**** DONE: GB-45 1/72 Dornier Do 18 - BoB/Foreign Service

[CATCH 22]

Yes that B&W picture is among the ones that Yves sent to me .

Yes, it was me (I'm Yves). What Wojtek (Wurger) shows above is exactly what I tried to describe: each glass sliding window goes over metal skin in all 4 positions. If you want to depict the windows open or closed is up to you, but if they are open they go over metal. The grey(ish) model (top right) in your picture shows this configuration with all windows closed.

 

[Bustedwing]

Great ! I think I might go with having them positioned open.

 

[Crimea_River]

Great inputs. Graham did you just heat that clear plastic or is it vac-formed?

 

[Bustedwing]

I heat it up in the wood frame in a toaster oven, Then I have an old flashlight body hooked up to a vacuum cleaner. I used to use the kiln on the right but it was too hard to control and I'd get blisters on the plastic. The toaster oven works set on "toast" but it's not as fast to soften the plastic, doesn't blister it though.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Bustedwing]

One of the sponsons is done. Trying to sand around the other detail turned into an exercise in frustration so I sanded the whole thing smooth. Small circles of wire to replicate the channel on the out side of the fuel cells and stretched sprue for the straight pieces. BMF to make the caps on the cells. At least now the panel lines don't look like trenches anymore. Been slow progress on account of us actually having nice weather. Getting out side in the yard and sunshine good for the soul ! I have to admit, after 30 years in this house it seems very strange to just wave at my neighbours across the street. I can imagine how people living behind the Berlin wall must have felt !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice work Graham. Send some of that weather my way. It's -10 and snowing as I type.

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done.

 

[Bustedwing]

Nice work Graham. Send some of that weather my way. It's -10 and snowing as I type.

Ouch !! or should I saw Brrrr ! Snow I can handle as rare as it is we get any, It's the non stop rain that gets me in a funk !!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Very interesting, good work.

 

[Bustedwing]

Lets build models they said, it's cheaper than golfing and a lot less walking they said ! I've gotten a bit frustrated with this kit I started drawing out all the panel lines on the wing using the instructions and I kept getting all sorts of funny angles, turns out the instructions are whacko. from side to side I get 1:2.7, front to back it's 1:3.2 and now I have pencil lines all over the place so I guess I'll sand off all the black primer and start again UGH ! The fuselage is done, cockpit glass seems a bit out of scale as far as the openings, either that or Fritz has gained some wieght ! I think I'll go fart around in my garage tomorrow and come back to it in a day or two !

 

[fubar57]

Dornier Do-18 Drawings
http://www.worley.me.uk/aeromodelling/dornier_do-18/big/dornier_do18_drawing05.gif

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

It's looking pretty good despite the hassles.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[Bustedwing]

I think I will just mark the lines out as they were on the model which matches the line drawing diagram. The instructions have a completely different pattern than what is on the model. I was trying to copy the instructions but I now doubt their accuracy.

 

[Wurger]

Not sure if you had seen the build there but on the page 17 and 18 the wing just was rescribed. But it is worth to check on the entire thread there as well.

Dornier Do 18-D *Finished*