1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
I have never built or owned the Hannover kit, so I don't know....
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped...
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Very nice - like the scheme, very interesting.
Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
The scheme is quite striking! I have to agree with others, doing a vacuform has always scared me away, and you have done a splendid job of it here. I did not know there was a two seater.
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
I checked my unbuilt Hanover kit - same observer figure.KellerModeller wrote: ↑February 29th, 2024, 1:25 pm I have never built or owned the Hannover kit, so I don't know....
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But different Pilot?B4en wrote: ↑March 1st, 2024, 8:25 amI checked my unbuilt Hanover kit - same observer figure.KellerModeller wrote: ↑February 29th, 2024, 1:25 pm I have never built or owned the Hannover kit, so I don't know....
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped...
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
That is really nice KM. The corrugations don't look as pronounced as you'd see on an injection-moulded kit, presumably as a result of the vac process, but are probably more to scale. It looks great, and I also have to commend you on the figure painting.
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
I really like that, KM, a great job all round. I've yet to build a vac form kit but I have an example in the form of 1/72nd Halberstadt CL.II that I bought cheaply at a model show hiding away in the stash and it's been there so long I can't remember the name of the kit manufacturer!
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Thank you!
The corrugations are comparable to the structure of filament 3D printed parts, but are a little irregular (probably because the poor master modeller glued them all on separately, at least this is how it looks like ). I tried to tone down the big ones by sanding and emphasize the small ones by engraving, but as I was "fighting" my first vac form in parallel, I did not get too distracted by this activity and focused on having no holes in the fuselage and having the wings on at least somewhere roughly around 90°
Just start it, I was playing around with the separated parts and then suddently I was dry fitting followed by unexpected glueing But the Junkers was a monoplane which makes it probably a little easier... (Don't want to scare you, just complimenting you beforehand for getting a better result from a more difficult kit... )ShaunW wrote: ↑March 2nd, 2024, 2:01 pm I really like that, KM, a great job all round. I've yet to build a vac form kit but I have an example in the form of 1/72nd Halberstadt CL.II that I bought cheaply at a model show hiding away in the stash and it's been there so long I can't remember the name of the kit manufacturer!
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Yes, different pilot.KellerModeller wrote: ↑March 1st, 2024, 7:12 pmBut different Pilot?B4en wrote: ↑March 1st, 2024, 8:25 amI checked my unbuilt Hanover kit - same observer figure.KellerModeller wrote: ↑February 29th, 2024, 1:25 pm I have never built or owned the Hannover kit, so I don't know....
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Nicely done!
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Congratulations on a beautiful build, and those figures make it even more appealing!
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Re: 1/72 Junkers Cl.I / Classic Plane vacuform kit
Thanks Rip & Tim!
The figures saved me from scratch-building a cockpit..
The figures saved me from scratch-building a cockpit..
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped...