Junkers J.1 (Blechesel)

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September 18, 2021
The main pieces showed some mould misalignment, which needed filling with putty followed by sanding to shape
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September 18, 2021
Same issue on the other side
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September 18, 2021
Some dials added to the blank dashboard that comes with the kit - pure conjecture as I couldn't find any references
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September 18, 2021
Unfortunately the side walls warped and I couldn't straighten them, and get them to stay straight
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September 18, 2021
I ended up cutting them out and replacing them with some sheet styrene - much more stable!
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April 26, 2022
Some structure detail added to the insides of the side walls
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April 26, 2022
Interior painted and seats, control panel wheel and rudder pedals added, everything given a light wash and then the top deck added and the joints filled
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April 27, 2022
Drilled 0.8mm holes in the fuselage, wings and tail parts to accept 0.8mm copper wire pins
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April 27, 2022
Wings and horizontal tail surfaces glued in place
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April 27, 2022
Tidied up the vertical tail and added a support rod so it doesn't have to be just glued to end of the fuselage
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April 27, 2022
Tail just put in place at the moment without glue
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April 27, 2022
One of the axles on the spreader bar was broken so I channelled my inner Bughunter and replace the whole axle with a 1mm brass tube
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April 28, 2022
Added control horns (from Part) and glued undercarriage in place
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April 28, 2022
Primer on - just a couple of pin holes needing a bit of filler
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April 29, 2022
All painting done now and wheels, radiator, tail, engine and propeller in place
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April 30, 2022
Started decaling - the kit only came with the black crosses so I cut some squares from a sheet of white decal
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022

Коментари

14 18 September 2021, 06:45

Bruce Huxtable
Following with interest 👍

18 September 2021, 07:23

Robert Podkoński
Me too 🙂

18 September 2021, 08:21

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - finally got back onto this. Started back by finishing the interior (kept it quite basic)

26 April 2022, 13:24

Michael Kohl
That looks interesting.

26 April 2022, 14:28

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Michael. It's moving pretty fast now - wings and horizontal tail attached

27 April 2022, 03:30

Robert Podkoński
Moving fast and looking promising 😉 Good work so far, Uwe!

27 April 2022, 04:24

Kyle DeHart
Very cool! I will join

27 April 2022, 05:16

Uwe Kaeding
Welcome Kyle, and thanks Robert

27 April 2022, 13:21

Bruce Huxtable
She's taking shape really nicely, Uwe, this is going to be superb 🙂

27 April 2022, 13:54

S M
Following!

27 April 2022, 14:27

Felipe Belalcazar
ahh very cool subject!

27 April 2022, 14:53

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks everybody for looking in. Construction is pretty well done now, ready for primer!

28 April 2022, 03:25

Kyle DeHart
Looking good now!

28 April 2022, 11:34

Łukasz Gliński
Following too

28 April 2022, 12:34

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - just decals and control cables/rigging to do now

29 April 2022, 01:59

Uwe Kaeding
So this one is finished, although I might go back some time and replace the nylon thread rigging with elastic thread - some of the control cables refused to straighten and after the final photos were taken I noticed (in the photos!) that one of the rudder cables had come loose... Otherwise quite happy with how it came out.

4 May 2022, 07:23

Kyle DeHart
That's a nice result!

4 May 2022, 08:14

Robert Podkoński
Really good work, Uwe!

4 May 2022, 08:18