Finished - KLM Douglas DC-5
Comments
12 September 2013, 18:26
Mike McCabeInterested to see how you go along. Will you try and open the cockpit?
13 September 2013, 16:51
Christian BruerHi Mike, to open the cockpit should be possible, but I still have AMS with my ship models and this is, more or less just for fun😉
13 September 2013, 20:04
Christian BruerThere a lot of bubbles to fill, so no first coat of paint this weekend. Because of a lot of work to do to clean the parts I add the horizontal tail parts. They are in an interesting V-shape. Fit was ok but needs also primer and sanding. While doing that I found some more bubbles to fill😉
I fit a self sealing aluminum foil to the suspensions struts to simulate the different diameters of the struts.
An interesting model but not easy to handle for an natural metal finish. Just thinking how to add the different shades because there are no panel lines on the surface?!
15 September 2013, 16:17
Christian BruerNow the second coat of filler is applied. Hopefully there are now more visible bubbles or scratches on the surface ? I will see while polishing the surface now. The few small parts got a coat of paint as well, I use Vallejo natural steel to paint the parts for the landing gear and black grey for the props.
4 October 2013, 11:20
Martien LourensKommt immer gut an bei den holländern , Christian🙂 Sehr interessant, bin gespannt auf das endergebnis.
4 October 2013, 16:49
Christian BruerMartien, darauf baue ich😉 , thanx for your very kind comments! Just polished the surface and find some more bubbles to fill. I applied a fast drying filler and hope to apply some more primer tomorrow.
4 October 2013, 17:05
Martien LourensNo thanks owed Christian??. And with your skill you bring this to a beautiful end result. Have fun with the bubbles and filler. Have a good weekend,🙂
4 October 2013, 17:12
Christian BruerWell, after a third light coat of primer and smooth polishing I add a first coat of Alclad II Duraluminium. It did not look 100% perfect because of some slopes and dales in the primed resin surface I hadn?t seen, but I?m ok with it. One of the O-rings in my Triplex broke off and hopefully I will get a replacement part as soon as possible, to add some more coats of different Aluminum shades.
By the way, may this is something for your interest. A history of the Douglas DC-5 in KLM service:
goodall.com.au/austr..c-5/douglas-dc-5.htm
5 October 2013, 14:35
Burkhard DIt is certainly challenging to get a 1/144 resin kit sufficiently smooth for a merciless Alclad coat 👍👍👍
5 October 2013, 16:25
Michel HuijgheWow a DC-5. 🙂
Yes the Netherlands have flown them and not so many where built.
I've read a book of it and I hope to see it in 1/72nd.
5 October 2013, 16:43
Christian BruerBurkhard and Michel, thank you for your very kind comments. I hope to blur some of the slopes and dales while adding different shades and panels?! Michel, there is a scale 1/72 resin kit. Text is German but there are some fine photos: ipmsdeutschland.de/F..C-5/Planet_DC-5.html
5 October 2013, 17:28
Christian BruerI just have painted the engines inside of the nacelles. Not so easy cause the details are a little bit hulking, but looking from a distance it comes out quite nice. I don?t know if a brass ignition distributor is correct but it looks ok. All the small parts are finished with a weathering and some highlighting and the wheels are fixed to the landing gear.
6 October 2013, 11:26
Michel Huijghe@Christian
A full resin model is not for me. But thanks.
Maybe when they release a plastic one. 🙂
6 October 2013, 16:41
Christian BruerI do not believe that somebody will do a DC-5 in plastic because this model isn't as popular than a DC-3. Just wondering there are these resin kits in scale 1/72 and 1/144.
6 October 2013, 16:45
Christian BruerA first coat of Duraluminum was followed by some more coats of Aluminum and Dark Aluminum. Masking was done with Tamiya tape following the panel lines shown on a scale drawing I found in the internet. Masking was not so easy because there are no engraved or raised panel lines on the kit surface. Yesterday I work the whole day painting all the panel lines by masking a few, airbrush them, mask some more, airbrush them and so on. That went only well because Alclad dries really fast! Today I add the decals. They are really thin and fine and went well to the surface. I damage both decals WAKAGO, they flipped when I try to add them to the surface. I tried to rescue them but without success. Adding the last decal PJ - on the upper wing I noticed a scratch while the decal dries. May this is due to a reaction between Micro Set and Sol with the Alclad paint, because the was no scratch or damage to the surface before. Unfortunately this is nor to repair without a lot of work so I decide to leave it like it is. I try to drop a line to F-Rsin and hope to get the WAKAGO decals as a replacement part. Well, the bird is nearly finished and only miss the antenna and a display. Hope you like it!
13 October 2013, 15:36
Christian BruerJust a note! I dropped a line on Sunday to F-Rsin because I ruined some decals, and asked if they can send replacement decals. I have got an immediate positive reply and today the replacement decals arrived. This is a very good and fast support ? thank you very much Laurent from F-Rsin!!!
17 October 2013, 18:42
Stefan SchachtHi Chris, this is again a good model from you. I hope to see you in two weeks.
17 October 2013, 18:52
Christian BruerWith Laurent?s replacement decals I have finished the KLM DC-5 project so far. The last thing I add was the antenna made of stretched sprue. The display is a self made runway out of 0,75mm styrene with engraved panels. Painting was done by airbrush using different Vallejo grey and brown tones. Weathering was done with oil colors. When completely dry I will fix the sheet of styrene to the base using acrylic paste.
20 October 2013, 16:48
Christian MeyerhoffThis Modell is a rare bird and Ilike every bit of it. Well done!
20 October 2013, 17:26
Christian BruerHello Christian and Michel, thanx for your very kind comments! I just finished the diorama and I try to post some photos as soon as possible. Cheers, Christian
21 October 2013, 18:28
Christian BruerSome photos of the finished display. I had a lot of fun building the nice little kit of this unique and barely known aircraft. Cheers, Christian
22 October 2013, 17:34
Dirk HeyerIncredible!
A model in such small scale and you are painting different panels.
Unbelievable!!!!
23 October 2013, 19:37
Christian BruerHi Dirk, glad you like it and thanx for your very kind comment! I was quite happy with the result because there are no panel lines on the surface and I was curious how it will look when finished. Cheers, Christian
24 October 2013, 17:52
Album info
There kit comes with 14 resin and 3 white metal parts. The casting is ok but there is a big mismatch on the underside of the fuselage and a lot of air bubbles in the casting. They become visible while sanding the mismatch. So there is a lot of cleaning, sanding and correcting to do to get a clean surface for a natural metal finish! There are now panel lines on the surface except the ailerons, flaps, rudders, doors and windows. The white metal parts are ok, but I replaced the suspension strut at the nose landing gear by brass rod. I loaned two propellers from one of my DC-3 kits because the resin parts are really rough and hard to get of the gate. Hopefully I cleaned the surface well so far I plan to add a base coat with Alclad grey primer next weekend!
