taking and the lighting. Of course, when you are done and have cleaned the AB, you come across that one piece you forgot to paint,


The right forward engine cover. it's okay, as a quick stroke with the hairy stick full of paint will fix that. I'll let all this dry overnight and tomorrow I can drive on with the decals on the floats, fusi, rear wing and the tail fin. Not too shabby for an hours work earlier!!! We are finally getting somewhere on this baby...

Thanks again for your support and I'll be playing this arena all week boys and girls!!!...

Prost
Allen

[stillp]

Welcome back to the bench Allen! Looks good.
Pete