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Bernhard Schrock (Yellowwing)
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Douglas OA-4M “Low-Vis-Scooter”

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57 9 July 2022, 18:09
Maciej Bellos
Watching!
9 July 2022, 20:39
Robert Podkoński
Me 2, of course! 😉
10 July 2022, 05:42
Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀👀
10 July 2022, 08:16
Sergej I
Awesome topic, watching! 👍
10 July 2022, 12:05
Hanno Kleinecke
Here we go, the detailing for the flaps look promising already, looking for more ! 😄
What happened to the port wing, that it had to be fixed and reinforced ?
10 July 2022, 14:08
Bernhard Schrock
You are welcome! I reserved a lot of seats in the first row. 🙂
Hanno: yep… I've forgotten that this kit is more than 30 years old and that the plastic is meanwhile hardened. I tried to fix the warped lower wing half and…. held in my hands suddenly TWO parts 🙁.
10 July 2022, 15:00
Hanno Kleinecke
I'm glad I'm not the only one subjected to such mishaps…..
Very clever solution for the ejector marks btw. ! 👍
10 July 2022, 16:09
Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday and today I researched about the cockpit. But first you have to ask yourself the question, what is a OA-4M?

After reading articles in different language of Wikipedia I found out that a OA-4M was a forward controller and was converted from a regular TA-4F. A TA-4F is in principle a two-seater version (trainer) of the A-4F. The A-4F in turn was an improved A-4E with spoilers, bow wheel steering and improved avionics.

Conclusion: Monogram's half round shaped instrument panels are correct and so it is possible to use Eduard's Zoom's for the „E" - version. Unfortunately it was impossible to get two Zoom - sets for an „E" on German E-Bay so I had to buy a Zoom for a „C".

The second question is now what parts should I use? I think the best way will be to fit the seats of KMC into the Monogram cockpit tubs and garnish the whole with the printed etching parts of Eduard.
Hardly nobody will probably notice anyway🙂
15 July 2022, 16:00
Bernhard Schrock
It's astonishing how strongly aspirations of modelers have gone up: around the turn of the millennium we were over the moon about the quality of resin cockpits of KMC. Today this is not remotely longer up to scratch („Gurkenkramm"). 🙂
15 July 2022, 17:35
Hanno Kleinecke
1 A Cockpitbash with Anyz 3d enhancment - superb ! 👍 😄
18 July 2022, 12:04
Jose Motta
Beautiful work!
20 July 2022, 18:00
Augie
Wow love the cockpits Bernhard 🙂 fantasic work so far
20 July 2022, 18:51
Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Hanno, Roland, Jose and Augie. 🙂
As usual I glued both fuselage halves with CA (Tamiya) and ethylacetate. I used small plastic pieces here and there and so despite average fit I needed 0,0g putty.
23 July 2022, 08:13
David R. Meizoso
Grest job! May I ask what's the reason you use ethylacetate? Never heard of it
23 July 2022, 08:30
Bernhard Schrock
Thank you David.
I will try to explain but it is hard to do for me in English🙂
Ethylacetate is a waterlike plastic welder. It evaporates without" traces" and does not contain plastic softener. When you use it, it melts the edges of the fuselage and produces a very strong connection, after it dries. After a few hours you have a hard surface. I combined it with CA for areas that needed filler or that have to be glued together under "mechanical stress".
23 July 2022, 09:25
David R. Meizoso
Vielen Dank, Bernhard!
23 July 2022, 09:45
Mirko Römer
Very promising beginning, count me in!
24 July 2022, 17:43
Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful wiring in these wheelbays !
24 July 2022, 17:56
John Thomas
Very nice work
11 August 2022, 19:01
Nathan Dempsey
Great work! I must thank you for the idea of using the rod to fill the ejector pin marks. This is one I won't forget 🙂
13 August 2022, 18:37
Michael Kohl
Oh I like what you are doing here.
22 August 2022, 16:05
Hanno Kleinecke
Nailed it ! You scored adirect hit on the 2856, the demarcation line between light and dark fits like a glove, and the variation in shine looks very realistic !
22 August 2022, 18:56
bughunter
That is a Träumsche 👍
22 August 2022, 19:18
Erik Leijdens
Fantastic detailing Bernhard! You make this old kit look amazing, outstanding paint job too.
22 August 2022, 19:20
Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates: I'm glad that you like the progress.
Today I installed the slats and discovered that I have to do one more airbrush session.
Ed Heinemann, Douglas' chief designer , designed spring loaded slats which operated Automatically when the speed decreased below a certain level. That means that the slats were deployed during painting of the aircraft. In the case of my plane the underside has to be light and not dark.
31 August 2022, 17:57
Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! Beautiful again! Not sure why I missed this build…
1 September 2022, 08:48
Neuling
Outstanding detail work, great presentation! Top notch!
4 September 2022, 09:14
Robert Podkoński
Awesome! All the details look so realistic (landing lights, piping, etc. ) I am just speechless here...
4 September 2022, 09:20
Sergej I
Fantastic! 😮
4 September 2022, 13:24
Hanno Kleinecke
A scooter never fails 👍 ! I particularly like the chalked out patina- like look of the greys you used, a very realistic effect 😄
Looking forward to seeing it „live an direct" tomorrow !
4 September 2022, 13:41
bughunter
W O N D E R F U L with all the details!
4 September 2022, 15:43
Nathan Dempsey
Masterful work on this venerable kit.
4 September 2022, 15:46
Tommy Agne
Nice👍👍👍.
4 September 2022, 15:52
Michael Kohl
Beautiful result
4 September 2022, 19:10
Thomas Bischoff
a perfect result!
4 September 2022, 19:42
Juergen Klinglhuber
fantastic work!
5 September 2022, 10:27
Bernhard Schrock
You comments pleased me twice because this is a "classic old good Monogram"🙂. Thx.
5 September 2022, 19:27
Maciej Bellos
It's a great result from a good old Monogram kit! Very well done Bernhard! My first Monogram kit was an eye opener, even though it had raised panel lines. I hadn't seen this kind of detail up until that point.
5 September 2022, 20:02

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