Been slowly working away and have an up-date .

Fuselage sides have some of the it's framing in place . Gloss black was painted on the insides waiting for the Alclad alum to go next . 1 of the fuel / oil tank is finshed , just need to make one more . Instruments are added to the cockpit structure . Still have a few more bit's to add though . I start on the engine as well and working out how the details go for the carb etc,etc .....Pic's will once the paint is dried .

Wow, just Wow. No jaw dropping emoticons to show my reaction..

I'm dying just trying to drill out instrument holes on a 1/72 kit and here you are creating masterpieces out of thin air and strip stock>

Good luck with this one, I can't wait to see how it comes out.

Thanks Mark

Here are some pic's of more progress . still a bit more to do before the halves are button up and the seems cleaned up , then comes the detailing on the out side !

Still trying to figer out how the engine mount goes and such and the engine as well for the detailing , there seems to be different version on the grnome and just down right confusing . Any tips on the deatiling will be most helpful .

Working away on the details on the engine and here is a up-date of what has been accomplished .

Plugging away on the engine , spending half the day trying to cut these small tiny triangles when it hit me ......Eduards Profile pack of the DH-2 supplied these parts . Valve springs made from fine steel wire . Push rods are stretch spuce and the seats are made from Q-tips !

The kit prop was unusable ----way to thick and chucky . I rob a prop from Rodens DH-4 , which I won't be building away . Out came the sanding stick and this is the results of that .


Well that's all for today ....

lovely detailing work Terri, but I do wonder...are you sponsored by Qtips?

Keith

excellent terri,keep up the good work...cant wait for the wings...

paul

Yes I am Keith ....101 ways to dress up your kit , one Q-tip at a time !

Thanks Keith

Thanks Paul , I looking forward to the construction of the wings myself .

Push rods are done ! Boy , working with small aprts can be hard on the eye's . Even though there is only 9 of them it did take some time , but the results were worth it .

I agree, Terri. It turned out great!

Mark

Thanks Mark H

Today's goal will be constructing the collector ring for the spark plug wires . I have idea on how this will be done buy cutting two disc out of 5 thou card and placeing the wire in between the two . Still have to come up with the engine mount , just doesn't seem to be any info on this .

Terri,
Great detailing on the Gnome.It's hard to believe what you've done with such a bare bones engine as supplied in the kit.Excellent work that surely gets better with each new update.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

PS: Check you e-mail for incoming info.

Thank-you very much Gregory .

The more I get into adding the detail myself the more I'm getting into this project and having lot's of fun with it .
This will be the most detail kit to date on which this much detailing is added from scratch and as my skills improve from this experience the better I get for future projects .
I'm a little nervous on constructing them so I will do up a mock wing to practice on . I have the sheet card , balsa wood and double sided tape with scale plans and have been re-reading Mr. Woodmans method . Still a bit more work needs to be done before I get to this stage and the next few days I'm busy so not much time in front of the bench .

Hi Guy's . Almost done the rear part for the engine mount and the other one has been cut wait waiting for it's detailing . Getting there , just slow at the moment . Pic's will be up soon .

Hi Guy's Well after having many try's of recutting the parts out for the engine mount . I final was very pleased with the results and have them installed with the rest of the framing rigging .

Ace work Terri I love it.

Thank-you so much for the kind comment Keith , very much appreciated

Ah, Terri, maybe you should keep the cat away from the cockpit, looks like it left whiskers all over the place..

Really looks good! Can't wait to see more.

Thanks Mark ! Blue wants to know how you like his whiskers ?
Say's he spent a few bucks on the dye for a different look .


I had replacement wings show up in the mail yesterday from a friend . Will go over this and have pic's up soon .
The kit which was sent to me is different then the two I have . Metal parts are different such as the landing gear and wheels . Others bits which came with the kit is control horns for the tail surfaces and control column and throttle .

More to follow soon .......

hi Terri:

Interior is looking good. Yes, working on small parts is hard on the eyes, thankfully 1/32nd is on the ascendency. The seat you did is really top notch and adds to the overall effect of the interior.
Best

Mark

Hi Terri,

– Your interior is certainly showing your extra effort – looking really lovely!

Best Regards

Mikael

Thanks Mark . I'm very happy with the seat and for being my first go at it , it does look sharp sitting in the pit . Speaking of 32 scale . I should get back to the Pfalz and the SE5a ......, but I'm having a lot of fun on this project

Thanks Mikael , might not be up to standards some of you guy's are doing , but it is a great learning experience

Preference, because you're worth it.?

All part of the rigging I assume.