ghodges Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 Decided to do some "old scool" modeling. I hadn't built anything WWI in a while and had the desire to flog myself with the task of rigging...... I have the Windsock book on this plane, but it says there are NO pics or drawings of the interior (and no surviving examples). That left me to build a "generic" WWI German interior. Above is the main floor, seat, stick, rudder pedals, rudder cables, and floor compass. That thing on the back of the cockpit bulkhead is the rear jump seat. This gives a better view of the fold-down jump seat. Why that? I just reasoned that the rear gunner would have to have a place to sit that could also be stowed out of the way when he took his standing firing position. I have NO idea how accurate it is...... This shows the floor in position in the left fuselage half. You can see the pe throttle and the map case. The boxes in the rear are for extra Parabellum gun ammo drums. The rib detailing on the sides is strip plastic; again, purely guess work. Other side. Note the auxilary fuel pump and more ammo storage. I also have the main panel built, but broke my tripod while trying to take the close-up pic of it. This shows the engine, exhaust piping, and the forward Spandau gun temporarily in place to check fit. The pe gun cooling jacket is glued to the old kit gun, with a new barrel aded to finish it off. I didn't detail the breech since it will be buried in the fuselage and under the top wing. Anyway, making some progress and I even have a new idea to try out that will hopefully make the rigging easier to do. More in a week or so! Merry Christmas! GIL
JeffS Posted December 20, 2008 Report Posted December 20, 2008 Hey Gil, so far so good. I didn't realize that the Halberstadt came in a pretty little red plastic. Great work so far, can't wait to see the rigging
Guest Bun E. Carlos Posted December 21, 2008 Report Posted December 21, 2008 Great Work , Gill....................I was just poking around at the Albatross C.III too!!!!!!............Now Ya got me PUMPED!!!!!!
ghodges Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Posted December 21, 2008 Those Windsock books on WWI planes are great! Theyr'e not cheap, but worth it (IMO). Have fun with the C.III! GIL
Guest Bun E. Carlos Posted December 21, 2008 Report Posted December 21, 2008 I'm really WISHING that somebody will do a Rumpler................I loved that wooden kit by GUILLOWS.
VonL Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 Nice! I'm inspired to drag out a string bag.
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