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Added 12/07/2008. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

The main gear has been installed. Made of brass wire , wood core and litho plate.
The starstruts will be made in the same fashion. Will be back soon with the wheels ,
will try to fabricate wire ( spoked wheels ) as Ken Foran did in 1/15th scale.
Hope it works out as well as in 1/24th scale.

Added 21/03/2008. Continued detail work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

Engine work.

Added 02/01/2008. Continued detail work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

The instrumentpanel , throttle and cockpit deck is installed.
Conforming/lining up the cockpit deck and let the glue dry ( resin ) was a fight , not quite willing to do an "encore"..
The cockpit coaming is from real leather ( old wallet..!).
I used solderwire as a core for the coaming , wraped and glued the leather around and used sewing wire & needle to finish it.
Once installed, I used leather cleaner and black leather paint to give it the look.
Next is the engine and all the wiring from cockpit/fuel tank to engine.

Added 22/11/2007. More super detail work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

The controle column and seat is now in place, complete with the cables running to the elevator.
The instrument with the springs leading to nowhere for now is - I do assume - the altimeter, correct me if I am wrong...!!
The springs - I think - are there to eliminate the majority of the aircraft vibration.
The springs are made from very thin copper wire , twisted around a rod , pulled from the rod and then saturated with CA.
The fuel tank is made from alu , messing and copper ( filler cap). The tank is actually hollow and could be filled with fuel...!!
During the building process , there was some denting/deforming of the tank , I left it as it is , me thinks it adds to the reality ;-)
I like the securing wire of the filler cap..!! Took me 30 minutes to get that one in situ...
The tank is a little smaller to the original scale , had some fitting problems, even had to do some cutting and sanding of the fire wall
and engine support. (had the engine dry fitted to make sure that the tank was not in the way..)
The hole for the pump has also been produced. Now I do wonder, is it an oil/grease pump or an airpump to pressurise the fuel tank..?
Any one please care to comment on this one..? Would be appreciated...! ( need to know where the hose from the pump will go..!!)
Next up will be the instrument panel and the upper cockpit decking, that is going to be difficult story.
 

Added 4/11/2007. Some super detail work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

The rudder bar is now in place.I changed the foot straps from wire to leadfoil, looks a little bit more realistic and to scale.
I have added a little bit too much FUTURE , the lot is too shiny, will have to tone it down with "matt future"( adding some baking powder to the future..)
The controle stick is finished with a brass connector to receive the control cables for the elevator.
The instrument panel turned out nice, however the instruments are not quite in place as in the original, I made an error in the measurement and after discovering it , the first dials were already glued tight with super clue , so I had to be a little creative in positioning the rest of the dials and switches. But it comes close though...!!
The housing of the instrument dials ( brass) is made from portholes ( 5 and 8 mm ) from model ship building..!!
The instrument faces are original decals from contact-resine.
The handles and switches are made from brass wire, bend and "flat-hammered".
The magneto housing is sculpted from thick solder wire( see photo..).
Next up is installing the instrument panel, control stick, pump, and upper cockpit deck.
 

Added 22/09/2007. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

Work on the seat. The photos tell the story.

Added 06/09/2007. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

First I made paper templates for the upper deck, to make sure it fits and all is lined up correctly.
Once the paper templates where the correct format , I duplicated them from wood veneer.
Now the tricky part , the covering...!
I roughly cut a piece of thin wood veneer for the area needed and soaked it in water for a while to make sure that it will follow the sharp curves.
Then put the veneer over the templates, secure it with clamps and use a hair dryer to speed up the proces.
Once dry , the covering is glued with LOTS of super glue to the templates, then carefully remove the excess veneer...Voila..!!
Still leaves me with the cockpit decking, but should be easy now.
The resin seat is a beauty , but decided to scratchbuild that one as well to stick with the "natural materials"..

Added 10/06/2007. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

Added is the throttle quadrant from brass plate and wood ( throttle grip).Also the tailskid from wood and alu.
The rudder pedal is a copy from the Aviatik DI, I'll guess they are the same..
The fuselage is getting along, same amount of stringers as in the real plane, I do not know if the diagonal stringers
are authentic , but I had to add them for the structual integrity.
There will be some more internal bracing with stringers in the aft fuselage, and next up, the upper aft fuselage, which will be a challenge..!!
From there on, I will start with the cockpit and all its fiddely parts, can't wait..!
Till next time..!

 


 

Added 27/04/2007. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

A tiny update on the HBDI.
The prop is hand carved and the propboss made from alu and bras.
The controle colum from copper tubing and brass wire all soldered together, hand grip from a wooden toothpick.
The pump from brass tubing and the hand grip again from a toothpick.
All small parts , but it took me quite some hours to produce them, I ruined 2 props before I got it right...!!
Next up is the throttle quadrant , rudder pedals and dash board..


 

Added 18/03/2007. More work on Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

Added 27/02/2007. Here we have Ufag's mockup Hansa Brandenburg D.I.

This is a "mockup" on how I would scratchbuild the model with the help of the
Contact Resine 1/24th Museum Series Hansa Brandenburg D.I

Emphasis on "mock-up" , it is just a way to look at the dimensions of the model, the actual scratch build
will be more sophisticated , like a full fuselage build up according to the actual aircraft...
But this is still far away , I already spend too much time on this ghost model..!!


 

 
 
 
 
 

Added 27/08/2006. Welcome to Ufag's builds page. To start off with we have his
1/8th Hasegawa Sopwith Camel.

This is one of the rarest kits to get hold of today. So for those of us that can't get
this kit or afford one here is a great build to drool over.