Mark,
with this you are making a leap from an outstanding model builder to something way...... beyond!
RAGIII

Rick is very correct with his words Mark

AMAZING!!! I need to take etching classes from you!

Cheers,

Claudio

So when will the Schwarzlose gun PE be commercially available?

Thanks everyone, glad you like it. I have always loved the detail of PE. I have a few more parts to have etched that I forgot on the first run.

Stephen, I'm going to have some made in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32. Might be a month or two.

Mark

Mark,
Excellent project my friend.Truly a master scratch builder,keep those wonderful updates coming.Love that Schwarzlose and ammo drum,a PE gem.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Thanks Gregory, your vacuforms are great. What museum are they displayed in?

Mark

Thanks Mark. They're displayed at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at the Camp Shelby Deployment Center.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette

I am just speechless!!!

The p-e fret is awesome!!!


Cheers Nick

Hi Mark,

Excellent work on the photo etched parts! The machine gun looks indeed fantastic!

Can you tell us how much it did cost you to produce these PE frets and what program you have used to draw the parts?

Jean-Luc

This is a wonderful build so far, and after this i think i will take up knitting as a new hobby!

Thanks guys! I have a lot of fun building and posting.

Jean-Luc, I made the drawings on paper and sent them to Peter who made the CAD drawings and made the PE sheet for me. It can be expensive, into the hundreds of dollars, depending on how extensive you make the sheet.

Mark

Here is some progress on the horizontal tail, tail fin and rudder.




I've been putting every spare minute into the build and having a ball....... I better go see if I'm still married. : )

more soon,

Mark

Very good work Mark i love the way you did the tail surfaces! wounder full craftmenship

Doug B

Henry Woodman opened doors with methods on building aircraft , you my friend have opened the door even more . Very well done !

Thanks Terri and Doug!


Terri, you're getting very good at adding those details on your 1/32 Pfalz. You have really increased the realism on it.

Doug, I've very anxiously waiting to see you next post on your AEG. Great work my friend.

Next on my build will be the elevator and wing floats.


Mark

Mark,

You are taking this to another level! Just awesome stuff. You are going places I could never follow! Keep it going.

Regards, Dwayne

Greetings Doug! Glad to see you join us here!

Mark, very nice work on the scratch build and the running photo updates are so welcome. Please keep posting I have found more help with each post.



Robert

Thanks Dwayne and Robert. I had a little timne to get the wing floats done today. Here are a few pictures.




The float is wider in the back than in the front.





more soon,

Mark

How goes the build Mark ? This is getting to be very interesting to watch

Hi Terri,

I'm working on the engine right now. I'll have some postings soon. (My home computer is on the shop being fixed so I can only check in from work.)

Mark

Cool - the engine , I'm most definitely looking forward to this .


Sorry to hear about your computer being down , that is a bummer ...

Terri,

Hopefully I won't dissapoint. If I remember correctly I still owe you pictures of a finely detailed engine after doing my LVG engine OOB.

Mark

Wow , you have better memory then I do !

How is the engine coming along for this build ?